Anyone familiar with the (old) Nuvi 245w?
Thu, 11/06/2025 - 11:11am
So I’m having another old Garmin, and this time it’s a Nuvi 245w. I don’t find any information about it, and I wonder why? I know it’s very old but I’m curious about why you can’t find much information about it. If you search for Nuvi 205 then there’s a lot of posts about it.
Nuvi 245W
I am not sure, but I suspect the nuvi 245 and 245W were models sold in the European market and not in North America. It appears to me to be similar to the nuvi 205/205W models sold in North America.
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Search here for nuvi 2xx
A search of the POI Factory for nuvi 2xx will bring up a lot of info on the series. I have an old nuvi 295w, which was essentially Garmin's NuviPhone minus the phone. It had a removable battery that I expect can no longer be found. Since it did not come with lifetime maps, I never paid for map updates but it was my first portable device with a camera and with Wi-fi which I used to learn about Wi-fi. I don't remember if I ever used it in the car for navigation. Mine has the City Navigator North America NT 2011.40 map.
Ohh that would explain it.
Ohh that would explain it.
Thank you
A search of the POI Factory for nuvi 2xx will bring up a lot of info on the series. I have an old nuvi 295w, which was essentially Garmin's NuviPhone minus the phone. It had a removable battery that I expect can no longer be found. Since it did not come with lifetime maps, I never paid for map updates but it was my first portable device with a camera and with Wi-fi which I used to learn about Wi-fi. I don't remember if I ever used it in the car for navigation. Mine has the City Navigator North America NT 2011.40 map.
I see. And 2011 map would be very old, I have the old map in a Nuvi 310. It’s actually still usable unless you are going somewhere where there are new buildings and new street names. Also some of the points of interest leads to places where there is no business anymore.