Did anyone try FM tranmitter on Nuvi 765T?

 

I have noticed FM Tranmitter on Nuvi 760 is very week. Did anyone try it on Nuvi 765T? is it better on 765T or it is same?

I will appreciate your feedback.

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many complaints

Many people, here and elsewhere, have complained about the "weak" FM Transmitter on the 765 as well. A couple of reviews went so far as to call it useless.

HOWEVER, I have the 765t and have used the FM Transmitter without problem. It was clear and static free.

It may depend on your vehicle ... the type/quality of the fm antenna your car has??

All I can do is speak from personal experience and tell you it worked for me.

Thanks for your feedback. I

Thanks for your feedback. I have Nuvi 760 and I found FM transmitter very week as well. I live in Toronto and I think there are lots of FM stations which cause problems. I have external FM transmitter which always works 100 times better that Nuvi.

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Iphone XR, Drivesmart 61,Nuvicam, Nuvi3597

haven't tried the FM transmitter on my 765T yet...

rookie8155 wrote:

I have noticed FM Tranmitter on Nuvi 760 is very week. Did anyone try it on Nuvi 765T? is it better on 765T or it is same?

I will appreciate your feedback.

...but I will try it for you later this afternoon, and report back.

I would guess it will be the same weak transmitter, since it is not really Garmin that is at fault, but rather the FCC requiring that the transmitter signal not interfere with adjacent vehicles.

I have had terrible luck with external FM transmitters when trying to use them with mp3 players. Fortunately my Honda CR-V has a cassette deck, and a cassette adapter works great for playing the mp3's and the voice alerts through the car stereo speaker system by connecting it to the headphone jack.

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765T FM Transmitter

It works very well in my truck. It is almost a necessity for me as the volume on the speaker when I'm using Bluetooth isn't very loud.

Anyone else have a problem with the volume of the speaker? When I had my 755 it seemed a lot louder.

Supposed to be the same?

The big review I read that compared the 760 with the 765t said that it "suffered from the same underpowered FM transmitter".

I'm sorry I can't offer a link to the comparison. It was very good and had lots of pictures. I'm almost positive I found the link in a post on this site but I've just spent 5 minutes or so looking for it and can't seem to locate the thread. Perhaps someone else will know right where it is.

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review

thrak wrote:

The big review I read that compared the 760 with the 765t said that it "suffered from the same underpowered FM transmitter".

I'm sorry I can't offer a link to the comparison. It was very good and had lots of pictures. I'm almost positive I found the link in a post on this site but I've just spent 5 minutes or so looking for it and can't seem to locate the thread. Perhaps someone else will know right where it is.

http://www.gpsmagazine.com/2008/10/garmin_nuvi_785t_review.p...

this is one review .. section 22 is about the FM Transmitter

I think the FCC lowered the

I think the FCC lowered the power limits for these transmitters to the point where they are useless.

okay I tried the FM transmitter out just now...

jim8650 wrote:
rookie8155 wrote:

I have noticed FM Tranmitter on Nuvi 760 is very week. Did anyone try it on Nuvi 765T? is it better on 765T or it is same?

I will appreciate your feedback.

...but I will try it for you later this afternoon, and report back.

I would guess it will be the same weak transmitter, since it is not really Garmin that is at fault, but rather the FCC requiring that the transmitter signal not interfere with adjacent vehicles.

I have had terrible luck with external FM transmitters when trying to use them with mp3 players. Fortunately my Honda CR-V has a cassette deck, and a cassette adapter works great for playing the mp3's and the voice alerts through the car stereo speaker system by connecting it to the headphone jack.

performed about as I expected, perhaps a little better...I am in Pittsburgh with lots and lots of stations...perhaps in a smaller town it would be okay...but what about when on a trip?...seems to me you would need to change the station from time to time.

I just used the default frequency on the nuvi display, and tuned my radio to that...sounded really good to start with, but after a few turns, the interference began...not unlistenable, but more than I can put up with since I have the option of the cassette adapter so there is no interference.

if I really spent some time tweaking it, I probably could have improved it some, but once again, what about when on a trip out of your area.

hope that helps a little

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FM Transmitter

jim8650 wrote:

perhaps in a smaller town it would be okay

I am in a rural area without many stations or much interference. Haven't tried it in an urban area yet.

when it was interference free...

grush wrote:
jim8650 wrote:

perhaps in a smaller town it would be okay

I am in a rural area without many stations or much interference. Haven't tried it in an urban area yet.

...it sounded just as good as my cassette adapter does...haven't tried it with a Bluetooth call yet...that seems to be what most people are interested in knowing about...I have heard that the audio from the caller is pretty low through the built in speaker...no experience with that yet

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Let Me Know

jim8650 wrote:

I have heard that the audio from the caller is pretty low through the built in speaker...no experience with that yet

When you try it, Jim, please let me know how the volume is for you. I've kind of put out feelers on these forums, but no one has replied yet.

I traded in my 755 for a 765. The speaker volume seemed to be much louder on the 755. I'm just wondering if something may be wrong with the unit. The speaker sure isn't very big, so maybe that is as loud as it gets.

I've found that the FM

I've found that the FM transmitter is useless when travelling between the GTA (Greater Toronto Area) and anywhere around Niagara Falls. The sheer demand for FM bandwidth means that virtually any band that you may attempt to use will be interfered with at some point. The saving grace with newer in-car stereos is that they'll accept inputs to the stereo. So you can plug your unit into your car stereo as an auxilliary input.

I changed frequency to 88.3

I changed frequency to 88.3 FM and it worked quite well. I used it today in Mississauga and Brampton area and the performance was satisfactory. I am sure in downtown Toronto it may not work properly.

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I've found certain

I've found certain frequencies that work in the GTA, rookie. It's finding one that works reliably between Toronto and the Niagara Falls area that's the problem. If anybody out there has the answer to this, I'm all ears.

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I received a letter from sirius about there FM transmitter issue with the FCC, so I'm thinking it has something to do with the FCC! The transmitter has to be at a certain range level so not to interfere with surrounding vehicles. You can definitely relate the two!

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Bob G. Nuvi 750

FM Tranmitter on Nuvi 5000 is very week also

i had the fm Tranmitter for my nuvi 5000 and it was real week so i went and got the msn adaptor it works great this one is for yours https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=8526
its the MSN® Direct Receiver / GDB 50 look at that it work great for me

nuvi 5000 & nuvi 200w

Auxiliary Jack on newer car radio

There is an auxiliary jack on newer car radio. You can play your iPod by plug it to this jack. Now my question:

Can I plug my Nuvi 660 into this jack and play the voice commands through the car radio?

Has anybody tried this? What is your experience?

I tend to think this will work. But I don't have the newer radio in my 2000 Tundra. If it works, I would replace the radio as it is working towards the end of its life cycle.

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wingsang104 wrote:

There is an auxiliary jack on newer car radio. You can play your iPod by plug it to this jack. Now my question:

Can I plug my Nuvi 660 into this jack and play the voice commands through the car radio?

Has anybody tried this? What is your experience?

I tend to think this will work. But I don't have the newer radio in my 2000 Tundra. If it works, I would replace the radio as it is working towards the end of its life cycle.

I don't have an accessory plug on my stereo, but I don't see why it wouldn't work, it would be from output on GPS to input on stereo!

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Bob G. Nuvi 750

Auxiliary Jack on newer car radio

i have a nuvi 5000 and a sirius sat radio and the sirius had the aux jack on it and it plays over the radio it works good

nuvi 5000 & nuvi 200w

Aux Jack

wingsang104 wrote:

There is an auxiliary jack on newer car radio. You can play your iPod by plug it to this jack. Now my question:

Can I plug my Nuvi 660 into this jack and play the voice commands through the car radio?

Has anybody tried this? What is your experience?

I tend to think this will work. But I don't have the newer radio in my 2000 Tundra. If it works, I would replace the radio as it is working towards the end of its life cycle.

Yes, this should work. You won't be able to listen to music, of course, unless you use the MP3 player on your Nuvi.

Yup!

seaworthy wrote:

There is an auxiliary jack on newer car radio. You can play your iPod by plug it to this jack. Now my question:

Can I plug my Nuvi 660 into this jack and play the voice commands through the car radio?

Has anybody tried this? What is your experience?

I tend to think this will work. But I don't have the newer radio in my 2000 Tundra. If it works, I would replace the radio as it is working towards the end of its life cycle.

Sure, No Problem. But just go to Radio shack and get a cassette input device, that will work also.

I even seen the cassette device at the local chain auto parts store today, look where they shelf the cell phone chargers and cases. $7.00

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FM Transmitter

I have a Nuvi 660 and have tried the FM transmitter but wasn't happy with the quality. None of the FM transmitters I have tried seem to work very well, probably due to FCC regulations that limit the transmitting power. The factory stereo on my 2003 Neon had an input for a CD changer, but I did not have a CD changer installed, so I got a kit from Scosche that converts the CD changer input into an auxiliary input. It's basically just a box that you mount in an inconspicuous place. It has a cable that goes from the CD changer input on the head unit into the box, then a short cable from the box to RCA inputs. You just put a 'Y' cable on there to convert it to a standard 1/8" headphone style plug. They have kits for many different vehicles. Your head unit must have a CD changer input, though. The kit I got was about $100 on buy.com, but it was well worth it.

Here is a link to the Scosche product page: http://www.scosche.com/products/sfID1/151/sfID2/159/sfID3/27....

Edit: If you have a cassette deck in your vehicle, you can get a cassette adapter that goes to a 1/8" plug that you can plug into your Nuvi to get audio to your car's stereo.

This Site May Help FM transmitters to work better.

The Site below has a search feature and it also will work for Canada as well. It's worth a shot if you can't find a clean station where you travel. The Canada search link is to the far right, & also an international search function in contained on the site.

Happy FM'ing hunting.

http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/vacant

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