Customer Reviews:
 Generally pleased October 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I purchased this product for my husband for his birthday. He seems to be very pleased with the Garmin nuvi 760. He quickly realized though that the maps are not current. There is a road that we travel quite frequently that does not show up on the system and this road has been in existence for at least 3 to 4 years. It is a bypass route around our town and is heavily travelled so one would expect it to show up on the map. When we drive that road, the Garmin shows us driving through a field. :)
 Sleek design and user interface; but it doesn't work reliably October 27, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I did a very significant amount of research before purchasing this GPS system, and felt very comfortable at the time that the nuvi 760 was the best choice given my needs. I wanted a wide GPS display in a thin device that could be stored easily, had Bluetooth functionality, and had accurate and fast directions. The 760 was supposed to have all of that. However, we've been incredibly dissapointed with this device and could not recommend it to others.
The key problems are, in order of signficance:
1. The nuvi 760 fails to acquire satellite signal. My device would consistently go 5-10 minutes trying to look acquire a lock from the GPS satellites outdoors outside the car in plain view of completely clear skies. Given that most errands usually take 10-20 minutes of driving time, a 10 minute delay before the GPS starts working renders the device completely useless.
2. The device sometimes has trouble correctly assesing the location of the vehicle. My device would show us driving on the grass, off a road or even on the water while we were driving on a highway. It also seems to get "confused" easily and it recalculates routes constantly, albeit all of them being wrong.
3. The Bluetooth feature is very poor. The voice quality is bad and you have to yell for others to be able to hear you. It's no better than simply using the speaker feature of your cell phone, and significantly inferior to a $30 bluetooth earpiece you can pick up at Radio Shack.
It's unfortunate because the device, in theory, has all of the features I was looking for.
Almost completely satisfied October 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
After getting 2 defective 660's in 2 weeks (which Amazon replaced, then refunded), I upgraded my order to the 760, and I'm pretty thrilled with the unit so far. It came with the latest maps and software (unlike the 660's), worked right out of the box, and has been very accurate. Speaker has been fine-although the pronunciation of street names is often peculiar. (Come on, Pine St. isn't hard!) My only gripes are that the POI's are limited, and you can't sort easily by preferences. AND that the bluetooth is not compatible with my LG phone- I'm hoping Garmin will keep adding compatible phones at a reasonable rate, or this function is useless as there aren't very many on their list. Otherwise, I love the integrated antenna-good unit!
Garmin Nuvi 760 October 25, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Although we had a problem with the original unit we received, Amazon, with their usual great customer service, took care of it immediately. I received my replacement two days after I notified them that the original shipment was defective. The replacement unit has been great - no problems, very easy to use right out of the box, and can be used on battery for long periods of time as well. This makes it not only good for getting where you're going, but using as a portable (carry it in your purse) yellow pages for places to go and directtions to get there once you are at the place you are visiting. We love it.
Does what it promised October 25, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Accurate Maps, provides clear instructions, Integrated MP3 & Bluetooth really helps to cut down on the number devices I need to keep track of while in the car. Controls are fairly simple. Real time traffic is great! Alternate routing is spotty, at times it does not seem to take into account traffic lights so it will divert me from the congested highway to local roads that actually end up extending the drive time, so you need to know when to take it's advice or not.
I would recommend for commuters mainly for the real time traffic updates, not sure that it would be very useful w/o. For going to new places it has been very helpful. A nice option is the ability to predefine the route before a trip (call Garmin to get the City Navigator software that will let you do this on your PC)
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