Stay Close to the Action Anywhere, Anytime With Garmin's nüvi 1490TV

Stay Close to the Action Anywhere, Anytime With Garmin's nüvi 1490TV

SOUTHAMPTON, England, January 21/PRNewswire/ --

- With Photo

Garmin(R) today announced the nüvi(R) 1490TV a personal navigation device
that combines cutting edge Pan-European navigation features with DVB-T
digital terrestrial TV and radio.

Using the DVB-T digital television standard, the nüvi can pick up
freeview digital TV and radio content from over 14 countries across Europe.
In the UK there are over 50 digital TV channels and 24 digital radio stations
including programmes from digital content providers such as the BBC, ITV,
SKY, Film4 and Five to name a few.2

At the core of the device is an easy to use sat nav that has all the
usual features you would find in a top of the range Garmin nüvi, but with the
addition of the DVB -T digital tuner, users can keep in touch with all the
digital TV content available over the airwaves.

"The nüvi 1490TV is the answer for those who want to keep in touch with
the latest sporting events, soaps or even cookery shows while following TV
recipes in the kitchen." said Colin Lee, Garmin's Automotive Product Manager.
"The nüvi's 5 inch screen and mount is just the right size to place anywhere
in the home, caravan or car and is ideal for people from parents waiting to
pick up the kids from school to taxi drivers waiting for fares."

Any worries that the driver might keep the TV on while driving have been
safeguarded against by Garmin engineers building in a safety feature that
switches off the TV on the nüvi 1490TV and only allows the navigation when
the car is moving.

The nüvi 1490TV features a bright, 5 inch colour touchscreen display,
ensuring any picture is bright and colourful, great for sporting events such
as the forthcoming FIFA World Cup as you won't have to miss any of games with
this pocket sized TV. It also doubles up as a great picture viewer (with
photo navigation capability).

The nüvi 1490TV has built-in stereo speakers and a 3.5mm headphone
output, a long life lithium-ion battery, composite video input for external
reversing camera (not supplied), a built-in aerial for high DVB-T signal
strength areas and two magnetic dipole aerials for low signal areas.

The nüvi 1490TV comes pre-programmed with highly detailed road maps of
Europe, free premium traffic updates3, safety camera warnings3, a database
with over two million Points of Interest (POI's) featuring hotels,
attractions, fuel stations and more, Garmin's 'Where am I' safety feature
showing your precise location, nearest junction, hospital, police station and
breakdown service contact details. Also turn-by-turn, voice-prompted
directions guiding drivers to their destination, announcing streets by name
along the way. If they miss a turn, the nüvi automatically recalculates a
route and gets them back on track.

You can also have hands-free phone calls, the nüvi 1490TV can be paired
with compatible phones using Bluetooth wireless technology. Users can find
and dial phone numbers (specifically supported phones can even access their
history log of received, missed and dialled calls) or nüvi's POI database
(hotels, restaurants, stores and more).

The nüvi 1490TV will be available across Europe in early April 2010 at
GBP299/EUR299. Visit http://www.garmin.co.uk for more information.

So that the nüvi 1490TV can be connected to existing aerial sockets
within the home a 'standard aerial socket to plug adaptor' will be available
in April. Price TBC

Countries where DVB-T Digital TV is available: Andorra, Australia,
Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Croatia, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary,
Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mauritius, Montenegro,
Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands, Norway, Panama, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia,
South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Ukraine,
United Kingdom.2 Subject to reception and digital and coverage area.3 Subject
to country/region.

Additional information:

At the end of 2009, Garmin undertook a market survey of its customers and
asked a number of questions regarding the nüvi 1490TV. Most interestingly the
top 5 answers to the following two questions help to position the new sat
nav.

Q1: Where would you use a portable sat nav digital TV?

Top 5 Answers:

1. In the car/taxi waiting to pick up friends and family/customers from
shopping, airport, clubs and children's activities
2. At work during lunch hour
3. On holiday at the beach or festival
4. In the kitchen watching cooking programme
5. In the Garden

Q2: What types of programmes would you watch?

Top 5 Answers:

1. News
2. Sporting events
3. Soaps
4. Films
5. Drama and documentaries (including cookery programmes, hence answer to
number 1)

About Garmin

The global leader in satellite navigation, Garmin Ltd. and its
subsidiaries have designed, manufactured, marketed and sold navigation,
communication and information devices and applications since 1989 - most of
which are enabled by GPS technology. Garmin's products serve automotive,
mobile, wireless, outdoor recreation, marine, aviation, and OEM applications.
Garmin Ltd. is incorporated in the Cayman Islands, and its principal
subsidiaries are located in the United States, Taiwan and the United Kingdom.
For more information visit Garmin's media centre at
http://www.garmin.co.uk/mediacentre. Garmin and nüvi are registered
trademarks of Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries. All other brands, product
names, company names, trademarks and service marks are the properties of
their respective owners. All rights reserved.

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Source: Garmin Europe Ltd

GARMIN CONTACT: Anthony Chmarny, Garmin Europe Ltd., Phone | +44(0)23-8052-4065, Mobile | +44(0)79-1254-0203, E-mail | anthony.chmarny@garmin.com .

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