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Garmin Drive 50LM

Product Code: GD50LMN

The Garmin Drive 50LM car sat nav features 5-inch dual-orientation display and ability to download and display Worldwide mapping.

The Garmin Drive 50LM is preloaded with maps of Full Europe (including UK and Ireland) and the Middle East and North Africa (including Morocco).

In addition, the Garmin Drive 50LM includes the ability to download street-level detail road maps for the following world regions: North America, South America, Australia and New Zealand, South Africa.

Please note: The maps are preloaded and cannot be transferred to a different or another Garmin sat nav. You will need to use the Garmin Drive 50LM sat nav to view and use them.

The Garmin Drive 50LM also Drive Awareness features including alerts for dangerous curves, speed changes, fatigue warning, school zone warning and more.

Garmin Real Directions feature guides like a friend using landmarks and traffic lights.

Garmin Drive 50 has been discontinued.

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The Garmin Drive 50LM car sat nav is preloaded with maps of UK, Europe and the Middle East and Northern Africa. The Garmin Drive 50LM also offers free map downloads for the following regions: North America, South America, Australia and New Zealand and South Africa. The Garmin Drive 50 features a 5-inche screen and you can use this Garmin satnav in dual orientation and the device knows when it has been rotated and adjusts to display horizontally or vertically.

The Garmin Drive uses Real Directions whereby it uses landmarks (buildings, traffic lights, etc.) to guide you by voice instructions. .

Foursquare Points of Interest are also included offering millions of POI's. Additional POI's include speed camera and red light cameras. Up Ahead feature also suggests places to visit along your route without leaving the map view. Real-time information includes weather via a mobile app.

Active Lane Guidance with voice prompts at every exit or junction helps you navigate busy junctions. Brightly coloured arrows on screen also help to show you the way. Birds Eye Junction View provides an overhead view of junctions and PhotoReal Junction View also provides photos of junctions along your route (and surrounding landscape) so you can recognise where you are.

You will also be alerted to sharp curves, speed changes, railway crossings, animal crossings, school zones and if you drive the wrong way up a one way street you will receive notification on screen.

The battery life is upto 1 hour.

Fatigue warning suggests break times and possible rest areas along your route.

Garmin Express enables you to update maps and software. You can also transfer favourites and install custom voices.

Garmin Drive 50LM Features

‣5-inch dual orientation TFT touchscreen display with white backlight
‣Preloaded maps of UK, Europe and the Middle East and Northern Africa
‣Free map downloads for the following regions: North America, South America, Australia and New Zealand and South Africa
‣Turn-by-turn directions with spoken street names
‣Lane Assist/Junction View - indicates the correct lane choice for upcoming turns and exits
‣Alerts to sharp curves, speed changes, railway crossings, animal crossings and school zones
‣Garmin Real Directions and PhotoReal junction
‣Look up addresses and FourSquare points of interest
‣Displays your route, speed limit, current speed, time of arrival, name of current street and it can also display points of interest such as food, fuel and cash machines.
‣Speed camera and Red Light Camera locations database available as optional extra
‣1 hour battery life
‣1 year manufacturers guarantee

Installation

The Garmin Drive 50LM includes everything you need to mount and install it in your car. Included when you purchase from ActiveGPS is a Vehicle Suction Cup Mount which is used to mount the satnav on the windscreen - simple, quick and easy.

The most popular place to locate the satnav is at the bottom, middle of the windscreen where you can see the satnav easiest. Plus the satnavs dash cam will have a good view of the road ahead.

Map Coverage

Garmin Drive 50LM is preloaded with City Navigator NT maps for Europe (including UK and Ireland) and Middle East and North Africa (including Morocco).

In addition, the Garmin Drive 50LM includes FREE lifetime downloads for the following world regions: North America, South America, Australia and New Zealand, South Africa.

To download the additional world regions onto the Garmin Drive 50, please follow these instructions.

‣Fully charge the Garmin Drive 50 sat nav prior to connection
‣Connect the Garmin Drive 50 sat nav to Garmin Express via a computer
‣Select Map Options
‣Select Change Maps
‣Select Region in drop down box, for example: Australia and New Zealand
‣Continue with update

Please note: a separate SD/microSD card may be required to download and install all of the available world region maps. This is due the capacity of the Garmin Drive 50 internal memory becoming full.

A customer writes: "In case anyone else asks, you can certainly have both UK/Europe and Aus/NZ loaded in the internal memory without the need for an SD card."

here maps provide high quality detailed street level maps, which in addition to street information include features such as route calculation, Points of Interest (POI), Estimated Time of Arrival, and more.

Further Garmin Drive 50 maps are available on SD card which insert directly into the Garmin Drive. Available Garmin Drive 50 maps include North America, Australia and New Zealand, Middle East and Southeast Asia.

What's in the box? (when purchased from ActiveGPS.co.uk)

‣Garmin Drive 50LM
‣Preloaded maps: Full Europe (including UK and Ireland), Middle East and North Africa (including Morocco)
‣FREE lifetime downloads for the following world regions: North America, South America, Australia and New Zealand, South Africa
‣Vehicle suction cup mount
‣Vehicle power cable
‣USB cable
‣Quick start manual

Garmin Drive 50LM Accessories

Looking for accessories and spares for the Garmin Drive 50LM? Accessories available to purchase include a leather carrying case, AC mains adapter and air vent mount. Along with these accessories, it is also possible to buy replacement parts such as suction cup mount and vehicle charger.

Garmin Drive 50 Universal Carry All Case

£19.99

‣Carry your Garmin Drive 50 and all your sat nav accessories in this carry case.

Garmin Drive 50 Portable Friction Mount

£19.99

‣Mount your Drive 50 on your vehicles dashboard, using this weighted dash mount.

Garmin Drive 50 AC Adapter and USB Cable Kit

£25.99

‣Power and charge your Garmin Drive 50 via the mains with this Garmin AC adapter.

Garmin Drive 50LM Technical Specification

‣Technology: GPS
‣Display: 5-inch touchscreen (480 x 272 pixels)
‣Battery: rechargeable lithium-ion
‣Battery Life: up to 1 hour depending on usage and settings
‣Installation: Plug and Play
‣Power: 12 volt, Vehicle Power Cable.
‣Dimensions: Width - 140mm, Height - 84mm, Depth - 20mm
‣Weight: 170.8g
‣Guarantee: 1-year
‣Garmin Drive 50LM manual

Manual requires Adobe Acrobat Reader
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This product is a sophisticated electronic device which requires that you read, understand, and act upon the information given in the instruction manual (usually available via the above 'manual' link). You will need internet access and, in accordance with the manufacturers’ recommendations, regularly seek out and accept all firmware or software updates offered by the manufacturer. All GPS devices need to ‘see’ the satellites in the sky. Therefore you will need to know that your vehicle does not have glass that will block or impede the GPS signal.

Updates to this product are via the internet. At this product page we state compatibility with specific versions of current internet connection devices, for example: PC, laptop, MAC, smartphone etc. The Consumer Contract Regulations allow you 14 days, from receipt of purchase, to check compatibility with your internet connection device/s. If you choose to replace or update your PC, MAC etc. neither we nor the manufacturer will be responsible if the new/replacement Operating System (OS) is not compatible with the purchased product.

Do you have a question about the Garmin Drive 50LM? Submit your question via our contact page.

Why buy from us?

We are official Authorised Internet Retailers for Garmin. We sell genuine Garmin products, accessories and maps. We purchase from assigned Garmin UK distributors. We do not buy on the grey market and we do not sell counterfeit products. You can rest assured that by purchasing from ActiveGPS you will receive the full support of Garmin.

Page updated: 4th September 2024