Garmin StreetPilot 27x0

The “How-To” Guide to Garmin's Premium Automotive Navigation System

(Including Tips, Tricks, and Undocumented Features)

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The Garmin StreetPilot 2720 was introduced in 2005 as the successor to the popular StreetPilot 26x0 series of automotive navigation systems.  The 2720 has the same footprint and basic appearance of the 26x0 units, but has a completely new user interface and several major new features.

New to the 27x0 series are a 3D perspective map display, Text-To-Speech pronunciation of street and location names and the availability to receive broadcasted traffic information.  The 2730 model adds XM radio, XM traffic, and MP3 music features.

One of the strengths of the product’s technology is its software platform, which is upgradeable, and is common to both the 2720 and the 2730.  While this site is focused on the 2720, most of the information here is valid for 2730, and may also be valid for the 7200 and 7500 units, which use the common software platform.  Not addressed (currently) are features that are unique to the 2730.

This site is a work in progress.  Each of the links below covers a different area of interest.  More links with additional information will be added very soon, so please check back.

Note:  All techniques are based on unit software releases 4.54-6.20, and MapSource versions 6.9.1-6.11.3.

Available Topics

Display and Function Shortcuts

Remove a road from the current route

Via points: Adding and changing stops along the way

Customizing the Map Data Fields

Displaying the Current Location/Address
 

Planning a Trip with MapSource