Friday, September 11, 2009

Garmin Nuvi Sat Nav 750

The Garmin Nuvi 750 sat nav device is a great looking device with a helpful user interface as we have come to expect from Garmin with their GPS devices.

One of the main problems with this unit and I knwo it is bad to start on a sour note but at least then the review can only get better is the fact that the Nuvi 750 has teh age old problem os slow satalite lock in.

Ok that said no onto the stuff thats great with this device.

The text to speech feature allowing the selected voice on the device to read out the street names and POI identifiers as required.

The widescreen display showing more information with a clearer picture for all to see.

The silver coloured, rectangular device is slim and lightweight at 4.8 inches wide by 3 inches high by 0.8 inch deep and 6.2 ounces. Making it slightly bigger than a deck of cards, so it's easy to travel with and transport between vehicles as the user requires.

Like the newer models, the Nuvi 750 features a wide 4.3-inch (diagonal) touch screen with a 480x272 pixel resolution and white backlight. The on-screen keyboard is selectable between ABC and QWERTY format depending on your preferences.

On the units left handside you'll find a headphone jack (3.5mm) and the SD Card slot for the expansion of memory or loading media files.

On the units top you'll find the standard slide power/screen lock button depending on which direction you slide it in.

The USB port can be found at the base of the unit for data connection and charging purposes.

The back of the unit houses the speaker and external antenna if required.

With the abilty to program multi location routes allowing you set a waypoint of visit a friend on the way without then having to recalculate the last leg of the journey it can be done all at once. The route planning screen allows you to choose from several menu's of places to visit and with over 6 million POI's preloaded as standard.

As will some of the modern Garmin GPS units this has a picture viewer, MP3 player, calculator functionality and world clock functions and more.

All in all a great unit though only the initial satalite lock in time can be a bit longer than expected.

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