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Garmin Nuvi 775T Reviews
Average rating:    (3.5 based on 10 ratings).
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TravellingDevonian
Abu Dhabi, UAE
March 7, 2010
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WORKED A DREAM UNTIL I CONNECTED IT TO PC
I purchased my Nuvi 775T last year and used it in the UK, Portugal and USA. It worked perfectly and I was really impressed. I recently decided to purchase additional maps and so finally got round to registering the product. I followed the prompts to update the software first. It failed partway through (48% complete then a page full of error messages) and now the device is completely dead (not switching on and 'device not found' message from the Garmin website). I have had no help yet from support (requested 2 days ago). Getting really depressed about how much money I have wasted. The above comments are all in relation to Garmin and my 775T and nothing to do with GPS City.
Pros: worked like a dream until....
Cons: it inexplicably died
Recommend: NO
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Doug
Calgary AB
February 22, 2010
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RECEPTION
lose some satelite reception when unable to mount on windshield.the first 775T crashed in 4 days and GPSCITY had a replcement within 3 days and no problems so far with this one
Recommend: YES
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Rob
London, Ontario, Canada
February 17, 2010
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TOUCH SCREEN IS AWFUL!
I've owned this GPS for about 6 months now and almost every time I input a new address or touch the screen for any reason, it thinks I am touching something else. Like when I want to type in a space, it types the letter P, or when I choose a previously entered address on the top of the screen, it thinks I wanted to choose the one from the bottom of the screen — extremely frustrating. The only reason I didn't return it was because I knew I would be without a GPS for at least 3 weeks. My next GPS will NOT (!) be a Garmin one!
[Ed. note: I'm sorry to hear of the trouble you are having with your unit. However, there is a quick fix that should take care of your problems. You can calibrate the touch screen. To do this, please follow these instructions.
Press and hold the screen in the center and VERY quickly slide the power key on and then quickly back to the lock position. You should already be in the lock position by the time the Garmin Logo appears. You will know if you’ve done it right if the messages at the bottom of the screen do not come up. Wait about 30-40 seconds and you will get into the calibration mode. Keep your finger pressed on the screen the entire time.
This should take care of your problems. Thank you Rob!]
Cons: touch-screen glitches
Recommend: NO
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Mike F
Central Illlinois
February 2, 2010
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FM SIGNAL NOT STRONG ENOUGH.
Our 755T is satisfactory or excellent in many ways but to listen thru the radio (for music or audio books) it falls way short. Adjacent FM channels cause interference and it requires almost constant changing of channels. My solution was to buy a mini-jack to cassette adaptor. This affords great quality and doesn't require changing FM stations. Loading custom POI's greatly delays showing of maps at power up.
Pros: i like the custom route feature.
Cons: short battery life when not plugged in.
Recommend: YES
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dvic
Edmonton
August 14, 2009
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ITALY GPS NOT SO GOOD
The Nuvi 775t has some advantages over older models but using it in Italy recently was frustrating. It often takes the longer and much more complicated route. We were taken down roads too small for a mid size car while travelling from Rome to Positano....run through a town when there was absolutely no need to leave the main roads. It is easily confused in hillside roads with cutbacks and turns and was often "lost" making our trip very confusing at times. The roads in Italy are difficult to navigate at the best of times, but the NUVI seemed to make it even worse....and all this with the latest Europe maps loaded the day before we left home last month. To top it off, the voice support cannot pronounce Italian street names even close to their proper pronunciation making it virtually useless. It has trouble finding the satellite more than my older model!! In all, best to wait for the next version!!
Pros: small, good screen visibility
Cons: poor in italy!
Recommend: YES
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Yikes
Earth
July 29, 2009
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DEFECTIVE PRODUCT
The Garmin 775T IMMEDIATELY failed to work and I was forced to return it. Rather than replace the defective product immediately, I had to await its 2 week repair at Garmin. GPS City was not involved at all and only acted as a reseller. I would have expected Garmin to actually stand behind its product and not rely expect the consumer to do all the work for their defective product. This is a known problem with the 775T and is all over the Garmin site, so buyer beware.
Cons: irresponsible reseller and manufacturer
Recommend: NO
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Doug
Ottawa, Ontario
June 30, 2009
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BEST EXAMPLE OF NON PERFORMANCE
The GPS that I bought is defective and will have to be fixed or replaced. I find that the process required to fix something much more complex a than the actual purchase of the product. I will be without the GPS for up to a month, if all goes well. For a recent purchase such as this I would have expected an immediate replacement through GPS City rather than have to deal with third party.
Pros: good potential
Cons: reliability
Recommend: NO
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Gerry
South-West Ontario, Canada
March 27, 2009
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A DEFINITE STEP UP FROM PREVIOUS MODEL
This is my 4th Garmin GPS, and it replaces a Nuvi 770 (which my wife now uses - prior to that I had Nuvi 650 and 350). Each newer model improved upon the previous one, and the 775T is no exception.
I have now used it for about a month, including taking it to Saskatchewan and using it in a rental car to navigate into a pretty empty area, and it has worked flawlessly.
The traffic receiver has done its job the one time I navigated into Toronto (there is no reception where I live) and got me around some jams. I appreciate the "free" model over the annual subscription, and I have yet to see an ad - maybe I don't stop long enough at intersections!
Usability is good, as always the interface has had some subtle changes that make it easier to use appreciated is the ability to label Favourites with self-defined categories, reducing the number of items to be searched through. Less appreciated is the fact there seems to be no way to make this feature work with Mapsource - I have sent an inquiry to Garmin, but so far no reply, in over 10 days.
The text-to-speech algorithm seems to have, finally, fixed one of the more amusing "glitches" in previous versions eg. "Smith Dr. West" would be announced as "Smith Doctor West" - it now is correctly pronounced as "Smith Drive West."
The ability to choose the information displayed is also appreciated given that most cars have clocks, the fixed time of day display in previous versions (when not navigating) was less than useful - while strictly a novelty, I now use the "elevation" display which at least lets me rationalize why my Camry Hybrid gets poorer gas milage coming home from Toronto over going in - I am climbing a slow but definite hill. The choice when navigating that I am using - time-to- arrival - is marginally more useful than the previous time-of-arrival.
A major improvement is the turn-lane (lane assist) indicator when navigating. It is very helpful to know that the up-coming "keep left" on a major highway means keep in the three left-most lanes, rather than the two right-most etc..
One feature that I wish Garmin had, but seems to not want to add, is a "Shut-up for xx minutes" button. Sometimes, I know best - the navigation algorithm wants me to go a certain route, but I know that there is a better way, because I know local conditions - construction, bad roads, whatever - and it is very annoying to have to continually hear "Recalculating ..." which, even though it isn't, after a while sounds like nagging. Using the "Detour" function is no improvement, as it still tries to get you back to the "best" route as quickly as possible.
One major, major complaint this is a two map unit (North America and Europe). When purchased, both of the loaded maps were out-of-date - newer versions were available, dated prior to my purchase. And yet, despite that the price of the unit reflects the cost of two maps (compare the 775T - $760, to the 755T - $450, functionally identical except for some extra memory to store the extra map)it is somewhat chintzy of Garmin to apply their map update policy strictly to this unit - one free map update per unit. Since I paid for two maps, I should get two up-to-date maps! Even more galling is the up-date page to which you are directed when updating. It offers a choice of either of the two updates, North America and Europe, and it is only after choosing North America and updating, then going to update Europe for real $$$s, that you discover that the Europe update is almost twice the cost of the North America update. The costs of each should really be made clear. As I wrote, it is chintzy of Garmin to sell a unit with two maps, and charge for making one of those maps current. If they are going to sell units with maps that are out of date at the time of sale, the least they could do is update all the maps loaded. They charge enough for maps to begin with, there is no need to charge twice for one of them!
But still, this is a good unit, with minor flaws that may be personal to me - highly recommended. but, if you buy it, it is presumably because you need the Europe maps be sure to apply the one free map update to that map, and be prepared to spend another $70 to update your North America maps.
Pros: lane assist!
Cons: garmin's map update policy!!!!
Recommend: YES
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Nubi
Drumheller, AB, CA
January 28, 2009
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NUVI 775T
My first GPS system so I'm not able to compare. Works well. Easy to use. I like the voice feature. Directions not always accurate, tells you to make a turn where no turn exists. Shopping areas, gas stations, etc. not always the closest. You can see a gas station in a small community from your car but it tells you the closest gas station by that company is 100 km away in another community.
Pros: easy to read map, finds satalite quickly
Cons: small communites shopping/directions not accurate
Recommend: YES
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Patrick Bowden
December 2, 2008
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GOOD SO FAR
Installation was straight forward, good quick start manual. Great screen, easy to read in bright sunlight. Fast response time, accurate readings and so far maps seem up to date. Have yet to put it to the test with a difficult long trip.
Recommend: YES
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