My Nuvi 760 Report

i think ill agree with you ..Doug..but as you know .im still have in trouble getting one over here..........what was the program. you had with all the warnings for all the bridges..and such......Bundy

Hi Doug,

Thanks for the update. I am looking at replacing my GPS V and while I am wrapped in my wifes Nuvi 660, wouldn't want to be without the track info. While I have Oziexplorer, I reckon that with T4A and Oztroppo, you wouldn't need anything else.

Looks like I will have to update in the near future, what do you reckon a GPS V with V7 navigator is worth to sell?

Cheers

Captain

I bought a 760 not too long ago and I am disappointed in the number of times I have typed in an address and the exact house number doesn't come up. e.g. type in 8 Smith St and it might come up 5 Smith St. The number that comes up is not necessrily opposite the number you want.
I realise this is a Sensis problem but it would be nice if Garmin put some pressure on Sensis to get their act together.
When I was in Beechworth the other week, I asked the 760 to show the route to Albury. Well, off we go along these little streets and out into the bush along various tracks following the directions being transmitted to us.
We weren't going in the general direction that I had anticipated it would take us, but it was a new toy and we weren't in any real hurry to get to Albury, so we just followed her directions.
CT in tow, we went on tracks that were getting narrower and narrower and eventually came to a locked farm gate. It required quite a bit shifting fallen logs and manoeuvring to turn around and return about 6 Kms to Beechworth so we could take another route.
The trouble with following the directions it suggests if you dion't know the area (and that's why you buy these things) is that you don't know if it's right or wrong until you follow the suggested route.
If you have to double check everything in your maps and various books, what's the use of spending $700 on an electronic device that's supposed to help you.
I hope the electronic traction control and electronic fuel injection devices don't get as bamboozled as the 760.

Dave

Doug, you must have oodles of time on your hands to test everybodys' query or comment on Garmins.

' Just done some teasting on the PC. if I programe the unit at Alma Rd and Kibbels Rd and have it set shortest distance yes it will go via Kibbels, If I change to fastest it will go via Wooragee,
You also must take into account exacly where the start point is as to which way the unit will calculate, then a bit of common sense must prevail. sorry Dave, nothing wrong with your GPS.'

I ain't got Supermans vision, and I couldn't see the locked gate about 6 Kms in front of me.
I bought the unit to give me an idea which way to go, and it gave me a bum steer.
I guess the 760 couldn't see the locked gate through the farm either, or it assumed I had a key and permission to go through the farm.

How the hell am I to know it's going to take me up a road that I can't get through?

Have you tried you brand new 760 on all the roads around Queensland to see if it is perfect in every way?
Or do you just stick to the roads you know like the back of you hand and really don't need a navigator?

I am not knocking the 760, it's just that you should expect a few surprises with it.

It was about 4 Kms out when I tried to find an address in Robinvale Vic. It took me to what appeared to be a waste depot.!!

Dave

OK Doug, I will ask you for a bit of help with my 760.

What sequence of buttons do I press to find out if there are any locked gates on the roads I wish to travel?

I really don't want to waste a lot of your time, as I know you are busy helping others too, but I find it a bit annoying havig to backtrack over old ground because of problems like this and I would love to know more of the intricacies of the 760.

Dave