765T - Anyone here got one?

Chinster1957 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 18, 2008 Posts: 31

im_alan, I have the 3d maps switched on and I have never had a shutdown provided the U-Turns avoidance is unticked.

As far as the FM transmitter is concerned, apparently they legally now have to switch off the transmitter when no sound is being transmitted, which pretty much renders it useless. However, its not a bug as such, as it is being done deliberately. I understand that Tom Tom have removed the FM transmitter facility completely which I guess Garmin will have to do at some point unless they want lots of confusion and complaints.

Darren · Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 3:31 pm Post subject:

BAVC10 · Lifetime Member Joined: Dec 20, 2005 Posts: 757

Darren

So the FM transmitter turning itself off after 10-15 seconds is down to the EU - guess this is what Garmin really meant in the update to 3.00 "Adjust FM transmitter performance for Europe". - Laughing Out Loud

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I've found 3.30 the most stable as the Nuvi doesn't randomly shut down every 30 mins or so. However, I have found the following:

1) When the traffic icon switches to yellow or red there is no time delay shown next to the icon and the ETA doesn't change. This also means that the Nuvi doesn't re-route around traffic as it can't "see" any!!

2) If you miss a turning, the distance travelled is significantly further before the Nuvi is smart enough to recognise this and give you the "recalculating" prompt.

3)Ecoroute works ok apart from the miles travelled report which seems to suddenly multiply by a factor of 10 - ie I did 2,900 miles the other day apparently!!!

4) Not a bug but Lane now shows as Ln, Road as Rd, Close as Cl in the blue navigation bar. Has this changed in 3.30 (along with the change from Green bar to Blue in 3.30) or did this occur with the 2009.11 maps?
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Feek · Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 11:15 pm Post subject:

I've not had any random shutdowns since I upgraded to 3.30 and I was getting them fairly regularly before so I'm hoping that's fixed now.

I have noticed that when the unit automatically switches from night to day at sunrise that the brightness isn't changed as it should, I have to quickly toggle the external power off and back on again to make the brightness jump back up.

Apart from that, it all seems pretty good now.

this_and_that · Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 1:06 am Post subject:

I see this thread has been quiet for around 16 days.
Does this mean most of the problems have been resolved with v3.30?
In particular, the re-booting/shutdown problems?

What's the latest news, are Garmin saying anything?

I'm in the market place for a reliable unit, upgrading from a Garmin Nuvi 660 FM.

I guess the TT 730 is TT's equivalent unit, but this appears to have problems too?

nickpike · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 21, 2009 Posts: 19

I drove 250 miles last week. Updated to 3.3 and latest maps.
The voiced instructions packed up 6 times.
When approaching M42 / M6 toll junction, it was giving correct directions to get me onto the M42, but in the last seconds, it threw up the 'junction view' with a big white arrow shooting to the right. I panicked and followed this instruction, just to end up on the toll M6, where I did not want to be. Cost me £7.40 unnecessarily and a few extra miles.
On the way back the voice packed up twice.
It also wanted to send me up the A46, but that's full of roundabouts and slower and more hassle than the motorway. I've come to the conclusion that it's best to sort out a route in your head first just to check it's not giving false information, although that defeats the object somewhat.
When I received the unit, the firmware was 2.3. I wonder if this is an old unit that may have problems?
I also had to load and run a silent mp3, to overcome 5 and half hours of static.
I'm not really impressed. Are TomTom units better? Do I send it back? After all, it cost 240 pounds.

BAVC10 · Lifetime Member Joined: Dec 20, 2005 Posts: 757

Firmware 3.30 is the most stable release I have seen on the 765. Mine was bought new with 2.30 loaded and speed cam data from Oct 01.

I've never had a voice prompt pack up with any firmware but 2.30 where it did go into "silent" mode once or twice.

The only "bug" I see regularly with firmware 3.30 is the traffic delay and ETA don't appear to work when encountering traffic - there is no minute delay shown and the ETA doesn't recalculate either a) another route or b) or revised ETA. I couldn't say for certain whether this is a firmware issue or a Trafficmaser one - but it seems more than co-incidental that the traffic "packed up" at the same time I upgraded to 3.30. Garmin tech support advised they had never encountered this issue before but said they would log it with their engineers in the States.
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barbiexx · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 03, 2008 Posts: 11

In Dec of last year I bought a 765T and encountered all sorts of problems, mainly shutting down. The unit was replaced for the 860 which has given no trouble.

Last week a friend bought a 765T and as we were all going climbing in Glen Nevis decided to run the unit alongside the 860. For the whole of the journey, there and back, we encountered no problems and it ran perfectly. So the problem may have been cured or it could have been a batch problem. I am impressed with the unit now and thinking of buying another one.

this_and_that · Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 12:29 pm Post subject:

Nickpike's and BAVC's posts show different performances for the same fimware revision, I still don't know what to do... Confused

Then Barbie came along with a very good report.
What version was your friends Nuvi Barbie?
Do you know where it was bought?

robinb · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 18, 2005 Posts: 57

Had mine since christmas, updated all firmware.

always worked perfectly

barbiexx · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 03, 2008 Posts: 11

It has the latest upgrade, 3.30 I think, and it was purchased from Halfords in Bury.

As far as I know the unit is still performing as it should. Going to Halfords today to buy another one. Will let you all know how I go on.

BAVC10 · Lifetime Member Joined: Dec 20, 2005 Posts: 757

Nickpike

Have you tried to update the voice files - Garmin released a new batch on Friday that were related to voice prompts having issues in certain routing circumstances. Might be worth running webupdater and downloading these - especially as Garmin have made the British voice files more UK friendly "take ramp" is now "take slip road".

You may also want to go to this site and download the Voice Editor program as you can edit the TTS voice files so that "recalculating" can be amended to anything you want, eg "Doh, you missed your turn"
http://turboccc.wikispaces.com/Downloads
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Previously owned: DriveLuxe 50 LMT-D, NuviCam LMT-D, Nuvi 3598 LMT-D, Nuvi 3490LMT, 3790T, 1690, 765, 760, 660, 610, 360, 310, 300 and Streetpilot i3

this_and_that · Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 9:17 pm Post subject:

Apart from a few 'niggles' perhaps the 765T is now 'sorted' then?

Has anyone heard good or bad reports about the 865T?
Or is this unit likely to have the same or similar firmware/software and hence the same issues?

PeterB · Regular Visitor Joined: 04/10/2002 16:38:07 Posts: 195

My trusty Go720 developed a hardware problem and is due to be returne to TT. Decided to try an alternative brand and bought Nuvi 765T fro Amazon.

Complex registration procedure but, I think, included an upgrade of firmware. Logged in to 30 day free speed cams and started to download free map upgrade??? still downloading after 18hrs??

Started auto in car and set home position. set BT link to phone and traffic link appeared after indicator light changed to orange an then green.
started test nav. and impressed that destination name is announced when approached.

Re-routing is VERY slow compared with TT!!!!
Speed limits are only shown on major routes whereas TT shows ALL and can be set to give overspeed signal of choice!!
Voice is clear and gets round lots of UK pronunciation better than TT, BUT far too often gives street names when road numbers or both would be much better.

Like the docking better than TT.
Overall nice to handle and clear screen, less intrusive voice and fewer commands than TT.

Will repost later if I find some of the snags as already reported.

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