Garmin Nuvi 760 Review 2008

The Garmin Nuvi 760 is a fine-looking GPS device. The device has some differences from the earlier top of the line 600 series. The screen is easier to read from the high contrast surroundings. This is because the face of the device is black. The background makes it easier to see the screen against the surroundings. The color also gives the aesthetics of the device a facelift. The improvement over the 600 series is that the flip up antenna is no more there. There is no need to activate the GPS chip. However, it needs to take longer for the 760 to get a GPS signal every instance the device is turned on.
There is a slider on the top of the device that turns the device on and off. This switch can serve as a hold switch to ignore the touch screen input. The left side contains a headphone jack and an SD card slot. The maps are loaded into an internal memory. The SD Card Slot is used only for additional map coverage. The mount and hardware design is very good. The mount is compact that makes it easy to stow and the ball, socket joint is well tensioned to enable easy adjustability of screen angle, and the device does not bounce around on rough roads. The power adaptor serves as the FM TMC traffic antenna. There are other devices that have traffic receivers but they have not had great reception. This is the case in this device. It has great reception.
One of the best features about the Nuvi 760 is the bright screen that the device has. The screen is very bright brighter than any other GPS in the market. The text is clear and the very readable. The Garmin Nuvi 760 offers a QWERTY option. Sometimes the devices cannot read the abbreviation, which most GPS devices do not. The Garmin Nuvi is a smarter than most other machines in this domain. A very good facility in this device is that the list will tell you in which direction the POI is in relation to the user's present location. The font size is also good.
The fact that the address is shown once the POI is clicked on makes the facility a little redundant. The facility should be such that once the POI is traced 'Go' is clicked and the process is in operation. There is the facility of multi destination routing. There is no need for a big Street Pilot device. The Garmin Nuvi is one of the devices that many were in the need of. There is the facility to create a lot of routes with many points to go to. There is of course a limit to the number of points you can add to a single route. The fat is that there are 50 points. As the stating points, the ending points and intermediate points have been entered, the distance can be calculated. This all about the Garmin Nuvi 760 GPS device.
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