Hello - Garmin 760 with Accessory Kit from Costco Newbie

SandyEggo
Welcome to the community, Besure to use the Search function, and kick back and start reading.
100 years, I hope not, your probably going to need a new one in three or four short years.

Enjoy

Bob

Welcome to the group, it is nice to have you with us.

Miss POI

My guess is that you have "no U-Turns" selected. Try turning this off and see if the unit will guide you properly.

Welcome to the group. You will likely have questions as you begin using your GPS and you've come to the right place to find all of the information you'll need.

Welcome to the site

Any GPS is only as good as the mapping data programmed into it. You will run into routing quirks occasionally. However, you will find the unit will still get you to your destination. That might not be a big deal when you are a block from home, but is reassuring to know when you are traveling in a strange area.

Play with the type of route you have selected. For instance, I never use the "shortest route" option. I've had a GPS try to route me over a horrid dirt road because I had the "shortest route" option set. Sure, the route was shorter as far as miles to travel but the 12 miles of dirt road would have to be traversed at 5 mph which would have made the trip much longer as far as time is concerned.

I agree with the person above as well, check for the "avoidances" you have set. I've had a GPS send me a very long way around in order to avoid a simple u-turn when I had driven past the proper turn I should have taken.

Last week I received my 760 from Costco and, like you, I've been noticing some quirks about the mapping too.
One time I was driving down a road and the gps showed the vehicle icon driving off to the side of the road. It lasted for about a mile then it straighened itself out.
I'm going to try that same road and see if it happens again.
I also have a 650 that was purchased at one of the stores prior sales so I get to compare some of the differences.

and the way the user sets it up... i.e. avoidences, route preferences, usage mode, etc, etc.....

Be sure to update the 760. Not only get the new maps - which you should get as a free update - but also update the firmware via the web updater.

GPFoster and others -
Thanks for the welcome and the information.

[/quote]My guess is that you have "no U-Turns" selected. Try turning this off and see if the unit will guide you properly.
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Yep. I had the "no u-turns" feature turned on. I got excited punching buttons on my new toy.

The first thing I did was update the maps to 2009 and go through most of the menu options.

Even though I have the latest maps, there's still something peculiar about the left turn going into my neighborhood. The GPS tells me to go right and then may a u-turn instead of a left turn. Possibly the map doesn't know there is a left turn possible.

Usually there will be many instances when you will disagree with the directions your Nuvi gives you when you are traveling in an area that your familiar with. I find that "common sense" must rule in those cases. If it tells you to turn right at the next corner and you can see your destination straight ahead, ignore that idiot in the little box and go straight.
Get yourself lost in a big town that you have never been in before and you don't have the foggiest idea what direction to go in, you will think this is the best thing since sliced bread.

The new maps finally got rid of the "phantom onramp" near my house. The older maps always told me to get on the freeway at 5th avenue. There has never been a ramp there.

The new maps know which ramp to use (1st avenue) but want me to enter from a route different than is best. While the unit calculates a perfectly fine route, it has no idea that it's almost impossible to get an opening in traffic to enter the freeway from the way it wants me to go.

I just ignore it and go the way I know is best.

I got the same items from Costco, Nuvi760 and accessory kit.

When I was at Costco in Chico, CA the other day all I saw was Magellan. Weird. I know they had Garmin when I was there before.......

I also took that plunge for a Nuvi 760 and am figuring it out. U-turn avoidance was defaulted on, so thanks posters for mentioning that. Last Saturday I knew where I wanted to go, but created a route just for the halibut...and discovered a "Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf" other than the one I would have nav'd to on my own that was closer to my final destination. Cool beans!

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Shoot, your 760 probably had some cold beer while you left it lol. I love my 760. Yes, it has some quirks, as all GPS receivers probably have, but it does the job.

Mine started to drive on the other side too. I have to turn the unit off, then turn it back on, then it is OK. Strange.