Garmin - General Discussion - Part 5

[ttlim21]

Hi,

Wonder if those who have the hardware (and subscription??) tested if a Garmin set with TMC receiver (e.g. Garmin 765T, or Garmin 255 with the optional TMC receiver) can receive traffic information in Singapore and be detoured by the Garmin navigation software using a route with less traffic?

Or if we wanted that feature, we are stucked wit Holux 62 series and Papago X3 softare?

Thanks.

[DRGstream]

Hi ,

I looking for Garmin Nuvi 765 or 1460 ( both same price ) ,
anyone know which one is better

Thanks

[fooklee]

1460 is a better buy with bigger screen

[uncle wong]

Garmin Nuvi 1460 specs https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID ... e#specsTab

Garmin Nuvi 765 specs https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID ... 6#specsTab

Nuvi 765 internal memory 4gb & 1460 only 2gb
Nuvi 1460 no 3d building
Display resolution same
The only diff is the secreen only .

[DRGstream]

Another finding from me

1460
New software interface , faster respond like iPHone
Slim design
New design
Icon looks nicer
bigger speaker , sound more real

765
with music player & 3.5mm output
size more compact ( maybe due to smaller screen )

all this is my personal opinion maybe useful for people want to buy GPS

[sggps]

what does it do?
connect the gps to mobile hp and then can talk via garmin device?

[wsian]

Yup, some sort of hand free kit for you to received and dial a number when you are guided by the navigation device.

[tkw60]

sorry for creating a new post. wanna ask if the nuvi got factory fitted with screen protector?
it seen to me the nuvi is fitted with screen protector from factory...
my motorola A1000 hp was fitted with screen protector from factory.(me also don't realize )it was when i apply new screen protector to the phone.the screen it too tick..2 ply of screen protector.touch screen also numb.. hope any sifu can help me

[Zeus73]

sorry for creating a new post. wanna ask if the nuvi got factory fitted with screen protector?
it seen to me the nuvi is fitted with screen protector from factory...
my motorola A1000 hp was fitted with screen protector from factory.(me also don't realize )it was when i apply new screen protector to the phone.the screen it too tick..2 ply of screen protector.touch screen also numb.. hope any sifu can help me

Garmin don't ever bother to protect the unit with plastic when shipped from factory. Don’t think they will spend addition money on the screen protector.

[build6]

Hello everyone, have got a question about the GPS accuracy or performance of automotive units


I have a nuvi 255w and when I am driving with it, when I don't take the exit calculated for me on highways (whether intentionally or not), sometime my icon is shown as following the exit - the unit thinks that I have taken the exit when I have not.

Is this a problem with the GPS accuracy?

Or is it that my GPS CPU is too slow to work out correctly from the satellite data it received that I have missed the exit and that it is just "guessing" that I took the planned exit and so it just show the icon travelling where it thinks I "should" have gone, until it calculates enough that "actually, eh, I am not on that road"?

Almost all GPS (at least for Garmin?) now use the same GPS "system" internally so the difference is only software and other components like display and CPU? Will a faster (I guess more expensive) GPS unit not have the "think I took the exit when I didn't" problem?

(When I use my nuvi 255w, I find that its response is not fast (especially when typing names - I mean, calculating slow I can understand/forgive, but the response is slow when typing names, makes it easy to make mistakes). So I am wondering what other problem is the slow CPU speed of my nuvi causing)