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| Garmin nüvi 760 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Automobile Navigator | 
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| Brand: Garmin
Category: CE
List Price: $599.99
Buy New: $249.99
You Save: $350.00 (58%)
New (88) Used (8) Refurbished (8)
Avg. Customer Rating:  340 reviews
Sales Rank: 2
Color: Gray
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Native Resolution: 480 x 272
Display Size: 4.3
Includes MP3 Player: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 4.8 x 0.8 x 2.8
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: Nuvi 760
Model: Nuvi 760
UPC: 753759072391
EAN: 0753759072391
ASIN: B000UX9YJ0
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
 GPS March 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
THE GARMIN NUVI 760 IS WONDERFUL. IT TRULY TAKES YOU WHERE YOU NEED TO BE.I AM MORE COMFORTABLE USING THE DASHBOARD MOUNT VS THE WINDSHIELD,BUT IT'S GOOD TO HAVE CHOICES.I PURCHASED THE AC ADAPTER WHICH IS A GREAT PLUS.I CAN PROGRAM MY ADDRESSES AHEAD OF TIME, WHEN I GO TO THE CAR,I JUST LOCK IT ON THE MOUNT AND OFF I GO.IT'S MONEY WELL SPENT.
Nuvi 760 is Great March 28, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I believe the personal GPS units have evolved into a great product with many good choices. My choice on which unit was not easy. Magellan, TomTom and Garmin all have their strengths and weaknesses but I feel Garmin is the best overall choice.
I selected the Nuvi 760 and love it. The satellite aquisition is very fast. The routing calculations are very good with many easy to use options.
The only items I would like to see improved are the internal speaker and FM transmitter. They both work ok, but not great. Sound quality on the built in speaker is just not that good in noisy environments. The FM transmitter was my first try to overcome this but I found myself constantly having to change channels. I may look into an external speaker for the headphone port.
Great item and transaction (excellent value) March 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Garman 760 is a great GPS with all of the bells and whistles you need to navigate the roads. The bluetoooth works great (with the Blackberry 8830) although I did need to back down the BT firmware to 240 from 300.
All in all its an excellent device and with no issues so far.
 Great GPS - Although not the Magellan killer reviews suggest. March 27, 2008
27 out of 30 found this review helpful
I have been using the Magellan 4050 GPS for about a year, and decided to "upgrade" to a full featured Garmin unit. In some ways the upgrade was significant-first COST! Honestly, there are some features on the Garmin that the Magellan didn't have, and I love it for them but is not a clearly superior GPS. One is the built in MP3 player that allows the unit to be your music player. When you do this the Nuvi will automatically mute the music for routing instruction or bluetooth calls just like a factory installed Nav system. Of course, this is not without fault. The built in FM transmitter is too weak to be used so the only other option is to use the headphone jack to route to your stereo system. This means plugging a headphone jack into the unit every time you use it (the cradle has a mic jack for the phone, and a power jack but no duplicate line out). The other problem is that there is no bluetooth phone volume, and when running through your car speakers the phone is insanely loud to the point of distortion (with no way to turn it down). When using the FM transmitter the phone is perfect and similar in volume to the other sources, but not through line out. STRIKE 1
The second feature I appreciate that was missing in my Magellan is the ability to create routes on your computer and upload them to the Nuvi. This means you can actually plot your own route, as carefully as you'd like, and then let the Nuvi guide you. Magellan are fools for not seeing the value of this.
Now on to the major gripes. As stated, the FM transmitter would be ideal but is too weak to use reliably (making it nothing more than a sales tool). What's worse, the built in speaker sounds like a pair of headphones turned up too loud. tinny, and very distorted (and hard to hear at highway speeds). The Magellan had a fantastic speaker that was both loud and clear always. I'll miss it.
Also, the map screen on the Magellan was more detailed. the Garmin looks prettier, but doesn't show as much useful information. The Magellan had all street names clearly labeled, making it easier to learn your way around unfamiliar areas while following routes. You can see all the roads around you and take note. It's hard not to like the little car icon on the Garmin, but I'll be missing my Magellan's more useful map display.
POIs were way better on the Magellan too. The Garmin says it has more, but can rarely find what I am looking for. Not only that, while POI searches were like lightning on the Magellan, they are slower than molasses on the Nuvi. I wonder why? They should have similar processor capability. On the Nuvi you can add POIs downloaded from the net, but you'll have to buy Garmin's software to do it. That's a feature I'll grow to love (since I can add favorites like Cracker Barrel and Costco to my database easily)
The Garmin is also too menu-centric. When listening to MP3s you have to make at least 3 button presse just to skip to the next song. Why not make a small forward and backward button on the map screen for this? To adjust volume you have to back out of the map to the menu screen, then touch a volume icon. The Magellan had a very unubtrusive icon right on the map screen. The less screen interaction while moving the better. Magellan seems to know this. Garmin has yet to get a clue. The interface needs some streamlining indeed!
Magellan had better options too. You could display time left, miles left, or arrival time on the map screen. Garmin only shows arrival time. You can see miles left, but only after touching the screen and enetering the data mode, which can be dangerous while driving. Routing was also easier on the Magellan thanks to their predictive text system, and ability to use zip codes to instigate a route. Also, it helps that Magellan says the letter you press as you do it (unlike Garmin) which makes typos much less likely.
While driving routes, the Magellan alerts you ahead of time as to the next maneuver, gives you a second screen showing a more detailed image of the maneuver, and then a ding sound at the moment of the event. The chatty Garmin just keeps repeating itself. In .5 miles turn left on 1st street - turn left on first street - turn left (all in 25 seconds). Teh voice will start to annoy you. Maybe selecting the computerized Australian voice will spice it up a bit! ;)
Another feature I'll miss from the Magellan is that it told you both the road you were on and the road of the next turn on the map screen, in addition to an icon indicating the direction of the turn. The Magellan just tells you the next turn in top of the screen and that's it. It has no auto split screen mode, no road currently travelling, and no indicator of the direction (other than the track on the map). The Garmin does automatically zoom out at highway speeds to show more of the map and upcoming maneuvers. This is a feature I like!
As far as satellite reception, the Magellan KILLS the Garmin. It always got full signal within a few seconds of being turned on. Even with the 2.60 update the 760 is slow to get a lock, and even then the signals seem much weaker. Not as good of an antenna. This could be a problem in big cities. Routing engine seemed equivalent to me, and traffic is equally useless whether it's Magellan or Nuvi. The mount is much sturdier on Magellan too. the Garmin mount allows the unit to swivel too easily, so it moves the screen when you try to interface with the touch screen.
So why am I keeping the Garmin if the Magellan beats it in so many ways? I love the MP3 feature, and the ability to create routes. The voices are much better at reading street names, and the updates are much more frequent. Also, the support is reputed to be great unlike Magellan's which is a travesty. The Garmin is the "cool" gadgety GPS while the Magellan is the utilitarian, ultra functional yet less slick looking device.
If you don't care about MP3 support though, and you don't plan on running the GPS through your speakers it is hard for me to recommend the Nuvi over the Maestro series. The Magellan does a lot, better than the Nuvi and at about half the price. If you want features you may not use, and you want to have the same brand as most of your friends the Nuvi is still a great device despite its' flaws. From a pure functionality standpoint I'd say the Magellan wins overall. The lower price is just bonus.
If Garmin would add a blutooth volume, increase the FM transmitter to a useable volume, and reduce the menu depth or add some shortcust on the map screen it'd be a tougher call. With Garmin's frequent updates, some of those things just may happen.
Oh yeah, I though the Garmin's Maps labeled NT 2008 were newer than Magellan's map date 1st quarter of 07. Not the case, only the name is different. They are both 1st Q 2007 Navteq maps.
Nuvi 760 review March 26, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Nice working GPS, but routing is rather a hastle. Lots of address's are hard to put in or it cannot find. Even some major cities are entered and it cannot find them in it's database. It would be nice to be able to plan a route on my laptop and then download the route to the Nuvi. I am used to routing with Microsoft Streets & Trips, and that is so much easier to pre-plan a trip on. Audio book feature is real nice and I like using the bluetooth function to connect my cell phone for hands free operation.
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