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List Price: $699.99
Our Price: Too low to display
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Garmin
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Batteries Included: 1
Binding: Electronics
Brand: Garmin
Display Size: 4.3
EAN: 0053759077076
Feature: GPS Navigator Preloaded w/City Navigator North America NT
Includes Mp3 Player: 1
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: Garmin
Manufacturer: Garmin
Model: Nuvi 780
Native Resolution: 480x272
Publisher: Garmin
Studio: Garmin
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GPS Navigator Preloaded w/City Navigator North America NT
4.3 in Diagonal Touchscreen Display with 2D/3D Mapping Perspective
Turn by Turn Directions with Voice Guidance/ Text to Speech Feature
Includes MSN Direct Receiver with Version 2
1.8 Lbs (WxLxH) 0.8" x 4.8" x 2.8"
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Editorial Reviews:
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GPS satellite navigation unit with built-in antenna * car power adapter, USB cable, and built-in rechargeable battery with 5 hours of life * 4.3" touchscreen (480 x 272 pixels) * preloaded with maps for Canada, Puerto Rico, and the entire United States * includes MSN Direct receiver with free 90-day subscription to MSN Direct service included (additional subscription required after trial period) * text-to-speech technology lets voice prompts announce road names over the built-in speaker * Bluetooth technology for making and receiving hands-free calls with your compatible cell phone *
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Navigator, Wish I could customize more...
Comment: I bought this before a drive from Virginia to Texas and it was a great comfort and aid. Looking up hotels, food and gas was quite helpful. The MSN direct helped around traffic and in finding weather. After trying myself then contacting Garmin I was very discouraged to find that the gas prices MSN Direct finds are only for regular unleaded. My truck is diesel so that feature, one I bought this model to access, was of no use. Around town the MSN direct is great if you live in a major city as I have found the traffic warnings, the location more so than the time of delay, to be very helpful and accurate. It also helps with simple tasks like checking movie times and stock prices if you can't already get those on your phone. As with every GPS I have found, sometimes the directions have you doing loop-de-loops because it sends you to U-turns where they are illegal or tells you to cross a median to turn left when there's a curb in the way etc. On military based it does not take into account the limited access through gates so you need to know your way around. Overall, good navigator but you still need to pay attention to where you are going so it doesnt get you in trouble.
Customer Rating:
Summary: GARMAN 780
Comment: JUST THE BEST ON THE MARKET. EASY TO USE LOTS AND LOTS OF INFO TO GET YOU TO WHERE YOU ARE GOING. EASY TO SEE ,
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Summary: if only it worked it would be worth the money.
Comment: for those of you who just want the basic problems without the detail: voice prompt always late, voice often cuts out, routed to wrong destination on several occassions.
want details?? here goes:
well i sneared at my wife's magellan maestro 4250 (i wanted a high end unit & i wanted a Garmin.) so the nuvi 780 price was at the high end of what i was willing to spend. i read over the reviews; it seemed the perfect gps for me. it came about 5 days after i placed the order. it looked and felt great. i loaded some music on it. the playback sounded good. but then it froze. i couldn't shut it off' so i just left it alone until the battery died. i recharged it and everything worked great, except when i made my first trip using it the navigation proved worthless.
so what was wrong you ask?? the navagation prompts were late, not occasionally, but always. let me give you three examples of the late prompts:
a) the 780 prompt, "in .3 miles turn right on 95n _J ...(inaudible)".
well i saw a sign up ahead maybe about .1 of a mile, so i'm thinking that can't be it. But as i get about 100 feet away from the entrance and can now start reading the sign, i realize that's the turn i need to make. thankfully seeing no one was behind me, i was able to brake hard and then make the turn.
b) on the way home, when i was in an area i'm familiar with, i know i have to get to the right and take the next exit. and that's the route that shows on the map (the purple line) and at the top of the screen the next turn 'prompt, and yes i got a prompt about 2 miles back. so as i'm approaching the exit i wondering:am i doing something wrong, am i mistaken about the prompts being late, am i not listening close enough, how could it be that the prompts are late, it 's a garmin, the're the industry leader, when am i going to get a voice prompt for the next turn, i'll pay close attention to make sure it's not me screwing up. so i'm approaching the exit, about 3/10 of a mile away -- no prompt. so i get to the exit, but still no voice prompt. i exit and get to the bottom of the exit ramp, but still no vioce prompt. i go about another 200 feet along the street; now i get a voice prompt to exit right.
3) so i'm going along the street as i mentioned above. i get a voice prompt, "in ??? make a left at foster rd. (i don't remember the distance it gave), but i was about 1/4 of a mile, maybe a more, from foster rd when i got the prompt. so i continut along the street, i get to foster rd and make the left turn. as i'm about 1/2 way through the turn, yes, you guessed it, i get the voice prompt telling me to turn.
unfortunetly still more problems: the several times the unit would route me to the wrong location, i.e.:
i enter a street number for second ave, new york city, new york (i'm entering the data while i'm in staten island, ny.
i basically know where i'm going, except i'm not sure where the specific number address is on second ave. the unit directs me over the vz bridge and onto the gowanus expwy (which is in brooklyn) (so far so good) so i'm on the gowanus expwy and i know i have to continue to the battery tunnel. but the little man that lives inside the garmin 780 prompts me to get off at 36th street exit in brooklyn. now i know that's not right, so after several "recalculating" i shut the gps off and i continued going the way i knew to get to second ave new york city(nyc, as in manhattan). the gps unit was trying to take me to second ave in brooklyn.
garmin tech support -- no help. they told me to download the latest firmware. i checked on the garmin site; my unit already had the latest firmware.
needless to say i'm very disappointed. this i my second garmin unit. the first was an ique 3200 (i think that's the right model number). come to think of it that unit wasn't exactly trouble free either. well i returned the 780 and i am waiting for my refund.
now what unit will i get. well i think i'll get a magellan maestro 4250.
we used it on our trip to fl., to ga. and continously near and around new york. the navagation has always been perfect. the prompts always timely.
the one small problem the voice command function something speake to you when not spoken to. but it gets you to your destination. oh! and it cost about $200 less than the nuvi780.
sometimes less is more.
and one more "Oh." and here goes: Oh! by the way, i'm getting the magellan so i wont have to keep hearing my wife say, "you should have gotten the magellen."
Customer Rating:
Summary: Garmin 780
Comment: Large screen makes it easy to read and see all the detail. Free update of 2009 maps a plus! No ability to select WAAS, but it seems to be accurate to within a few yards. Can't turn sound up without accessing touch screen, could use a scroll volume control like my other Garmin products. The "Where am I now" function is a definite plus! Overall a very good purchase.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Garmin 780
Comment: I bought Garmin 780 almost a month ago and since then traveled to other states with it. I must say that I am extremely impressed with its quality and accuracy. The only accessories I bought were the screen protector and the leather case. I would highly recommend it to protect your investment.
I think it would be nice to have an easy one-touch button (soft or hard) to return to the navigation screen from any menu/screen instead of going back through multiple menus.
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