nuvi 3598 power cord length

johntee · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 21, 2006 Posts: 46

Hi,

Can any member please advice me of the cigar lighter 'power cord / antenna' length on the nuvi 3598. Halfords won't open the sealed accessory boxes so I can check before I buy a Garmin SatNav. They've just lost a sale Sad

For reference, are all nuvi model power cords of equal length.

Also do any Garmin satnavs have the traffic receiver inbuilt into the device rather than in the power cable itself.

I'm asking for the above because I have a large MPV with a very deep dashboard and the nearest cigar socket is located in the lower part of the centre seat arm rest console some distance away.

Cheers

John

sussamb · Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2014 9:53 am Post subject:

As far as I'm aware all those with digital traffic have the receiver in the device itself. While I've never checked every power cord all those of the same designation would no doubt be the same. There are a few folks here with 3598s who should be able to measure it for you.

Amazon are cheaper than Halfords at the mo Wink

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johntee · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 21, 2006 Posts: 46

sussamb · Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2014 11:41 am Post subject:

Not in the Premium line, just in the Advanced and Essential range
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cwog · Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2014 11:52 am Post subject:

I have a 3598, the power cord / cable is 4 feet 10 inches of flexible cable, the power plug is quite chunky being 4 inches long from tip to start of flexible cable.

The power lead has a cross section of 3/8ths by 3/16th oof an inch so quite substantial. It has quite a memory so takes quite a while to flatten out.

The radio /traffic bulge on the power cable is 6 inches from the mount bulge.
The traffic aerial lead is about 2 foot 7inches long and is plugged into the traffic bulge on the power cable.

Hope this helps.

sussamb · Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2014 11:56 am Post subject:

When did you buy your 3598? I thought the later models have the receiver built in? If not then it seems strange that the 25x8 range do have that but the 35x8 range still have an external receiver Confused

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cwog · Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2014 1:22 pm Post subject:

Early August from Amazon Serial Number is 39Q029794

sussamb · Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2014 2:47 pm Post subject:

Guess for some reason then the 35xx series need an external receiver, maybe not enough space internally as they're far slimmer than the 25xx range
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johntee · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 21, 2006 Posts: 46

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sussamb · Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2014 5:06 pm Post subject:

Anything with a 6 or 7 as the second digit is a 6" or 7" screen. Bear in mind they're not in the Premium series, so they won't have the same features.

Here are the ones from the Advanced range

https://buy.garmin.com/en-GB/GB/catalog/product/compareResult.ep?compareProduct=154721&compareProduct=138362&compareProduct=138366
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johntee · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 21, 2006 Posts: 46

sussamb · Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2014 7:03 pm Post subject:

Well Garmin first released new models this year for the essential series, and recently the Advanced series, so an update to the Premium series should be next.
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johntee · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 21, 2006 Posts: 46

sussamb · Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2014 8:53 pm Post subject:

Who knows ... but they have with the other two series.
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