Slight lag on Garmin 760

PaulB2005 · Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 5:55 pm Post subject:

Basically I've seen pictures of 6xx series Nuvis next to 7xx series Nuvis, in the open and on AC power, showing the satellite screen. The 6xx series Nuvis all showed an accuracy in the 1x to low 2x meters range. The 7xx series showed accuracy in the 2x to 4 x meters range. Hence i believe the lag might be worse in the 7xx series.

Can't find the pics any more but will keep looking....

gbenquiries · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 23, 2008 Posts: 6

I have a 760T which has the same irritating lag. Particularly annoying when driving at night in locations where you are relying totally on the Garmin. Missed a couple of turns the other night because of this.

Interestingly, the extent of the lag does appear to be slightly different sometimes - maybe it depends (to a degree) on the number of satellites fixed.

Haven't gone for the 4.20 software update yet but don't imagine it will improve things much if at all.... . Shame considering the cost of the Garmin.

gbenquiries · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 23, 2008 Posts: 6

Anyone else still having issues with lag on their 760T ?

Waynesters · Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 4:56 pm Post subject:

yet another reason i bought a tomtom 940 go live and took my 765T Garmin back, awful lagging and re-draw rate, not good enough
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PaulB2005 · Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 6:29 pm Post subject:

ttrevor · Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 9:18 pm Post subject:

No lag on my 760 works a treat no problems at all.
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PaulB2005 · Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 10:14 pm Post subject:

I suspect it's not a lag in the traditional sense (where the marker is shown behind your actual position), but with the 4.00 and 4.10 firmwares for Nuvi 7xx series there was a problem where a turn wouldn't be announced until you were right on the junction. Also caused me some problems as i updated to 4.00 the day before going away and couldn't work out why i'd lost my ability to "follow a sat nav".

The latest 4.20 firmware fixes the problem.

dahauss · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 05, 2009 Posts: 2

I just got a 760 and I updated to the 4.80 firmware.. HOWEVER, the screen lag is there.. I can be at a criss street and can watch the screen catch up so where I am is where screen shows I am. it takes a few seconds.... anoying when you are relying on the screen at night...

any way to resolve??

MikeAlpha · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 13, 2008 Posts: 3

I have had a Nuvi 760T for about a year now and I have only very occasionally had a problem with it, and that had tended to be the odd strange direction that was obviously wrong, but nothing serious. (One occasion that sticks in my mind was being taken to the "wrong" location, when it turned out that a post-code had been wrongly allocated by whoever issues post-codes (hardly Garmin's fault). I have noticed a few mapping errors, generally fairly obviously new roundabouts, for instance, but little of any significance.

I have used it fairly extensively in UK, France, Belgium and Italy and it has got me directly to places that in the "pre sat nav days" I would not have had a hope in hell of finding before my wife and I had divorced! This has been especially the case more than once when, say, in a strange city the road I wanted to take has been temporarily closed for road works or an accident and I have had no idea how to divert to where I needed to go.

I have not been brave enough to start "fiddling" with POIs or anything yet - all I have done is updates from Garmin's own website. I have NOT noticed any "lag" between position shown on the screen and directions given (although when driving I don't watch the screen).

The only thing I would like to be able to do that I can't, is that I would like to be able to simply specify a town or city, (when touring), rather than an actual address. Then when we get there find the city centre, park and explore on foot.

I also took notice of warnings I had read about the potential for theft, and bought the "bean-bag" dashboard friction mount that you can place just about anywhere (for driver or passenger/navigator to use), does NOT move about or vibrate, hide in the glove-box out of sight, and does NOT leave any mark or clue that there might have been a sat-nav in the car at all - an excellent product in my view!

The only thing I have modified is that I have carefully removed the ridiculous silver glare producing finish (what a stupid thing to put in a driver's line of sight!).

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