An ultra-thin, pocket design, affordable and simple-to-use sat-nav with preloaded maps for the UK and Ireland. The nuvi 1200 has ecoRoute™ to calculate a fuel-efficient route, is compatible with the optional cityXplorer™ download to get you around on foot or public transport, and you can even add City Guides to make the most of your time in town.
Key features
- Only 15mm thick - ideal for use in and out of the car
- Public Transport & Pedestrian mode with optional cityXplorer™ download
- New optional AA City Guides for restaurant listings, attractions and more
- Garmin's unique speed camera warnings (database updated daily)
- nüvi announces street names before you turn - e.g. "Turn right into Dell Road"
- Optional accessory for traffic avoidance
- Street level mapping for the UK and Ireland
Great on the go - driving, walking or on public transport
nüvi 1200's pocket design means you can take it anywhere. Use to its full potential by downloading cityXplorer™ to navigate selected cities via trains, tubes or buses* as well as on foot. Add an AA City Guide for your chosen city to find out about attractions and places to eat, stay and shop.
* Note: Public transport data may vary between cities
Simplicity and safety
Ultimate simplicity
nüvi 1200 has a simple, intuitive menu. Just touch the screen to look up addresses and get turn-by-turn directions. nüvi announces street names before you make a turning – e.g. “Turn right into Dell Road” so you can keep your eyes on the road at all times.
Speed cameras
Garmin has a unique, pan-European speed camera warning system, giving real-time, reliable, and accurate alerts. nüvi 1200 has the location of fixed, average speed, mobile and temporary cameras already built in. New or moved cameras are constantly tracked and the database is updated daily.
Where am I?
Just tap the car icon on your map screen for your exact coordinates, contact details for vehicle recovery services and directions to hospitals, police and petrol stations.
Garmin lock
The Garmin Lock™ anti-theft protection system uses GPS to lock the unit to a secure location of your choice.
Go Green and save fuel
The ecoRoute™ fuel-saver feature enables you to choose a fuel-efficient route which could even save you money as well as fuel. See the cost of the journey as you plan it and get scored for your performance with the Driving Challenge – good for identifying areas for improvement.
Traffic Alerts (optional accessory for nüvi 1200)
Not every traffic service is equal. With Garmin you'll always know what lies ahead. And it's subscription-free, for life. Based on Trafficmaster data, there is extensive coverage of the road network (100% on motorways in England, Scotland and Wales). Know how long you'll be held up, and choose to be routed around the queues. There is pan-European coverage on selected sat-navs.
Extras for your Garmin
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Pedestrian & public transport navigation |
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Travel Guides Includes Days out, the Good Pub Guide, historical audio tours and more. |
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Garmin ecoRoute |
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Speed Cameras |
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Points of Interest Get celebrity voices on your sat-nav, locations for stores, football stadiums, festivals, and more. |
Physical & Performance: | |
| Unit dimensions, WxHxD: | 3.7"W x 2.9"H x .6"D (9.3 x 7.5 x 1.6 cm) |
| Display size, WxH: | 2.8"W x 2.1"H (7.2 x 5.4 cm); 3.5" diag (8.9 cm) |
| Display resolution, WxH: | 320 x 240 pixels |
| Display type: | QVGA colour antiglare TFT with white backlight |
| Weight: | 4.0 ounces (113.4 g) |
| Battery: | rechargeable lithium-ion |
| Battery life: | up to 4 hours |
| Waterproof: | no |
| High-sensitivity receiver: | yes |
| RoHS version available: | yes |
Maps & Memory: | |
| Basemap: | yes |
| Preloaded maps: | yes (regional) |
| Ability to add maps: | yes |
| Built-in memory: | internal solid state |
| Accepts data cards: | microSD™ card (not included) |
| Waypoints/favorites/locations: | 1000 |
| Routes: | 0 |
Features: | |
| Voice prompts (e.g. "Turn right in 500 ft."): | yes (internal speaker) |
| Speaks street names (e.g. "Turn right ON ELM STREET in 500 ft."): | yes |
| Voice-activated navigation (operate device with spoken commands): | no |
| Lane assist (guides you to the proper lane for navigation): | no |
| 3-D building view (displays buildings in 3-D): | no |
| Auto sort multiple destinations (provides most direct route): | no |
| Auto re-route (fast off-route and detour recalculation): | yes |
| Choice of route setup (faster time, shorter distance, off road): | yes |
| Route avoidance (avoid highways, tolls etc.): | yes |
| Bluetooth® wireless technology (connect to your phone for hands-free calling): | no |
| MSN® Direct compatible: | yes |
| FM traffic compatible: | yes |
| XM® Navtraffic & Radio for U.S. compatible: | no |
| Speed limit indicator (displays speed limit for most major roads): | no |
| Where Am I? (find closest hospitals, police & gas stations, nearest address & intersection): | yes |
| Garmin Locate™ (marks position when removed from windshield mount): | no |
| ecoRoute™ (calculates a more fuel-efficient route) : | yes |
| Qwerty or ABC keyboard (choose keyboard layout): | no |
| Custom POIs (ability to add additional points of interest): | yes |
| Garmin Garage™ vehicles compatible (download car-shaped icons to your device): | yes |
| Garmin Garage®™voices compatible (download custom voices to your device): | yes |
| Photo navigation (navigate to geotagged photos): | yes |
| World travel clock, currency & unit converter, calculator: | yes |
| Picture viewer: | yes |
| MP3 player: | no |
| Audio book player: | no |
| FM transmitter: | no |
| Headphone jack/audio line-out: | no |
| Remote control: | no |
| Garmin Lock™ (anti-theft feature): | yes |
| Touchscreen: | yes |
| Dead reckoning: | no |
| Motorcycle-friendly: | no |
| Trucking-friendly: | no |
| Geocaching-friendly: | no |
| Marine-friendly: | no |
| Additional: | This USB mass storage device is compatible with Windows® 2000 or later and Mac® OS X 10.4 or later. |
What's in the Box:
- nüvi 1200
- Preloaded City Navigator® NT data for the UK and Ireland
- Vehicle suction cup mount¹
- Vehicle power cable
- Dashboard disc
- Quick start manual
Garmin Nuvi 3790t
Enjoy a uniquely personal navigation experience with the elegantly slim Garmin nuvi 3790T. A sat nav with style, substance and personality and just 8.77mm thin, it redefines portable navigation to watch over your every journey. nüvi features a gesture-controlled multi-touch screen, nüRoute™ technology with trafficTrends™ and myTrends™ , voice-activated navigation, 3D buildings and terrain, lane assist with PhotoReal™ junction view, full European maps for 44 countries with 60-day nüMaps Guarantee™, hands-free calling and subscription-free pan-European lifetime traffic alerts.
Award-Winning Design
Elegantly manufactured in aluminium and chrome, the blade-like Garmin nuvi 3790T is the slimmest portable navigator on the market, with a highly-responsive, high-detail 800x400 pixel 4.3-inch LCD display. A sat-nav first, the capacitive multi-touch technology lets you “slide”, “tap” and “pinch” to zoom in and out and browse surrounding areas just by dragging a finger on the gesture-controlled screen, Duel-orientation capabilities mean you can choose how you see the route ahead – simply flip nüvi portrait-to-landscape while walking or in the car to view any way you want.
Experience nüRoutes™ Navigation
This ultra-inteliigent sat nav is tailored to your needs to find you the best route. Advanced routing capabilities include nüRoutes myTrends™, which analyses your driving behaviour and predicts your regular journeys and trafficTrends™, which automatically learns traffic flow trends to improve your routes and predict journey time using traffic knowledge learned from other drivers combined with live traffic alerts.
Voice-Activated Navigation
Experience completely voice-controlled navigation from the word ‘go’. Simply set your own custom “wake-up” command to activate speech-recognition mode and nüvi 3790T acts on your spoken instruction for totally hands-free navigation. Give nüvi a name, tell her where you want to go and she’ll design a route specifically for you. You can even give her a new voice. Just use the freeGarmin Voice Studio software and let your sat nav come alive.
Simplicity and Safety
PhotoReal™ Junction View
Navigate tricky junctions with PhotoReal™ junction view for accurate images of upcoming exits and junctions on your route. Garmin nuvi 3790T shows your correct lane choice with incredible detail of what’s up ahead – down to the trees, bridges and pylons. See the precise reproduction of road signs with arrows guiding you to the right lane for your onward journey. Flip nüvi landscape-to-portrait to see PhotoReal™ junction view in split-screen for exceptional clarity. Combined with Garmin nuvi 3790T 3D terrain detail and contours, buildings and landmarks, the road ahead has never looked so vivid.
Speed Cameras
Drive safely and legally with speed camera alerts relevant to your direction of travel, speed and route provided by dedicated safety camera company - Cyclops. Speed cameras are continually and automatically updated so there are no surprises on route. nüvi’s unique speed camera warning system gives real-time, reliable, and accurate alerts for fixed, average speed, mobile and temporary cameras.
Where am I?
Simply tap the car icon on your map screen for your exact coordinates, contact details for vehicle recovery services and directions to hospitals, police and petrol stations.
Park Position Recall
nüvi marks your parked position as a point on the map when removed from the car mount to guide you back there on foot. It also finds the nearest parking to your location for the ultimate convenience.
Garmin Lock™
The Garmin Lock™ anti-theft protection system uses GPS to lock the unit to a secure location of your choice.
Make Hands-free Calls
Garmin nuvi 3790T integrates Bluetooth® wireless technology with a built-in microphone and speaker letting you make hands-free calls while giving the road your full attention. Simply dial numbers on the touchscreen or tap the display and speak into the built-in microphone to take incoming calls. Enjoy convenient one-touch dialling of your phone book contacts and points of interest, all with enhanced sound quality though the dedicated car mount loud speaker.
Subscription-Free Traffic Alerts
Steer clear of traffic with the integrated FM traffic receiver and subscription-free, pan-European lifetime¹ traffic updates. Receive alerts about traffic delays and roadworks that lie ahead on your route. Next, simply touch the screen on nüvi to view traffic details or detour around the problem area.
Supreme Pedestrian Navigation
With enhanced pedestrian navigation capabilities and dual-oriented screen, nüvi 3790 is your perfect travel companion. Download optional cityXplorer™maps to plan the whole journey with pedestrian routes and public transport across Europe.
Turn-by-turn Directions with Enhanced Map Detail
Garmin nuvi 3790 has an intuitive interface that greets you with two simple questions: "Where To?" and "View Map." Touch the colour screen to easily look up addresses and services and get voice-prompted, turn-by-turn directions that speak street names to your destination It comes preloaded with detailed City Navigator® NT street maps for 44 countries across Europe with over a million points of interest (POIs) such as shops, restaurants, hotels, entertainment venues, petrol stations, cash points and more and speed limits for most major roads. With 3D Building and Terrain view, you’ll see representations of prominent buildings in many cities and map contours at low zoom levels, giving you a realistic perspective of your journey.
Go Beyond Navigation
Besides the advanced features you’d expect from a flagship Garmin sat nav,Garmin nuvi 3790T goes beyond navigation. The ecoRoute™ fuel-saving feature calculates a more fuel-efficient route, tracks fuel usage and enables expense reporting through Microsoft Excel. Plug in the optional ecoRoute™ HD device for engine diagnostics. Garmin nuvi 3790 is packed with travel tools including a JPEG picture viewer, world travel clock with time zones, currency converter, measurement converter, calculator and more. With photo navigation, you can download pictures from Garmin Connect™ Photos and navigate straight to the scene. Visit the Garmin Garage to download custom voices and vehicles for free and enhance your travel experience further with optional plug-in AA City Guides and other Garmin Extras