• Is it possible to use a SP-2650 (with internal Gyro feature) in an automobile without the speedometer and backup light connection as I might want to do in a rental car?  Yes.  Leave off the speedometer connection and the unit will operate same as the SP-2610 in a temporary installation.
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• Does the SP-2610 have a DETOUR FEATURE to reroute you around road work and other obstructions?  Yes.  You can select various distance values and the SP-2610 will leave your current route at the first opportunity and take you the "best available" alternate route for your selected detour distance and then compute an optimum reroute for the remainder of your journey.
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• If I create a route on MG-4.01 and download it to SP-2610 (turning off automatic reroute) will it Audio and Video enunciate and execute the route just as normal for SP-2610? Answer: Using MetroGuide USA, version 4.01 the StreetPilot 2610 will route and voice communicate just as with the CityNavigator data. When you download a route to the unit from MapSource using MetroGuide or CN data you do need to be right at the start point otherwise you may get an off-route announcement.

• Which of the mounts for the StreetPilot III will the SP-2610/2650 fit?  The SP 2610 base fits perfectly into the Garmin stick-on base and beanbag base used for the SP III.  But, it will require a different Touratech mount,
  it won't fit in the SP III Touratech mount.
  
  2) Can I operate the SP-2610 touch screen with my gloves on?  In the rain?  In the rain with gloves on?  Yes.  The touchscreen  works just fine with gloves on, works just fine with wet gloves on, works just fine with wet gloves on when riding in the rain on a motorcycle.  No problems reported with using this new GPS on a motorcycle. 

We do not recommend SP for hiking or marine activities due to its reduced feature set optimized for automobile use.

The SP-2610  used for this review includes no basemaps outside the Northern part of the Western Hemisphere.  The unit has has a rudimentary political map for the world but essentially no roads are shown outside Canada, USA and Mexico and Central America.  . The basemap of North America  includes maps of USA interstate,  national, primary and secondary state highways, cities, larger towns, waterways, rivers, and coastlines and high population parts of Canada and Mexico.   (Note: See Garmin Base Maps description for more information on Base Map content.)  Base Maps are included  in the SP-2610's internal memory while USER Uploadable Street Maps on CD ROM provide street level or topo detail of user selected areas which are loaded to the 64meg to 2048meg (2GByte) CF memory cartridges.

Additional SP-2610 features include: