Date:         Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:54:47 -0800
Reply-To:     B <oddstray@ODDSTRAY.COM>
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From:         B <oddstray@ODDSTRAY.COM>
Subject:      Re: GPS Reccommendation-Garmin Nuvi 750
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I (B) just got one for that price from Costco on-line.

S has the nuvi 200.  It's their bare-bones model.  The additional
capabilities of the 750 that we would use are speaking the street
names (there are caveats that go with this) and the addition of
inserting waypoints.  S will possibly use the MP3/FM capability, but I
don't often listen to music while I'm driving.

You can get street names spoken with a 250 or a 255, and if you miss
the good deals on the 750 then these are probably almost as good.

The caveats are (1) The spoken street names, and this applies to all
models, are that sometimes "street" is mis-spoken as "saint" (when
it's abbreviated ST in their database), and "drive" as "doctor", and
etc.  And (2) Some of the voices aren't very distinct.  To our regret,
the TTS British accent female voice isn't distinct and the TTS British
male voice is too bossy!  The non-TTS British voice is clear as a
bell, but only the TTS voices can speak the street names.

And, oh yeah.  The 750 doesn't do Bluetooth.  The next more capable
models do, if that's important to you.


B&S
'87 Westy 'Esmerelda Blanc'
SoCal


On Nov 23, 2008, at 5:52 AM, Michael Sullivan wrote:

> Saw this on sale at Academy today for 199.00USD.  Sounds like a good
> buy.
> Never used one before. Thoughts on this model and price? TIA
> https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=10625
>
> --
> Michael in San Antonio
> 91GL AT 'Gringo'
>
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