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The Garmin Nuvi 765/765T The High Quality Auto GPS Navigator

The Nuvi 765 is a good model to upgrade to from an earlier model and in addition a great one for people ordering one for the very first time. It's a high quality product in its division and considering that it is produced by Garmin, the very best in the business, it is definitely a plus. It has the capability of doing several different things very well with its collection of notable features. It is a good product for individuals in need of a top end Garmin GPS navigation system and all of the options this model is able to offer.

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Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator Garmin Nuvi 765T

Garmin continues to build up its nüvi 7xx series portable GPS navigators with garmin nuvi 765T, which adds a number of handy routing and communication features to an already impressive list of specs, including a 4.3-inch widescreen display, text-to-speech capabilities, media player, and FM transmitter for transmitting audio–including directions and MP3 music and audiobooks–from the device to your car radio

Garmin 765T comes preloaded with highly detailed City Navigator NT road maps from Navteq for the entire United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. This map database features nearly six million points of interest (POIs), including hotels, restaurants, gas stations, ATMs, and attractions. Garmin’s interface is a key to their success and one of the things that makes their devices such a pleasure to use. Simple controls and sub-screens make it easy to enter or search for destinations and get data about your trip.

The Features

• The 3D Buildings feature is able to reference the buildings displayed on the map as well. The building will live like a real picture while the other buildings in describing the form of a gray object.
• With Automatic Time Zone Transition, you’ll never have to remember to set the time as you travel. When the unit acquires a position fix, it automatically sets the unit to the correct time zone.
• MP3 player compatible with audiobook playback
• JPEG picture viewer
• FM transmitter plays voice prompts, MP3s, audio books, and more, directly through your vehicle’s stereo system
• Compatible with optional content plug-ins available via SD card, such as the Garmin Travel Guides and Garmin SaversGuide, which provide detailed data for attractions and information on nearby merchants offering discounts.
• Add custom points of interest (POIs) from third parties such as school zones and safety cameras
• Travel tools: World travel clock with time zones, currency converter, measurement converter, calculator and more

Review For This Product
Great so far by Donald Signorino “Don” (Bayville, NJ United States) I received my nuvi 765T a few days ago and love it so far. After reading some up and down reviews, I wasn’t certain what to expect. I am pleasantly surprised. 

To start, the unit’s volume is plenty loud, even at highway speeds. The screen is readable at all times, and automatically changes to a darkened “night mode” at night – very easy on the eyes. You can force it to day or night mode, if desired. 

The map’s movement and fluidity is tremendous. It has a very natural looking motion at all times. Garmin claims the unit updates at 10fps, and it seems to be about that. I am still deciding if I prefer 3D or 2D mode yet, but both are great. I tested routing on a few trips and the navigation worked perfectly. Directions were given in plenty of time, and repeated at appropriate intervals. When just driving (not navigating) the green bar at the top displays your current road, and even displays the next exit when driving (not navigating) on major highways. This was unexpected for me and really cool! This model has a good voice quality. 

The overall feel of the software is great. The menus move quickly and seem logically laid out. You can add categories to your favorites to better organize them. This helped a lot, since favorites are sorted by default via distance from your current location. Creating folders for your favorites works very well. You can even add a picture (and phone #) to your favorites. Very nice! 

As for Bluetooth: I paired the 765 with my Blackberry Storm easily, and everything works flawlessly. My phone’s contacts transferred immediately, and I can call Points of Interest and people from my contacts easily, with 1 touch. I do not have any of the bluetooth issues described in other places. No issues at all. So I’m either lucky or maybe there is some inconsistency in the hardware. More likely, different combinations of cell phones and GPS units lead to varying results. IMPORTANT: I did update the unit to it’s latest firmware, which many say have helped their bluetooth connections. 

I haven’t been to an area with a traffic reception signal yet, so I can’t comment on the traffic function. 

All the other niceties work well for me also: The picture viewer, MP3 player, etc all work as advertised. I even put 1 of my pics as the startup image. 

In conclusion, I am very pleased with the product so far. This is a great product that I would highly recommend.