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| Garmin nüvi 750 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator | 
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| Brand: Garmin
Category: CE
List Price: $499.99
Buy Refurbished: $184.49
You Save: $315.50 (63%)
New (95) Used (7) Refurbished (13)
Avg. Customer Rating:  193 reviews
Sales Rank: 179
Format: Cd
Platform: Windows
Color: silver
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): 9 x 3.5 x 12
nv:Type: Receiver
Waypoints: 500
Route Capacity: 10
Display: Color
Display: TFT
Touch Screen: Yes
Voice: Yes
Expansion Slots: SD Card
Battery Type: Rechargeable Lithium Ion Battery
Battery Life: 5 hours
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: 010-00657-20
Model: 010-00657-20
UPC: 753759072445
EAN: 0753759072445
ASIN: B000UXDFN6
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great GPS March 18, 2008
Garmin nüvi 750 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator
Great GPS....and the mount works much better than i expected!
 Garmin 750 comments March 18, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
As a whole I like the Garmin 750. I like the ability to put in routes with multiple stops (waypoints) which is one of the key reasons I purchased this model. Its graphics are nice and the turn instructions are timely. This 'review' may sound like I hate the unit which is not the case but, I believe in pointing out areas where the unit could be improved. I have listed those areas below.
- The unit does not steadily display the current street being traveled. While there are those that believe that its only the next turn that is important (the next turn is always displayed at the screen top), to me it is important to also know the current road. You could push a button or 2 to display the current road but, in my opinion it should always be displayed.
- I like to view highway travel in 2 dimensional mode. When on the highway in 2D, the current route is not always displayed. The closer the setting is to ground level, the route number rarely, if ever, appears. All you see is the line/road, passing streets, and car on the display. If you change the scale to view the display from a higher 'altitude' then the route information appears on a more regular yet still intermittant basis. Again, seeing the current route at all times is important to me. I don't like to have to wait until the unit randomly decides to display it. When glancing at the unit I expect this information to be there. In 3D mode the route number seems to appear on a more regular basis but, if you don't want to view the roads in 3D its meaningless.
- The transmitter is unusable for me. The signal is not strong enough for my radio antenna to pick it up. I drive a somewhat small vehicle (Vibe) and the signal is not strong enough to get from the transmitter on the windshield to the antenna resting on the rear part of the roof. Mostly static is all that is heard with a hint of a voice from the Garmin unit.
Great price and product! March 11, 2008
This is our first experience with the Garmin Nuvi. The product is a very good buy. The only issue we have had so far is it not keeping up with the roads while we are driving on occasion. Other than that everything else has gone smooth. Very nice to be able to take it out and move it to other vehicles.
Solid GPS, great Magellan RoadMate replacement, some oddities March 8, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've had the unit one week and so far love it. My Magellan RoadMate 700 completely died after 2-1/2 years, two costly map updates, and one very costly out-of-warranty factory repair. The nuvi 750 has proven to be an excellent replacement. I've enjoyed much quicker satellite acquisition, including from inside my home...nothing at all like the slow experiences of others. I also am able to get solid, clear reception using the FM transmitter to the car radios in two cars, though typically do not need to use this feature. Many other reviews have documented the plusses/minuses but for me the unit is all that I expected and need.
I do wish to share a few oddities I had not expected from my experiences transitioning from the Magellan: (1) there is no a/c adapter included; this is very strange to me as even the non-battery-powered Magellan came with this. You will want one...buy it separately. (2) "Favorites", called "Address Book" on the Magellan, are the addresses you add to the system, are sorted in order of increasing distance from home. This is a strange sort choice as it makes finding a favorite a sequential process of looking at every address, very counterintuitive...alphabetical order would be the most straightforward in my opinion, and there seems to be no way to change this. Also, there is no way that I've found to enter a favorite other than keying it in. You can't, for example, upload selected destinations from Outlook; there is, however, a points-of-interest loader (free download) that might help though I've not yet tried it.
(3) the routings I chose to use are those generated in "fastest" mode. They are not always the fastest routing and lean very heavily on Interstate roads even when the extra mileage takes longer in time than a non-Interstate route. (4) the maps can show 5 levels of detail with some increase in display time at the higher levels. I've not found any noticeable delay and the extra NavTech details have proven very helpful in some trips. (5) the automatic software updater, a free download from garmin.com to keep the unit software and voices patched and current, works very well. Even though only a week old, the software on my unit was two releases back and the upgrade to v2.60 happened quickly and without incident. This is the software that runs the unit, and is not the maps themselves, which are current until the next update expected in the summer.
Summary: does all I want and much more that I will likely never use (MP3 player, photo viewer). Screen size of 4.3" makes quite a difference vs. 3.75" on other units, more noticeable than I expected of just a 1/2 inch. Very portable, works on a domestic airplane flight, all good.
Garmin nuvi 750 March 8, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am very happy with my purchase. It is my second GPS and the technology has certainly advanced in the last three years. I added the friction mount to my system because the window suction cup mount put the unit too far away to conveniently touch the screen from the driver's seat.
Dealing with Amazon.com couldn't have been smoother. I will purchase from Amazon again with out hesitation.
Al Wolf
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