Garmin nüvi 760 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Automobile Navigator
 | Average Customer Rating: Recommend Loaded and wide, nüvi 760 has it all ? advanced navigation features, a widescreen display, preloaded maps, an FM transmitter, hands-free calling, traffic alerts and more. Like the rest of the wide nüvi 700-series, its premium navigation capabilities, like route planning and a handy locator, give you peace of mind on the go. Save up to 10 routes, and specify via points and preview simulated turns on the 4.3 widescreen, or enter your via… Product details and pricing info |
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355 Customer Reviews Posted
- Garmin 760
- Great device easy to use right out of the box, I traveled to Pittsburg Pa. recently and it navigated me all through the city and I did not get lost even once and I am not familiar with Pittsburg at all. I highly recommend the Garmin 760 or the 660
- 2008-09-18, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- defective product
- I ordered the Garmin 760 based on a Consumer Reports review. I charged it fully for over 6 hours, turned it off for the night, and tried it the next morning. The battery was dead. I called Garmin and they said to return it. I then ordered a second Garmin 760 and the same thing happened. I returned it also and then purchased a Magellan. The Magellan works great.
- 2008-09-17, 0 of 1 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Pretty Good...but not Greate
- I have used this on 2 trips so far...and both times it had problems. Perhaps I need to get the latest maps. On one trip...it took me down a deadend street...thinking it was a thru street. The second time...the directions weren't very clear...as I was to merge instead of turn left.
Other than that...the unit has performed well...I would recommend this to any one considering a GPS unit. - 2008-09-17, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- We love this GPS, except....
- I bought this GPS system for my husband for Father's Day from Costco ($[...]). The GPS system is awesome no complaints about it, we have used it to find places in our small area and take it with us on vacation to other states.
The only disapointment I have is the clarity of the phone/speaker while using the bluetooth. Which happens to be the why reason I bougth this model.
If the clarity was better I would have given this GPS system 5 stars without an after thought. - 2008-09-16, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Nuvi 760 and 660 - some thoughts
- I got the Nuvi 760 from a TD Ameritrade promotion. Originally the promotion was for the 660 but they ran out and sent me the 760 instead. My brother got the 660 on the same promotion and I've played around with both units. The 660 comes with a case and an a/c adapter whereas the 760 does not. The 660 has the flip up antenna where the 760 doesn't. On the 660 you can quick press the power switch and it'll have a little menu where you can change the volume and brightness, which is nice. I think on the 760 you have to go through some of the menus. The 760 does have a "trip log" where when it's enabled, will show you where you have gone (your route). I don't think the 660 has that.
The most annoying thing with 760 though is even when I'm not moving, it sometimes "jitters". My car would show suddenly then it's turning or jump a little. The speed would also go from 0 to 4 mph (again, I'm not moving). And if you have that "trip log" display on after a while you can see all these scribble lines around your stationary location. I called Garmin and they said this was more or less "normal" behavior on the 760. The technical support guy I spoke to said the 760 doesn't have WAAS so it's a little less accurate than the 660 (if that's enabled on a 660), but they thought that that sort of accuracy wasn't really needed in this type of product (plus it takes a bit more power). I tried all the resets and stuff and have updated to the latest firmware but it still does the "jitter" stuff at times. On the 660, if I wasn't moving, it wasn't moving and the speed was always at 0 mph (as it should be). (I even had them both in the car at the same time).
We used the 760 on a recent trip to Sea World in San Diego and as we were going south on the 5 and at times it thought we were on the side street and kept trying to recalculate how to get to Sea World. It was so annoying I had to turn off the sound. I did the big reset after that, and I haven't used it on any trip since then, so I don't know if the reset really helped (I was holding the unit in the backseat while someone else was driving).
One other thing, on the 660 and other Garmin units I've seen you can bring up a display of the satellites. I couldn't find how to do this on the 760 but it seems that's probably been removed (how useful is a satellite map anyway?). - 2008-09-16, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
