The NUVI 760

[moose]

this is a review of the Germin novi 760
you can go to any other place to see all the "good stuff" ,bells and weasels, and benefits of working with it ,
yet in this thread ... well read on !

this is my personal experience.
i have bought RIKI some 4 weeks ago , 360 $ on amazon +19 for over night shipping.

this product is on its way to Craigslist for the same price.
a total waist of time and money , i will not recommend this unit for no one.
in more details :
out of 45 points , its have found only 19 .
+ 8 that got me to the wrong place.
WTF what good is a GPS if it cant find the shipper !

no way to ask it to find the Destination , that's unless you enter the whole complete address . just entering city and state , and the next screen is asking for the final complete add.
so , i get a load offer , all i need to know is where the heck is Madison N.C ,
WTF what good is a GPS if it cant give you an idea of where you supposed to go ?

it will not tell you how far you are from your destination , or how many mil. the trip is .
well ,i like to know , this is my paid mil.!
it will tell ETA , yet it will be way off , its uses car speed , and no way to enter your expected speed , we are doing 58 at best, there for it is way , way off ,
once you have a trip , it will not let you enter a via point , or to choose from more then one options as to how to get there,
most's of the recommended routs , are too bad to follow , it for example ,will take you throw WDC for no rezone, or the PATP,
or 35E in Dallas , EXT...
going from Winston-Salem to Wytheville , it will take you on any skinny mountain road on the map !(no update can help,this road have being there for 10 years now.same thing for I-540)
crossing Det. ,it will take you all the way on HWY24,
EXT. ...
WTF,what good is a GPS if it cant help you plan your trip !

it will take you off the HWY at any opportunity it have , we counted 76 exits in 290 mil. , any attempt to adjust the system Did not help ,(like download the new version ,or any setting configurations we or the costumer support could come up with ) .
WTF what good is a GPS if its keep routing you off your rout ?

its scanning ahead for Constructions and traffic delay , well that's another good idea that just don't work . if its only smell an orange cone , it will rout you 100 mil. off rout , just to avoid it. instead of ,lets say, let me know of the delay ahead and let me decide as to my rout.
WTF what good is a GPS if its take you the long way around for no rezone ?

POI , we where looking for a WM , it dose have WM on its list , only not a complete list , so its tell you the closest one is 12 mil. away , well we counted 2 along the way ,then we started looking for more POI along the way , and surprise : as we are driving down the HWY , it dose not recognize most's of the hotels/restaurants/ Ext.
WTF what good is a GPS if its have only some POI , and tell you to burn fuel for no rezone ?

we called it RIKI ,
its always Recalculating ... (it dose do it fast , yet its doing it all the time...)

there are more issue , but you get the Pict. ,
no way to do Expedite using this unit .
you cannot plane your trip .
you cannot update it in rout .
it serve you with an unreliable info. that make you burn fuel.
most's of our loads are NLM ,with a 15 min. window , it cannot help at any way get there on time ,or tell you when you are going to be there.
a waists of money , and a waists of time.

RIKI is on its way out !




Moose.

 

[highway star]

When I don't have the complete address and want to head to a city, I make one up. 555 Main St., Maple, Industrial Dr. Eventually you'll hit on something. The Nuvi does need a truck setting.

 

[ATeam]

You can't set via's in a route? From what I read about the 750 (a model one step down) in the Which Garmin Nuvi Model is Good? thread, I was under the impression you could.

moose, you have me a little worried. I bought a Nuvi 750 off eBay for $278 with free shipping. I made the purchase based partly on the rave reviews I read here on EO. The feature that closed the deal for me was "Where am I?" which, with the push of a button, instantly provides your location. I thought that could be very important in an emergency and, by itself, is a reason to buy the unit.

My brand-new Nuvi-750 is sitting at home, waiting for us to pick it up when we return. It looks like Nuvi will not totally free us from also using other devices and programs (and Rand McNally) to meet our needs.

This is starting to bug me. GPS devices are now common in trucks but no company has yet produced one that fully meets trucker needs. The pricing for this technolgy brings it within reach. The devices have found a place on the dash or windshield. And all the routing features a trucker needs can be found, some on this program and some on that.

But where is the trucker-perfect product? Where is the product that will (1) allow me to put in, with a push of a button, approximate locations, vias and trial routes like moose talks above, (2) route me safely along truck routes and away from low bridges on a run say from the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, and (3) help me avoid tolls en route?

Why is it taking so long for these GPS vendors to get a clue and get proactive about meeting trucker needs?

 

[Chass]

Moose,

I have a nuvi 360 and it does have some of the features that you are talking about. I can’t imagine that your 760 doesn’t have them as well. Not having a 760 I can’t tell you how to access them but, I’m sure they are there.

The 360 has miles to destination and will update along the route.
360 allows adding at least one via point while in route. I’ve used it to correct a GPS route that I didn’t want to take.

Once in Milwaukee and another time in Chicago I have had accidents right in front of me which required getting off the interstate and using city streets to find the next on ramp. The GPS was right on, still need to watch for low bridges, truck routes etc…..

Other times it has routed me 43 miles for a 17 mile destination, no I didn’t take it. You have to check what mode you are in, shortest or fastest and always check the route for common sense.

I don’t leave home with out the GPS but I also have a road atlas.

Not saying you should hang on to the thing if you are not happy, but I got to believe if the older 360 has some of these features you want the 760 has them as well.

I think we are all waiting for a good truck route GPS unit.

Chass

 

[cheri1122]

How quickly we get spoiled, eh? Much as I love my Garmin, it needs help: The Next Exit for finding specific restaurants, stores, truckstops, etc, and the Motor Carriers Atlas for truck specific info. (A friend of mine called the Oregon HP yesterday, for info on permits, and was told they'd fax them to her - she found the HP number in the atlas)
Technology is great, but it still needs some help from the old standbys.

 

[moose]

O.k ,,,, Yes its have a Via point option.... only you cannot use it !!!
we counted 49 Zoom options , and you cant skip , so its take about 90 sec. to go from a 100' zoom , to 300 mil. zoom, then you drag the map , and , yes , zoom in ,and click on the map, and if you miss the interstate , well it will think you need to go throw a skinny back road , and will rout you there , then you need to zoom out , and , yes ,drag the map back , and so on , its take the Co. Driver over 10 Min. to do it ! ,now , if you are a solo ,...
or you can try entering a Via point as an address , only you will have to enter a complete add. ... see,you cant win the software

Don't get me wrong , as i mention above its have many good Fixture (?) ,
The Hardware is Great ! many useful options ,
Its like a common blond , The package is great , only the brain ...
That's why we called it RIKI ...

I will bet my annually Antlers that you will not like it !

looks like we are on the same boat, Craigslist M.N is a great place to visit...Keep the packaging...



Moose.

 

[gotta go]

(3) help me avoid tolls en route?

Just had to respond to the toll road avoidance. Loaded in Dayton, NJ going to Boston area, 277 pd miles. I wanted to convince my Garmin that I did not want to travel I-95 on a Friday afternoon, so I put in avoid tolls. It took a long time to come up with the routing and there was no eta. By taking sr-18 to I-78 to sr-33 to I-80 etc. into Iowa, north through Minn. into Canada, a mere 3236 miles I could avoid tolls. I decided to listen to the voices in my head instead.

 

[cheri1122]

Good call, GTG...
Moose: while we never correct spelling or grammar or typos, we do sometimes poke fun at the ones that're irresistible, and so I have to say that I'm not surprised that you're having trouble with your Garmin - after all, if Moot gave up on chinchillas, why would you even want weasels on your Garmin?

 

[greg334]

Just had to respond to the toll road avoidance. Loaded in Dayton, NJ going to Boston area, 277 pd miles. I wanted to convince my Garmin that I did not want to travel I-95 on a Friday afternoon, so I put in avoid tolls. It took a long time to come up with the routing and there was no eta. By taking sr-18 to I-78 to sr-33 to I-80 etc. into Iowa, north through Minn. into Canada, a mere 3236 miles I could avoid tolls. I decided to listen to the voices in my head instead.

That's too Funny... and Phil wonders why no one has come up with a Truck version?

 

[Turtle]

O.k ,,,, Yes its have a Via point option.... only you cannot use it !!!

Of course you can. All you have to do is RTFM to learn how.

we counted 49 Zoom options , and you cant skip , so its take about 90 sec. to go from a 100' zoom , to 300 mil. zoom, then you drag the map , and , yes , zoom in ,and click on the map, and if you miss the interstate , well it will think you need to go throw a skinny back road , and will rout you there , then you need to zoom out , and , yes ,drag the map back , and so on , its take the Co. Driver over 10 Min. to do it ! ,now , if you are a solo ,...

It's a standalone GPS unit, not Streets and Trips. Quit trying to use it as an Atlas. Zoom options? Who cares about Zoom options, since it has a perfect good Auto Zoom and will automatically zoom in and out as needed. You're trying to pick end points by clicking on the map, like in Streets and Trips, only it's not Streets and Trips (or Street Atlas, or whatever). The Browse Map option is hardly the preferred method of entering cities and addresses.

or you can try entering a Via point as an address , only you will have to enter a complete add. ...

No, you don't have to enter the complete address. It will find Cities, as well as addresses. If you choose "Where to?" and then select "Address", you're gonna have to enter an address. Duh. If you choose "Cities", all you have to do is enter a city. It'll also find Intersections, and it'll find stuff near other stuff.

As for the skinny roads, go into the setup and tell it you have a truck, not a car. If it thinks you're driving a car, it'll take you on roads that cars can easily drive on, which is what is happening to you.

see,you cant win the software

I win with it every day. Of course, I don't try to use it in a manner in which it was not designed. You don't hear me [complainin'] cause I can't get ESPN on it, but if I tried to use it as a television for ESPN I'd think it was worthless, too.

Don't get me wrong , as i mention above its have many good Fixture (?) ,
The Hardware is Great ! many useful options ,
Its like a common blond , The package is great , only the brain ...
That's why we called it RIKI ...

I will bet my annually Antlers that you will not like it !

I don't know what an annually Antler is, but if your typing into the Garmin is anything like it is on EO, there ya go. The Garmin is a computer, and will only do what you tell it to do, NOT what you THINK you told it to do.

The Nuvi 760 is a high end, very sophisticated piece of electronics, and will do, with ease, everything you're stating that it will not do. I have a much older and much less sophisticated Garmin c550 and even it will do everhthing you say the 760 will not do. I guarantee you the problem with your Garmin is not with the Garmin. Crack open the manual and read it. Quit assuming that it thinks like you do, and that it will do things in the manner in which you think they should be done. Instead, learn how to use a GPS device.

You can't just tell it to "jump though a bunch of hoops" and expect it to know WHICH hoops you mean. You have to be specific. It can't read your mind. Believe it or don't, you're smarter than the Garmin. But so far, you're letting the Garmin beat you.

 

[moose]

Turtle to the rescue !!!
we miss your wisdom.
I will try all of the above , Hope you are right.
will update in 10 loads or so.



Moose.

 

[Moot]

I don't know what an annually Antler is,

Every year at the beginning of winter Bullwinkle would shed his old antlers and grow a new larger rack. Kinda like Pamela Anderson. Fan mail from some flounder? Hey Rockie, want to see me pull a rabbit out of my hat?

 

[Redleader27]

there is a product thats a dash gps system set up for truckers.
TruckSpecials: Tele Type GPS
Also there an gps unit that connects to your laptop and does pc miller miles. PC*MILER Routing: Practical, Shortest, 53'/102'' Trailer, HazMat, National Network and Toll Avoidance
13' 6" height, 48' length, 80,000 pound weight and 96" width restrictions
Loud spoken Dock-to-Dock directions throughout the U.S. & Canada
Easily avoids and favors roads and locations
Finds best sequence for up to 50 stops
Miss a turn? With fast automatic route recalculation, you will never be lost.
Truck stops, rest areas, weigh stations plus 6 Million additional Points of Interest with phone numbers
Easy-to-see Driver Safety Screen; Flexible and Clear 2D and 3D map views. that website is CoPilot GPS: ALK Technologies
I hope that helps.

 

[jbolton]

WTF what good is a GPS if it cant find the shipper !

,
WTF what good is a GPS if it cant give you an idea of where you supposed to go ?


WTF,what good is a GPS if it cant help you plan your trip !


WTF what good is a GPS if its keep routing you off your rout ?


WTF what good is a GPS if its take you the long way around for no rezone ?


WTF what good is a GPS if its have only some POI , and tell you to burn fuel for no rezone ?



What does WTF stand for, I couldn't figure it out

 

[ATeam]

there is a product thats a dash gps system set up for truckers.
TruckSpecials: Tele Type GPS

The TeleType device has received poor reviews.

We already have the laptop version of CoPilot. It would be nice if they could put CoPilot in a Garmin-type device. They are close but not there yet. They make a Pocket PC product, but not one that yet works with a Garmin Nuvi.

 

[ATeam]

What does WTF stand for, I couldn't figure it out

WTF stands for World Trade Federation. It is a loosly-knit group of free trade advocates; something like Doctors Without Borders and Journalists Without Borders. Strongly infected by multi-culteral urges, they advocate a one-world currency and a world-bank located in Switzerland and mandatory instruction of Chinese language in classrooms worldwide, beginning at the pre-school level.

"WTF" is a code as well as atitle. WTF supporters signal their views to each other by inserting "WTF" in messages where it seemingly does not belong. This practice is similar to one used by Christians in ancient Roman times, when they secretly signaled their beliefs to each other by drawing a fish symbol in the sand.

 

[Moot]

Phil, after reading your post I joined ROFLMAO, similar group with equally sinister intentions. Thanks for the laugh! We don't get to see your humorous side often enough.

 

[juliewray60]

You cracked me up with that one Philly

Just in case the WTF fellow just got on
the internet for the first time ?

WIKI has yet another definition: WTF - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[ebsprintin]

The company sent us out on this last run with a new nuvi 350. It has truck mode!! It eliminates a huge amount of my complains about the nuvi 200's tendency to route through very truck-unfriendly territory. The 350 still wants to go through the holland and lincoln tunnels, but it does try to stay to the major corridors longer before diving into neighborhoods.

Still need to be careful when shopping. I was just in a store and had a hands-on with one of the upper-level models, like a 800-something model. That one didn't have the truck mode--so just be warned. Know what each model family is supposed to be used for. And try to get a hands on with your target model, so you can see that it really has the features you are interested in.

wtf,
eb

 

[Turtle]

Ah, truck as the vehicle type. Some of the 700 series units no longer have trucks are vehicle type, but Garmin says that will be fixed in an upcoming software update.