Product Description
The nuvi 755T offers full coverage mapping for the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. The preloaded map data features nearly six million points of interest, including hotels, restaurants, gas stations, ATMs and attractions. The map data is provided by NAVTEQ, a world leader in premium-quality mapping. It features 3D buildings, lane assist and lifetime traffic alerts from NAVTEQ. Take advantage of garmin's first premium traffic service without subscription fees. 3D navigation with lane assist provides drivers a clear picture of what lies ahead on their route, including road sign detail and arrows indicating the proper lane for navigation. Some areas even offer a 3D view of buildings. Steer clear of traffic with nuvi's integrated FM traffic receiver. Receive alerts about traffic delays and road construction that lie ahead on your route. Auto time zone will automatically adjust your time zone while navigating garmin Connect Photos - associate your favorite images with saved locations DEM maps show you shaded terrain contours at various zoom levels High-sensitivity GPS receiver for improved performance and reception Turn-by-turn directions with voice guidance Easy-to-use, Touchscreen interface Trip computer records mileage, max speed, total time and more Simplified PC connectivity, using USB mass storage Configurable vehicle icons allows users to select a fun, and customized icons Dimensions - Width 4.8 x Height 3.0 x Depth 0.08 (12.2x7.6x2.0cm) Weight - 6.48 ounces (183.8 grams)
Garmin nüvi 755T 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator
I am 6 month owner of the 755t and very impressed by the features. Not to re-hash everybody's comments, I would like to offer my own:
Pluses:
-Garmin offers a one-time price for map refreshes (up to 4 times a year) for the life of your Garmin Nuvi 7X5T.
-I drive from Charlotte, NC to the NY area frequently and the speed limit indicator in the lower left corner of the screen has allowed me to be aware of limit changes especially when I miss a sign. This has helped me avoid speed traps especially when there is a drastic decrease in the speed limit.
Minuses:
-The navigation options (such as avoid highways, ferries etc) are too simple for an expensive, high end GPS. I would recommend to GARMIN software engineers to use Microsoft Street and Trips as an example to allow for a VARIABLE preference for the road types (limit access highways, tollroads, streets, etc). The 755T constantly routes me onto streets (when I want to avoid traffic lights and local traffic) even if the highway is a faster route!
Hope this helps
WMH
I purchased this unit to replace my stolen 200 series Garmin. I chose this one because of the FM traffic included for life and the lack of bluetooth. I have an iPhone and the only thing the bluetooth is good for is a wireless handset and caller id. Those features weren't enough for me to spend $100 more.
The traffic assist is a must have. Not only does it give you the pretty picture you see in the description, it also shows at all times how many lanes there are on the freeway, and which lane you'll need to be in for your next turn. The unit is a little more sluggish than my older unit, I suspect that's because of the demands of the software; however it's not a serious problem. The FM traffic is o.k. at best. There are times it's dead on as far as the traffic, but the timed delays are not accurate (it'll claim a 1 minute delay but it may be 5). It also reports traffic problems that don't exist, and other's it totally misses. Most likely this is a problem with the FM reporting system and not the unit itself.
The picture is great, directions are good and the unit is solid. It does have a cradle to latch in the unit unlike some less expensive units. That is money well spent as far as ease of use goes. Also, it's very customizable and as user friendly as the units get.
Prior to this unit I had a Street Pilot C550 that cost a little more than twice what this unit did. It lived a good long life before getting injured in a car accident; it had been places from Syracuse to San Jose with me.
I picked this unit up and to me it is pretty much the same thing with a wider screen, a little more speed, no bluetooth, and a little less depth. It could just be me but I think it pronounces names a little bit better. It definitely calculates routes and draws the maps a lot faster which I like. I also like the posted speed and upcoming turn being on the screen. I live in a rural area so I haven't been in a situation yet to take advantage of the traffic, junction view, or even the 3D buildings for that matter; but I figure it can't hurt to have it in there in case I do end up someplace where that stuff is implemented. My C550 had bluetooth and I know I won't miss it.
In the end I like this unit but am unsure if it is a good thing or not that it is so much like my old C550. I guess the base tech has been there for years and they just add a little more processing power and some frilly extras like junction view and 3d building stuff on top to sell devices. The only question is will you be able to actually take advantage of it or not. In my case I have never seen any of it other than the increase in routing and map drawing speed but I was still willing to pay for the other stuff so it is there in the event that it can be used someday.
After two months' use in the Boston, Washington DC, and Portland (OR) metropolitan areas, and also on O'ahu, I now feel qualified to review this product. I'm both delighted and disappointed by the nüvi 755T. I chose this model because it combined the set of functions in which I was interested, and I'll discuss its different functions in turn.
Basic navigation functions
I've not had much first-hand experience with auto GPS units since the first generation Hertz "NeverLost" model, so I'm not able to compare the nüvi with current competitors. However, I'm very impressed with the speed and spatial precision of this unit. Even long and complicated routings are typically computed in less than ten seconds. Adaptations because of route variations are detected quickly and a revised route is computed speedily. I will pass a speed limit sign and within no more than one or two seconds the changed speed limit will usually appear on the screen. And I'm impressed, too, with how the unit automatically scales the map to a level appropriate for current navigation purposes.
Problems with basic navigation are few. The most serious one encountered so far happened only in Portland (OR), and so it may relate to the quality of the mapping there. The unit pinpoints the vehicle's starting position within a rectangular grid of streets absolutely correctly, but when I then request a routing the unit sometimes tells me to "drive to the highlighted route" starting several blocks away from my current position (sometimes even off the current map). Yet it has no difficulty navigating me back correctly through the same grid all the way to the starting point.
I have also experienced some variability between cities in what are regarded as network decision point nodes meriting the provision of route guidance there. On the Washington DC highway system, for example, merges and splits that in Boston would have been treated as decision points are not identified in the same way.
One other improvement to "basic navigation" would be valuable. At the highest levels of map magnification, it would be very useful to have arrows showing the directions of one-way streets.
Street name pronunciation
The unit comes with a wide array of voices, languages, and national shades of English. I'm impressed with the capabilities of the name pronunciation feature; it works pretty well most of the time, and given the idiosyncrasies of the English language that's quite an achievement. It struggles, of course, with unfamiliar word structures (such as Hawai'ian names) or non-standard pronunciations (e.g., "Van-cow-ver"), but there are a few more mundane peculiarities. In Washington DC, where a compass quadrant designation follows many street names, the "St." is invariably taken to mean "Saint." "Rt." for "route" gets pronounced as "artee." The most amusing and ingenious muddle so far has been "Ames St.," which the unit interpreted as "American English Street."
Lane assist
I live in a state (Massachusetts) where the highway department's motto appears to be "Never give a sucker any advance notification of the lane he needs to be in," so Garmin's "Lane assist" feature was a strong attraction to choosing this model. But as of now, it is the most disappointing feature. First, only certain areas currently have this capability, and (unlike the real-time traffic information) I have been unable to find on the Garmin website any indications of just where it is available. It appears to be available in the Boston and Portland areas, for example, but I saw no evidence of it in the Washington DC and Honolulu areas. Secondly, it appears to be currently primarily available on the Interstate system (where the standards of highway signage are relatively good), whereas it would be of much greater value to drivers in dense urban core areas (e.g., lane guidance for Dupont and Washington Circles and the Potomac bridges in Washington DC). But it isn't clear to me whether the Navteq maps used by Garmin even have the basic lane detail to allow such guidance to be feasible eventually, even with a significant expansion of the geographical coverage for "Lane assist."
Free real-time traffic information
This was another strong attraction to me of this model. I concur with other reviewers who have opined that the advertising that allows the information to be accessed without a subscription charge is not at all a distraction (it's small, and appears only at the end of a trip or when the vehicle is stationary). But I haven't experienced congested conditions often enough yet to form strong opinions about its efficacy. In the Boston area I've experienced slow moving highway traffic a number of times (an amber traffic symbol on the screen, along with an estimate of the traffic delay minutes) and have occasionally noted that the system's information was not very current, but up to now I haven't experienced a high enough congestion level for the system to generate an alternate routing.
In overview, I'm very pleased with this model and glad that I bought it (particularly at a Thanksgiving weekend 43% discount from MSRP), but I would caution purchasers not to expect too much from either "Lane assist" or Navteq FM traffic at this stage of their development.
This is the second GPS I have owned. I upgraded from a Garmin C330 which had about 2000miles. So far I have placed about 500miles on the 755t. Nothing to complain about, everything works as advertise. Very easy to use. Much easier than a TomTom.
The traffic report is a neat new feature. As I'm driving, a little pop up will automatically show up telling me the current delay. The most I ever got was a 2sec delay. The road on the screen will also change color. I had yellow when I was receiving my 2sec delay.
I also like how the speed limits are displayed on the bottom right corner. They are pretty accurate in my area.
So far the lane assist only works on highways and on certain exits, its nothing special. I thought the lane assist would be more interactive. The image you see at the top of this page that display the lane assist is pretty much all you see when the lane assist pops up. I was hoping for something more or something else.
This is great upgrade from my C330 but a little on the expensive side. I bought this model mainly because I wanted the lifetime traffic and the lane assist.
Pros
-Easy to use
-Traffic report
-4.3" screen
Cons
-Price
-Lane assist is so so....
I originally had wanted to purchase another Garmin model on closeout, however it was no longer available which turned out to be a plus, since on examination of this latest series of Garmin Navigators, the new units had lane change notification and traffic alert that didn't require a subscription, thereby although initial cost was a little more it actually is less costly to operate with more features. Amazon.com offered competetive pricing and I would'nt hesitate to recommend purchase from them!
My name is the Computer Genius I wrote a long review under ellen's ross name. Well I puchased another one and I have confirmed the quality has truly gone down since the Nuvi 660.
If you are a first time user or not have had much experience with Gps you might think it's amamzing. and if you do keep it. there is nothing wrong with the unit for the everyday user.
This is what I found under software version 2.30 the map redraws were fast but it did have a shut down issue. I updated my software to 3.0 and installed new maps now the redraws are slow (just like my other 755t)
Another anoying thing to me was when I was going out of a parking lot it would say continue on commerical blvd. (the parking lot) wouldn't let me get on commerical. so I had to take another street the unit did not guide me from where I was. As a matter of fact I had Nuvi 660 next to me with the older software and maps and that guided me.
Another problem I had with this unit (both of them) was Let's say I was going from point A to B but I had to stop in the middle to go to the bathroom. I'd turn off the engine, get back into the car and it would say continue from (the street where point A was) even though I was in between point A and B. I will admit that it did correct it's self. but with my Nuvi 660 this was never an issue.
I truly don't know what to say anymore execpt that I am totally frustrated. Magallens freeze up all the time and Garmin has software issues. Most things made in the olden days were made much better today everything is made like garbage. The most realistic approach for me is to keep the 660 and forget about this one. However this one does have much more features. So it will be a hard decision. The question I have to ask myself can I and do I want to live with the flaws and hopefully Garmin will improove the software or live with the old oneand have less features. (and don't update it) Thats a question I have to ask myself.
Garmin nüvi 755T 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator
After road triles:
The good, well designed product, easy to use, and it is portable.
The bad, the unit will direct you into an amphibious crossing of a lake in some urban areas of California. It will also direct you into someone's drive way as apposed to a rural road. Caution, it will tell you to turn on to a faster route that will take you off the freeway and onto city streets with stop light and traffic.
This was a great purchase. Not being a technocrat, I found this device to be easy to use and am 100% pleased with the performance. Map detail is great, lane change and verbal prompts are terrific features. This is my first purchase of a GPS but I would certainly recommend this product to all my friends.
As a first time owner of ANY GPS system, I think I purchased the best...pricier than others, but VERY satisfied with it. Days after it was delivered I used it for a trip from Maryland to Florida....it was very helpful....since using it, I have emailed the support group at Garmin several times asking for assistance, and they were very prompt and helpful......the online Users Manual only hits on a few of the things that this syteme can do....in particular, on the trip south I wished that the rest stops on major highways were shown on the map....later, I emailed garmin support and they told me how to find them....All in all, I am extremely pleased.
About Garmin nüvi 755T 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator detail
- Amazon Sales Rank: #109 in Consumer Electronics
- Brand: Garmin
- Model: NUVI 755T
- Released on: 2008-10-01
- Original language: English
- Dimensions: 3.00" h x .80" w x 4.80" l, .40 pounds
- Native resolution: 480 x 272
- Display size: 4.3
Features
- Bright 4.3-Inch Diagonal Touch Screen Color Display
- 480 X 272 Pixels, Wqvga Tft Display With White Backlight
- Preloaded With City Navigator(R) North America Nt
- High-Sensitivity GPS Receiver For Improved Performance & Reception
- Poi Loader Program Allows User To Set Up Proximity Alerts For School Zones, Safety Cameras & Custom Pois
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