GPS Information

The Garmin nuvi 765 is a good version to upgrade to from a previous model and likewise an excellent one for individuals buying one for the very first time. It’s a premium product in its category plus seeing that it is produced by Garmin, the best in the business, it is certainly a plus. It has the capability of doing a lot of different jobs very well with its assortment of notable features. It is a brilliant unit for individuals in want of a top end Garmin GPS navigation system and all of the options it is able to provide.

One function that is fairly fundamental to any GPS is acquisition of satellites and this machine is good at doing it in  much less time, which may be very welcome to the apprehensive clients who very much want all those other features it has to offer. The options new to this nuvi 765t unit are the lane routing and the 3D buildings view. The lane instructions are very helpful where there are several lanes on the freeway and there is going to be a split in them in a particular distance. It takes the confusion out of the driver when he needs to be in the correct lane. The 3D feature is useful in cities and hectic streets. There is lots of information the device shows during travel similar to the distance before the following turn, the speed limit at a selected place, the present speed of the car, the estimated time of arrival, the traffic density and estimated delay in reaching your destination resulting from traffic. It carries out the recalculation of the route automatically and rapidly depending on the travel updates.

The screen of the nuvi 765t is also large and clear and the gadget syncs to any mobile phone geared up with Bluetooth, to make hands free calls, which is very helpful in busy streets. The colors of the map and the format are the most effective in its rank. It includes logically structured menus and supports faster updates. The points of interest integrated within the gadget are quite a few, correct and organized in an efficient manner. The rubber coated frame across the display makes it proof against accidents and the internal antenna makes it attractive.

When utilizing the nuvi 765t unit with out a energy wire, the volume level just isn’t too pleasing and cannot be distinguished even with littleconversation in the vehicle. It additionally needs to be provided with plenty of info and making use of plenty of buttons makes it tiresome, as the touch display screen requires only the finger tip and the buttons are fairly small. The battery life is just not up to speed with a lifetime of just above an hour. The FM transmitter is also not very helpful resulting from its weak performance and there are not any verbal alerts in the POI section of the garmin nuvi 765t device.

The garmin nuvi 765t GPS has virtually every characteristic needed by a customer within any class and that too for a outlay not too excessive compared to its advantages. It has the newest features integrated after a variety of solid work by the design staff and other specialists of Garmin, which can be of good use to the buyer.

After waiting a long time to buy a GPS and reading many, many reviews while watching the prices go up and down, I finally pulled the trigger on a Nuvi 765T on Thanksgiving morning when I saw the price drop to $349.00 on Amazon with free shipping. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw the price and couldn’t buy it fast enough. Especially since at the time, the lowest price I had seen was around $460. Although it had the features I wanted, I had some reservations about getting the 765T because of several reviews that listed problems with the screen, speaker volume, bluetooth, missing features from the Nuvi 760, etc. So after putting it though its paces for a few weeks I would like to share my observations with this unit. First off I have to say I couldn’t be more happy with my purchase. In the past I had used the Nuvi 350, and several different TomTom’s as well as rental car units, and this unit blows them away. The first thing I did was to up update the firmware to v.2.50 and had no problems in doing so.

Screen: The screen on the Nuvi 765T I received is very bright and clear. The colors look great and it is just as bright as the Nuvi 350 I had used. The sensitivity on this screen is fine and there is no problem with the calibration for buttons, etc.

Sound Quality: The sound from the speaker is very good on this unit. Could it be louder? Sure. But in normal driving with the radio at regular listening volume and /or the windows open, I have no trouble hearing it at all when set to 100%. When driving without the radio, I actually turn it down to 80% as it is too much. The navigation voice (have tried several and like Australian Karen) at 100% is clean with no distortion. From some of the reviews I had read, I was expecting to have to hold it up to my ear to hear it, but it really is fine.

Bluetooth: This was one of the things I was worried about not working, but surprisingly the Nuvi immediately paired with both my, and my wife’s older Sanyo Katana phones. It also shows the phone books and the contact names for both phones. In making calls over the Nuvi, the people I have called state that the voice quality is fine and there is no echo or distortion. Although I don’t use my cell phone a lot, when I do, its great not having to hold the phone and drive at the same time. Very happy with this feature.

Traffic: I was really surprised on how accurate the traffic feature on this unit has been so far, as I wasn’t really expecting much. Perhaps the coverage is better in the Chicagoland area then other areas, but it has accurately shown where there were slow downs and congestion ahead on I-90/94, I-57 and I-355. The “ads” for the free traffic pop up from time to time, but I rarely notice them and they certainly are not in the way or distracting at all.

Routing: So far, with one exception, the routing has been really spot-on. The navigation has brought us to our unknown destination with no problems, and takes the routs I would normally take for the places I am familiar with. It even knew that our home street is divided by a drainage ditch and instructed me to go past our house and make the correct two left turns to get into our driveway when arriving on the opposite side of the street. This really surprised me! It did one strange thing though, when driving home from Chicago going south down the Dan Ryan expressway, I need to eventually merge west onto I-57 south, and for some reason, the Nuvi kept telling me to get on the Indiana toll road and go east, which would have taken me miles way out of my way. I should have brought up the turn list to see where it was going to take me, but I was in heavy traffic with bad weather and needed to keep my eyes on the road. Once I passed the exit for the Indiana toll road it “recalculated” and took me home perfectly. The only thing I could think of was that I had “Avoid Traffic” enabled and there was some heavy traffic on I-57 ahead which it may have been trying to avoid, but I’m not sure. I will turn off the “Avoid Traffic” feature and try it again the next time I travel that way.

Other Features: I love the Lane Assist, and the Junction View has come up many times in the Chicago area which is a big help. I have not tried the FM transmitter yet which a lot of people complain about not working well. The picture viewer is nice and I have loaded some pictures on it and taken it to friends houses and used it to show them vacation pictures. Since my car radio plays MP3′s I don’t have much use for the MP3 player as of yet but will try it out in the future. I loaded several POIs for various places and they work great too; giving both audio and visual prompts within set distances of the POIs.

I could go on and on, but those are the main things I wanted to share. I had read about some early complaints with this unit, especially with the pre v2.50 update, so perhaps I just go lucky with this unit, but so far I could not be happier with Nuvi 765T!