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Garmin nüvi 765/765T 4.3-Inch Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator with Traffic
Studio : Garmin
by Garmin
Brand : Garmin
Model : NUVI 765T
Display Size : 4.3
Publisher : Garmin
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 0834140676005
UPC : 834140676005
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 744 reviews)
List Price : $499.99
Our Price : Too low to display
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Bright, 4.3-inch diagonal color WQVGA TFT touchscreen with 480 x 272 pixels and white backlight
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Preloaded with City Navigator North America NT
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Bluetooth wireless technology for hands-free calling with compatible devices
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High-sensitivity GPS receiver for improved performance and reception
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NOTE: Model number on the box is 765T because the traffic receiver is included; however, the model number on the device itself is 765 as the "T" in 765T refers to the additional component
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Product Description |
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Have you lost your sense of direction? Let Garmin nuvi 765t 4.3" GPS be your guiding system to take you hither and yonder. It opens United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico for visual exploration. You'll get the knowledge of a native where and when ever you choose to go. It's the surefire tool for any traveler even for those with no sense of direction. The Garmin nuvi 765t is fully equipped to help you get where you're going. The nuvi 765T offers full coverage mapping for the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. The preloaded map data features nearly six million points of interest, including hotels, restaurants, gas stations, ATMs and attractions. The map data is provided by NAVTEQ, a world leader in premium-quality mapping. It features 3D buildings, lane assist and lifetime traffic alerts from NAVTEQ. Take advantage of Garmin's first premium traffic service without subscription fees. 3D navigation with lane assist provides drivers a clear picture of what lies ahead on their route, including road sign detail and arrows indicating the proper lane for navigation. Some areas even offer a 3D view of buildings. Steer clear of traffic with nuvi's integrated FM traffic receiver. Receive alerts about traffic delays and road construction that lie ahead on your route. Feel comfortable and at home on the road with this Garmin nuvi 765t. It's essentially a must for any trip. Auto time zone will automatically adjust your time zone while navigating Garmin Connect Photos - associate your favorite images with saved locations DEM maps show you shaded terrain contours at various zoom levels High-sensitivity GPS receiver for improved performance and reception Turn-by-turn directions with voice guidance Easy-to-use, Touchscreen interface Trip computer records mileage, max speed, total time and more Simplified PC connectivity, using USB mass storage Configurable vehicle icons allows users to select a fun |
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Flawed basic functionality |
I have had this GPS for several years now. Although it comes in handy when traveling to new areas, it is not as useful at home as I had hoped. I mainly got it for the traffic features.
Pros:
Good touch screen response.
Lane assist is good and has been useful.
Cons:
FM transmitter is a complete failure, just don't get this for that feature. The static is so bad, it drove me nuts. Your results may vary.
About 50% of the time, the route does not get built. I do the same thing every morning. Turn this on, pull out of garage, click the series of buttons needed to route it to work, then watch as it just says "Driving on..." and doesn't give directions (actually I don't care about directions, but it doesn't retrieve traffic info). So I repeat (minus pulling out of the garage of course).
On several occasions, the thing just flipped out and rerouted me to an entirely different city, I don't mean made me go out of my way, I mean my destination popped up to a different city. I thought the thing was getting me off the high way to avoid traffic at 5:00 am in the morning, but then it wanted me to go North instead of South toward my dest. Found out it wasn't my dest anymore.
Time remaining to destination is abysmal. Any software engineer could figure out an algorithm to account for side streets. No, this one just stops decrementing when you sit at a light and slows down when you aren't going the speed limit. It doesn't have any kind of forward filtering and prediction to estimate number of stops along the way or anything like that.
The traffic situation is almost ALWAYS like this: Set up the route (twice) when leaving work, drive for 30 minutes on the route while the traffic icon shows green the entire time, hit a dead stop, traffic icon turns red and says 15 minute delay. It never fails. I think 30 minutes is PLENTY of time to download traffic info. My route doesn't change the entire way... I will give them this one if it is NavTeq's traffic system causing the delay (the system is so terrible, it wouldn't surprise me).
The delay due to traffic is always wrong. 1 minute delay can be assumed to be 10. 5 Minutes is assumed to be 25. That's my calculation on average anyway so far.
Now if I weren't using this system for driving, it would be great. I'd give it 5 stars for its touch screen, media player, games, and even for using while walking. I do like the feature of finding your car in a large downtown area if you park somewhere and forget where (has happened to me in Seattle).
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Could be good if Power cable and charging craddle aren't broken |
We've purchased several GPS Navigators for the last few years and this Garmin brand-new nuvi supposed to be an upgrade after several months of research on Barclayauctions.com.
I got this for my husband's Christmas present, it turns out to be so disappointed...We live in a small town and usually don't use GPS for driving around but for out of town long trips or vacations. After reading several reviews I also ordered a Garmin Friction Car mount to go with the GPS. We received them 1st week of December, 2009. We used this GPS a handfull of times... It always puzzle us why it seems lose battery power so quickly it took us a while to realize the charging cradle as well as power supply cable for the car charger are the problems. It has lose wires somewhere we needed to twit the cord around to make it works and if the road is not smooth it will lose connection again. We are very disappointed as we only have this GPS for few months. We just got back from our 4 weeks summer driving trip, the entire charging system gave up on the 1st day left us cold! This has never happend to any of other GPS we purchased in the past. As the navigation, it seems easy to use but it has been taking us to business or restaurant that were out of bussiness on many occasions!
Garmin or Barclayauctions needs to replace thes defected Garmin parts including car charger and the charging cradle under the warranty. Without power source to charge up this GPS is just piece of junk to us now. Any one have similar experience that offer help or advise to help us would be really appreciated. |
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No maps for Saudi Arabia :( |
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No maps for Saudi Arabia ... Very bad because I have to buy map of S.A which will cost the same price as I bought it from here |
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Great GPS |
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Great GPS. Arrived in a speaking Spanish mode and had problems changing it to English. Otherwise, awesome unit. |
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Garmin nuvi 765 is good |
Right out of the box the nuvi works well. The large screen is very nice. GO-TO functions are user friendly, more so than our Magellan, and "Points of Interest" are numerous to choose from. We like the ability to set way-points as well. The on-screen keys are a bit close together, but that could just be my fat fingers.
One out of 20 or 30 times that I have asked it to direct me to a destination it was very accurate. Once it wanted to take me down a dirt track.
All-in-all a very good GPS and should serve you well. |
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