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Product Description Garmin nüvi 770 GPS Navigator and Personal Travel AssistantFrom Garmin

More maps and wide ? there's simply more to see with nüvi 770. This personal travel assistant is packed with preloaded maps for North America and Europe, not to mention advanced navigation features, a widescreen display, an FM transmitter, hands-free calling, traffic alerts and more. Like the rest of the wide nüvi 700-series, its premium navigation capabilities, like route planning and a h Save up to 10 routes, and specify via points and preview simulated turns on the 4.3 widescreen, or enter your via points and let the nuvi 750 automatically sort multiple destinations for an efficient route Hands free calling with Bluetooth phones A trip log of up to 10,000 points keeps a record of where you've been on the map for easy reference Speed limits for all major highways and interstates A high-sensitivity internal (non flip-up) antenna keeps the unit sleek and compact while the rechargeable lithium-ion battery allows you to use the unit in and out of the car for up to 5 hours MP3 playback with Audiobook player (subscription to Audible.com required), JPEG picture viewer, and currency converters Built-in FM transmitter allows you to listen to your music, audio books, and gps voice prompts through your car's stereo] Route avoidance (avoid highways, tolls, etc.), Route setup (choice of faster time, shorter distance, off-road), Auto re-route (fast auto-recalculation when you take a wrong turn or want to avoid traffic), and Custom POIs (ability to add additional points of interest) FM traffic alerts (3 months of service included) Interfaces - USB, Audio line-out (headphone) Unit Dimensions - 4.8w x 3h x. 8d Weight - 6.2 oz

Product Details
Amazon Sales Rank: #680 in Consumer Electronics
Color: Gray
Brand: Garmin
Model: 010-00657-00
Original language: English
Dimensions: 2.80" h x .80" w x 4.80" l, 3.09 pounds
Native resolution: 480 x 272
Display size: 4.3
Features
4.3-Inch Diagonal Touch Screen Color Display
480 X 272 Pixels, Wqvga Display With White Backlight
Preloaded With City Navigator(R) North America Nt & Europe Nt
Bluetooth(R) Wireless Technology For Hands-Free Calling
Speed Limit Indicator Displays Speed Limits For Highways & Interstates

Editorial Reviews Garmin nüvi 770 GPS Navigator and Personal Travel AssistantFrom Garmin

Amazon.com Product Description -- January 8, 2008 The nüvi 770 adds European maps to the multi-destination routing and, "Where am I?/Where's my car?" features the entire 700 series brings to Garmin's popular pocket-sized GPS navigator lineup. As with all nüvis, you get Garmin reliability, the fast satellite lock of an integrated high-sensitivity receiver, a slim, pocket-sized design with a gorgeous display, an easy, intuitive interface, and detailed NAVTEQ maps for the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico with more than 6 million name-searchable points of interest. All of the 700-series navigators also feature a rich array of features including spoken directions in real street names, MP3 player and photo viewer, and an FM transmitter that will play voice prompts, MP3s, audio books, and more, directly through your vehicle's stereo system. The nüvi 760 and 770 add integrated traffic receivers and Bluetooth capability for hands-free calling. The nüvi 770 adds maps for Europe. The nüvi 780 adds enhanced MSN direct content capability.

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New Features -- Where Am I? Where's My Car?The nüvi 700 series is the first to answer two common questions: "Where am I?" and "Where’s my car?"
At any time, with a single tap of the screen, drivers can display their exact latitude and longitude coordinates, the nearest address and intersection, and the closest hospitals, police stations and gas stations. And to help drivers find their car in an unfamiliar spot or vast parking lot, all nüvi 700s automatically mark the position in which they were last removed from the mount.New Features -- Multi-Destination RoutingThis lets you enter several spots into the device (day care - supermarket-cleaners - office - day care, for example) and it will plot the fastest route. And once you've found the best router, the "Route Planning" feature lets you save up to 10 different routes, Garmin touts the feature for providing, "the most efficient route for errands, deliveries and sales calls." The feature also makes this an instant essential accessory for anyone who shops garage sales (you know what we're talking about).A trip log provides an electronic bread crumb trail of up to 10,000 points, so you can see where you've been on the map.
See Better, See MoreThe super-bright, 4.3-inch (diagonal) touchscreen display gives is anti-glare for ease of viewing during the day and automatically changes its color profile for easy viewing at night or in dim light. It offers 2d or 3D perspective views. The widescreen format gives you 70% more actual screen area than a 3.5-inch screen. Primarily this translates into a better view of the area through which you are driving. This is especially useful in showing you what parks, restaurants, ATM, gas stations, etc. are nearby, or in letting you know whether a detour is a good idea. Also, the device itself is larger, meaning controls on the screen are more widely spaced and somewhat easier to push.First Rate Map DataAll nüvi 700s come preloaded with highly detailed City Navigator NT road maps for the entire United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. This map database features nearly six million points of interest (POIs), including hotels, restaurants, gas stations, ATMs, and attractions. Garmin gets its map data from NAVTEQ, a world leader in premium-quality mapping.
Important note about map updates: Due to our high volume of sales, almost every Garmin portable GPS navigator sold by Amazon.com will come with the most recent map version. If you ever need a map update, you can get one from Garmin at http://www8.garmin.com/unlock/update.jsp. You will need to have your device's serial number ready.Hands-Free CallingIn more and more places, it is becoming illegal to use cell phones while driving without a hands-free kit. WIth Bluetooth capability, microphone and speaker, you can match your nüvi to any bluetooth-capable phone to make hands-free mobile phone calls. Simply dial the phone number with the nüvi's touch screen keypad to make a call on a compatible phone. To answer an incoming call, just tap the screen and speak into the built-in microphone. Making and taking calls on the road has never been easier, or safer. In addition, Garmin makes it a breeze to look-up and dial numbers from your personalized phone book or even tap into your cell phone's call history log.

Integrated FM Traffic Receiver
Steer clear of traffic with an integrated FM traffic receiver designed to receive alerts from TMC Clear Channel about traffic tie-ups and road construction that might lie ahead on your route. All you have to do is simply touch the screen to view traffic details and you'll be ready to detour around any problem area. And if you end up missing a turn, or you're forced into a detour that is not relayed through the traffic receiver, the nüvi's sophisticated automatic routing will get you back on track in no time.
In most areas, TMC Clear Channel traffic broadcasts are continuous — there's no waiting for scheduled traffic news updates or random alerts. Because traffic broadcasts are received via a "silent" FM data channel, you can still listen to music or news programming on your car radio without interference from incoming FM traffic data transmissions.
A 3-month subscription to TMC Clear Channel's Total Traffic Network is included with purchase of this device. For more information on subscription fees, coverage in individual cities, and traffic data networks in the United Kingdom and Europe, check the Garmin website.

Customer Reviews Garmin nüvi 770 GPS Navigator and Personal Travel AssistantFrom Garmin

Garmin Nuvi Very excellent product. Quick calculation, very nice bluetooth service. When you buy it, make sure you register it in Garmin website because you are granted one free update for either US or Europe Maps. Also, check your device for software updates (Free). Remember, the map update is free for a limited period of time. Don't miss it, or you will lose the free update. I highly recommend this product especially when it has the ability to operate all over the world.
Expanded features, reduced performance over 350 series Larger screen and bluetooth capability are great new features, as is the capacity for both North America and Europe maps for travelers like me, especially given the cumbersome and restrictive nature of Garmin's MapSource map loading software. However, I'm greatly disappointed in the lack of performance (POI search time, satellite aquisition) compared to my Nuvi 350. The bluetooth capability is nice and (usually) works well with my iPhone, but I (and a colleague who also uses a 700 series) find that the 770 sometimes won't detect my blue tooth device, even though the day prior everything worked fine - Discouraging when you come to rely on this device as your hands-free mobile calling device (and a reason you paid this much for it). The speakers are better than the nuvi 350, but both systems (that I have) have problems with the audio shorting out; and this seems to happen shortly after the warranty expires. While not specific to the 770, I'm experiencing even more misrouting with the current NAVTEQ map version, and many POIs locations are anywhere from a block to a mile and a half away from where the map routing indicates - which almost defeats the purpose in urban areas. Frustrating is the way the routing will prompt you to turn off of a road only to route you in a circle back to where you turned off and back on to the original road and in the direction of original travel. It's almost as if there are "virtual map sheets" that are just barely misalligned such that the routing thinks the roads don't actually connect.I bought this when it first came out, and must say it was not worth the price due to the mentioned detractors. However, as of this review, I see Amazon offering it for about 60% less than I paid almost a year ago, which makes this a better buy for the features. Finally I'll jump on the bandwagon and say that not including a case and other nominal accessories (like what what was included in the nuvi 350) is tacky, especially considering that original customers paid around $700 for this thing.
When good (and even great) is not enough The equipment is all it was promissed, but....one only very frustrating thing: The bluethoot does not work. And it is not a software fault, but a hardware problem. Since to send the equipment back to factory (or to send it back to the vendor even when the original packing is not longer available) is, to say the least, troublesome from Buenos Aires, I am driving with a sofisticated, brand new, crippled piece of equipment. Thank you very much. ALBERTO BATTISTA