Features

 

The Montana 6x0 improves on Garmins class leading engineering with several new advanced features, many previously unavailable on any handheld GPSr.

• Uses map data to display your “full track view” so you know what you’re up against
• Logs everything (waypoints, tracks, caches, etc.) on your calendar so you can review your accomplishments later
• Includes a QWERTY keyboard (Landscape Mode) so you can find what you need and take notes faster
• Shares waypoints, tracks, routes and geocaches wirelessly with other ANT+ compatible Garmin GPSr users
• Features a unique dual battery system; Power the Montana with the included rechargeable lithium-ion battery pack or three AA batteries
• Includes a built-in 3-axis tilt-compensated electronic compass and barometric altimeter
• The Montana 650 / 650t are equipped with a 5 megapixel camera and the 680/680t are equipped with an 8 megapixel camera; all photos are automatically geotagged with the location where they were taken
• Includes a microSD card slot so you can load outdoor maps (for the trail), automotive maps (for the highway), or marine preloaded cards (for the water)
• Supports BirdsEye Satellite Imagery and Custom Maps (Montana 610/680 series include free one-year BirdsEye Satellite Imagery subscription)
• Automatic Mount Detection: The Montana can be configured to change profiles automatically when it is placed into or removed from a specific mount.
• Power Key Customization: This new feature allows you to double the functionality of your power key by using a single or double tap to launch an application, shortcut, link, or setup item.
• Option Menus: Garmin handhelds can be configured to work many different ways. Option Menus bring commonly used functions to all applications to help you quickly configure the way things look or work.
• Montana 610/680 series are equipped with GLONASS enabled GPS receivers with HotFix to locate your position quickly and precisely while maintaining your GPS location even under heavy cover and in deep canyons
• Montana 610/680 series allow for virtually unlimited geocaching with increased support for up to four million geocaches; Each unit comes preloaded with 250,000 geocaches from Geocaching.com

Customizable Home Screen

Whether you visit the same place often, frequently switch between maps, or need to continually change settings and/or access common shortcuts, Montana's fully customizable home screen has room to place up to 16 items per page from the [Where To?] [Setup] and [Shortcuts] menus.

Adaptable Controls

Don’t like the way something is set up? No worries. With a tap of a button, you can configure your applications easily and quickly with adaptable controls. Have to mount on the right handle bar? No problem. Montana can accommodate left or right-handed setups based on the screen orientation.

Intelligent Wallpaper

Switches between “night mode” and "day mode" automatically so your eyes can stay focused at sunrise and sunset, and changes orientation from "portrait mode" to "landscape mode" based on how you are using the Montana.

Smarter Profiles

Montana’s smarter profiles remember which profile you were using, based on the mount used, so when you’re off-roading or trying to find a bike shop, it will put you in the right frame of mind so you can get on your way quickly. Read the Garmin Trail Tech Need for Speed press release.

Smarter Activities

Garmin added new Activity types to help customize the way routes are calculated based on what you’re doing. These new Activities include: Tour Cycling, Mountain Biking, Hiking, Mountaineering and ATV/Off Road Driving. When an Activity is selected, additional ways to configure that Activity are presented, including Calculation Method, Avoidances, and Recalculation settings. Due to their relevance, some of these settings are only available in certain Activities. Each Activity has its own set of specific, applicable avoidances. For example, when routing with the Hiking Activity, “Narrow Trails” can optionally be avoided, but when set to Motorcycle Driving this avoidance is not available. Garmin also added a new route calculation method, “Minimize Ascent,” because going somewhere on your own horsepower is a different situation than letting a vehicle do the work for you. To make sure things work exactly the way you want them to, they’ve taken routing one step further by remembering your routing settings for each Activity type in each Profile. This allows ultimate configurability of switching Activities both inside a Profile and across Profiles. Read the Garmin Trail Tech Get Active press release.

Geocaching with Photos

Having trouble finding that geocache? Want to know more about the area you’re hunting for geocaches in? Or are you just getting tired of printing puzzles to take with you? The launch of photo support on OpenCaching.com brings a whole new dimension to your geocaching experience, and with it comes game-changing new functionality to supported Garmin handhelds. With Montana firmware version 3.80 (or later), you can automatically receive geocache photos alongside your geocaches when syncing with OpenCaching.com. These photos can then be viewed on your handheld while reviewing a geocache. Read the Garmin Trail Tech Geocache Photos press release.