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Garmin Nuvi 760 Reviews Analysis

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Garmin Nuvi 760
alaSCORE 95

958 reviews

November, 2009

79 / 100

45 Experts

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82 / 100

913 Users

What people think about the Garmin Nuvi 760: (BETA!)

We compute this summary by analyzing 958 reviews from across the web.

price

1

  • It's also a bit pricey
  • Not yet available for purchase
  • Pricey
  • PRICE WAS MY ONLY CONCERN .NEED TO GET MORE OF THESE OUT TO THE PUBLIC
  • very pricy
  • reasonable price
  • Best value for a GPS
  • Free Traffic Alert (included in the package price
  • There is a higher price the market
  • Is the price can select cheaply
  • waste money and time (2362KM
  • Totally useless, waste money and time (2362KM
  • Way too expensive for what it does
  • The price has been too expensive
  • price is still up there
  • Battery life is short, price is still up there
  • The only problem with this satnav is the price
  • Is the price can select cheaply, the convenient average person uses
  • Low Price
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performance

4

  • Slow to turn on and respond
  • Could do with street and road speed
  • that tells you when you are over the speed limit
  • Could do with street and road speed, that tells you when you are over the speed limit
  • It also would be nice if it showed your speed while it was giving directions
  • fast routing speed
  • fast boot up and satellite acquisition time
  • Accurate routing engine, fast routing speed, fast boot up and satellite acquisition time, excellent touch screen, easy navigation, outstanding mount system, reasonable price, large POI database
  • Quick Customer Service
  • Re-routing was very quick when I purposely turned wrong
 
  • fast start up
  • recalculates routes quick
  • The upgrade tool on garmin website is easy and fast
  • Fast boot up
  • speed of location
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memory

0.5

  • includes complex features best done with MapSource on your computer
  • Computer voices are bad
  • has a memory card slot and can play music & videos
 

LCD

5

  • due to larger screen...but OK
  • Screen freezes from time to time you have to re-start to clear
  • Limited on-screen information
  • The system also has a wide screen
  • The system also has a wide screen, a built-in transmitter, and other travel tools
  • hi-res screen
  • Availability to sort routes ,Brighter Screen, Bluetooth is great
  • nice screen
 
  • Bright Screen
  • Small size, Bluetooth, MSN Direct Enhanced, Bright Screen
  • Larger screen
  • Larger screen, Bluetooth, FM transmitter
  • big screen
  • Beautiful and bright 4.3" screen with ?Text To Speech?, Traffic, and Bluetooth
  • Great screen
  • Better Screen-Bigger Screen
  • Large screen
  • Wide screen 4:3
  • screen readability
  • Great screen day and nite
  • as well as screen lock
  • Picks up signal very fast, Bluetooth works great,Great screen day and nite,as well as screen lock
  • Nuvi 760 is very portable, nice colors, good screen clarity at any time of day
  • WQVGA LCD
  • Improvement over the Nuvi 660 , WQVGA LCD, Multiple Routes ,MSN® Direct for U.S
  • screen quality is perfect
  • recalculates routes quick, screen quality is perfect
  • Nice big wide screen
  • huge screen
  • screen is easy to read
  • Screen is nice and clear
  • Screen is nice and clear, easy to get used to and navigate
  • Very clear screen, good in bright conditions
  • good wide screen
  • good wide screen, clear instructions
  • Wide bright screen
  • Much improved car connection and screen mount
  • Clear screen
  • Very clear screen
  • easy to read screen
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interface

5

  • User guide is difficult to find
  • No detailed User manuals included
  • No i-Pod interface
  • No included carry case like my other Garmin C550 GPS, and I'd like to see Garmin come up with a simple PC software interface so I can add stuff when the unit is away and sync up later
  • user interface
  • Sleek, compact design, built-in FM transmitter, text-to-speech technology, Bluetooth handsfree, user interface
  • Easy Interface
  • Easy Interface, nice screen
  • incredible fast and easy interface and menus(very intuitive)
 
  • very user friendly
  • Interface extremely intuitive
  • It's GPS functions are fast, the Garmin user interface is very intuative and easy to set up, never had to crack open any of the manuals
  • Human interface design
  • Simple User Interface
  • Great Maps, Simple User Interface, Low Price, Accurate
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menu

0.5

  • Volume needs to be set via menu options
  • no "escape to home menu" buttons
  • no multi route option, no "escape to home menu" buttons
  • The printed guide is almost non-existant and you have to know to go straight into the Help option on the menu
  • Could have had a better manual in the box rather than having to down load it from the net
  • Extras menu
 

usability

5

  • most use of freeways
  • Route type options such as Fastest time, shortest distance, most use of freeways,avoid tolls
  • Doesn't come with AC charger for indoors even though you can use the mini usb cable to charge it - it would be nice to have that while you're messing with the settings
  • Not easy to update via the web
  • Wish it would remember the roads I never use
  • ease of use
  • easy to use - 6 million Points of Interest
  • Very accurate, easy to use - 6 million Points of Interest
  • Easy to use, very accurate, well supported
  • EASE OF USE....PERIOD
  • Everyone in the family wants to borrow as its so easy to use
  • completed ONE simple offer and met the requirements to receive one for FREE 3 weeks later in the post
  • I checked out the website, completed ONE simple offer and met the requirements to receive one for FREE 3 weeks later in the post
  • easy Plug & Play
  • perfect routing, ETA, readjusts to your path, many options, easy Plug & Play, warns in advance and at the turn
  • Easy to use out of the box
  • easy navigation
  • Route Planner makes planning trips easy
  • easy to setup
  • Feature rich, easy to setup
  • easy to use
  • Bluetooth, Wide screen 4:3 , easy to use
  • Turn by turn directions, screen readability, ease of use
  • Graphics, Ease of use, good for beginners
  • easy to set up
  • Handy, ease of use, easy to set up
  • Ease of use, additional functions
  • Easy to learn without reading a manual
  • Easy to fit
  • use and relocate to another vehicle
  • Easy to fit, use and relocate to another vehicle
  • Extremely comprehensive maps, easy to use, RF transmitter, media player, lots of internal memory, bright and big screen, comes with traffic data receiver
  • and FM transmitter make it practical to use a lot more than my old GPS units
  • I can use mapquest and send the info straight to the unit
  • I purchased this device because it has an FM transmitter so I can use its MP3 features and listen to music on my car speakers
  • easy to get used to and navigate
  • POI are abundant and easy to find
  • Easy to navigate once you get to know your device
  • easy to use simple to set up
  • easy to read
  • It is quite easy to use
  • Wide bright screen, accurate routes., easy to use
  • Easy to use, REALLY useful features
  • Loads of useful & practical improvements over NUVI 660
  • So easy to use and gives road names as well as directions for extra confirmation that you are heading in the right direction
  • excellent mapping and easy to use all of the features available on the 760T
  • Simple easy to use lots of extras compared to my old Garmin Street pilot
  • Easy to hear and understand instructios
  • Easy to fit and use
  • easy to get updates on the web and download to unit
  • operation is simple
  • easy to learn steps
  • beginners can also be easy to g
  • Human interface design, operation is simple, easy to learn steps, beginners can also be easy to g
  • the convenient average person uses
  • Ease of use, accuracy
  • Ease of use, great 2d & 3d views, easy to read screen
  • easy use
  • text-to-speech, easy use, aquires sattelite quickly
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maps

2

  • Streets drop in and out at normal map detail
  • but you'll have to rummage through the internet trough first, Streets drop in and out at normal map detail
  • Maps not 100%
  • Bad speaker.Unreliable accuracy.Funky routing.Hard to see proper lanes on maps Not nearly enough warning on lane changes or upcoming info.Would very much like to have seen (heard
  • The GPS will show the direction from Chicago to New York and head north to Vermont and South to Toronto
  • maps
  • Sensitive GPS receiver
  • Was much better then using Microsoft Streets & Trips w/GPS on my notebook to navigate in the car
  • Good Map colors
  • View isn't as nice as lookng at a City Map
  • Does not allow you to add info to Favorites
  • Sometimes takes to long to load maps
  • Map view not as good as City Street Map, not as good as wife's MDX Nav
  • The Sensis maps are poor (not a good result for a GPS
  • Doesn't come with a protective case for the GPS, doesn't come with a 120VAC charger, only the car charger/traffic reciever, car charger feels cheaply made, doesn't come with MapSource (required to pull track data off the GPS)
  • Does not always name the road that you are driving on in the map
  • Directions not really up to it, leaves you to follow road signs quite often
  • Not too much of a problem as I intend to upgrade the maps when th next release comes out and that will be "fixed"
  • Not too much of a problem as I intend to upgrade the maps when th next release comes out and that will be "fixed
  • leaves you to follow road signs quite often
  • View isn't as nice as lookng at a City Map, I suppose that's a matter of personal
  • Within a week they upgraded me to the latest maps
  • Great holiday deal, 500 dollar gps for 250 - NICE
  • Clear display, good map view, spoken road names, has a memory card slot and can play music & videos, easy to get updates on the web and download to unit
  • good map view
  • spoken road names
  • Detailed map of the U.S
  • Great Maps
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voice guidance

0.5

  • Mechanized voice quality, slow download speeds from the Garmin website, some static over the FM transmitter, TMC real time traffic is inaccurate
  • voice directions disappear frequently
  • When using the australian voice it delays its directions till after you have gone through a roundabout etc
  • till then I was told to use the British male voice
  • voice prompts do not give enough warning for next turn (although screen shows distance to next turn)
  • Great readouts, good voice and vehicle choices, good POI database, Blue Tooth compatability
  • Freezes occasionally with Aus voice
  • voice can be iritating
  • gets confused with hairpin bends, voice can be iritating, keep left directions can be confused with left turns espcially on roads in europe
  • It would be nice to get access to the voice mute a lot quicker
  • gets confused with hairpin bends, voice can be iritating, keep left directions can be confused with left turns espcially on roads in europe
 
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screen

3.5

  • Unit would not charge in the car...defective cigarette charger cord
  • condition same on both first defective and replacement unit
  • Bad sound recording, information on screen is useless, Unit turns on by itself, POI are useless, POI search is useless
  • My device has the Sirf Chipset and still takes 1+ minute on startup to find my location
  • however you can't do this unless you buy exactly the same mapping as you have already installed on the Nuvi 760T
  • Supports Google Earth, Microsoft Streets and Trips, and Microsoft Visual Earth
  • I got my unit as a gift and immediately used it for a trip from Texas to New Mexico
  • Nice display
  • nice unit when it work only 2 week old
  • 4.3" display
  • Mounting device
  • Mp3 player, 4.3" display, spoken street names, blue tooth that allows you to dial from the devise, as well as address search it also allows you to put in the latitude and longitude
  • Big display
  • It's ready to go when I mount the device
  • Size and display
  • Clear display
  • Wqvga Display With White Backlight
  • 480 X 272 Pixels, Wqvga Display With White Backlight
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reception

5

  • it takes quite some time to obtain the signal
  • When it's cold out, it takes quite some time to obtain the signal
  • No GPS signal for 2 minutes in an open parking lot
  • No GPS signal for 2 minutes in an open parking lot, FM transmision sucks, wrong directions, overcharged
  • Bluetooth hands-free calling and FM traffic reception increase the usefulness of the device
  • Picks up signal very fast
  • Very strong signal reception
  • Very strong signal reception, fast start up, great support software, accurate and vast Points of Interests, very bright and colorful, incredible fast and easy interface and menus(very intuitive)
  • great signal cool features
 
  • Superb Reception and always locks on very quickly to the satellites
  • Fast Reception
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image quality

4

  • Speaker quality
  • Good quality
  • Supports the 3D export schematic drawing and real-life scenery picture
 

viewfinder

5

  • Easy to view
 

appearance

3

  • Look up not intuitive enough
  • Sleek
 

portability

5

  • not a light sensor
  • no AC adapter included, nighttime/daytime brightness auto feature based on time of day, not a light sensor
  • The Garmin Nuvi 760 portable navigation system features text-to-speech functionality and useful location features that help you find nearby services
  • Good FM transmitter with MP3 playback, Simple interface with big icons, Compact windshield mount, Great verbal speed and red light camera warnings
  • Lightweight
  • Portable
 

color

0.5

  • No Attention tone while on the phone and a turn is coming up
  • Only have it a week, the volume could be a bit louder, does not have the tone indicator as the 660
 

battery

2.5

  • Shorter battery life
  • Shorter battery life, due to larger screen...but OK
  • non user replaceable battery
  • Pricey, non user replaceable battery,
  • When using a wall charger, does not have a meter to show battery is charged
  • battery life is long
  • very user friendly, great bluetooth options, huge screen, memorises everything, saves locations, battery life is long
  • excellent battery life
  • small, reliable, excellent battery life, near perfect mounting system, Best value for a GPS
  • good battery life and good instruction manual
  • Battery life is short
  • battery life
  • Slim, A breeze to use, Good battery
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size

5

  • shortest distance
  • choose shorter distance from Chicago to Toronto
  • For example, choose shorter distance from Chicago to Toronto
  • Favourites stored by distance rather than alphabetically
  • Small size
  • large POI database
  • Compact size but big in features, clear speaker, and ease of use makes this unit a cut above the rest
  • fairly large number of POIs
  • Large screen, fairly large number of POIs, GPS mapping works pretty well
 
  • Smaller size
  • Smaller size, built in ant
  • Car locator is a big plus
  • Great little GPS
  • especially if you driving in a big city and want to avoid traffic jams
  • it's very nice, especially if you driving in a big city and want to avoid traffic jams
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lens

2

  • Not sure how effective the Traffic system is as it's not kicked in yet
  • Take time for requiring satellite and lost contact with satelitte when under the tunnel
  • outstanding mount system
  • near perfect mounting system
 

zoom

5

  • Rapid processing ability
  • Rapid processing ability, good navigation algorithms
 

connectivity

5

  • Bluetooth issues with some Blackberries
  • FM connectivity with the vehicles radio could be better, but I know the output is limited by government regulations
  • Bluetooth speakerphone needs external microphone for even a medium sized car for the other side of the conversation to hear you clearly - just buy one when you get the unit
  • Bluetooth speakerphone needs external microphone for even a medium sized car for the other side of the conversation to hear you clearly - just buy one when you get the unit, you won't regret it
  • The FM transmitter (for listening to your MP3 songs on the car audio system
  • Bluetooth handsfree
  • Bluetooth
  • Bluetooth paired quickly with my Blackberry
  • great mic for bluetooth speakerphone
  • great mic for bluetooth speakerphone, good UI
  • Some problems with bluetooth crashing but garmin download seems to have fixed this
  • Bluetooth works with iPhone 3G
  • Great Screen, Bluetooth works with iPhone 3G, FM transceiver
  • bluetooth hands free with cellphone handset integration so your last calls/missed calls/phonebook/SMS etc all there
  • audio plays out your FM radio in the car
  • great bluetooth options
  • the Bluetooth
  • Bluetooth, Extra Functionalities
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energy efficiency

0.5

  • locks up when turned on more than 50% of the time...says "maps loading" then will not move on unless power switch held in off position to reset
  • Significant bugs in this model, voice directions disappear frequently, locks up when turned on more than 50% of the time...says "maps loading" then will not move on unless power switch held in off position to reset, sometimes incorrect directions
  • Shame it needs the power cable to receive the traffic alerts
  • Stiff power cable and seperate aerial for the Traffic
 

glare

5

  • The Traffic capability is brilliant and has already saved me from sitting in queues for a couple of hours - brilliant
 

design

5

  • compact design
  • Looks sleek
  • good looking
  • Good slim design
  • Sleek Design
 

remote control

0.5

  • no remote
  • No Custom Avoidances, No categories under Favorites, No Attention tone while on the phone and a turn is coming up, Bluetooth issues with some Blackberries, no remote
  • Mapping not too good when off road or in remote areas
  • no external volume control (have to access through menus)
  • Has to be mounted in cradle to charge in the car, no external volume control (have to access through menus)
 

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