Junction View, 3D and Timezones on Nuvi 250 & 760
Thu, 10/21/2010 - 8:37pm
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I've not been too active with the GPS recently and am out of the technical loop. I'm fairly sure that it is not possible to use the Junction View, 3D View and the Timezones functions on a Nuvi 250 or Nuvi 760. I've done a few searches on here with those keywords and haven't found a definitive statement on it.
Can anyone definitively confirm or deny if there's any way those functions can be used on a Nuvi 250 and/or a Nuvi 760?
Thanks.
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I've not been too active with the GPS recently and am out of the technical loop. I'm fairly sure that it is not possible to use the Junction View, 3D View and the Timezones functions on a Nuvi 250 or Nuvi 760. I've done a few searches on here with those keywords and haven't found a definitive statement on it.
Can anyone definitively confirm or deny if there's any way those functions can be used on a Nuvi 250 and/or a Nuvi 760?
Thanks.
You are correct.Go to https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=164 and select the discontinued units.Select the specs for eah one.The automatic time zone changed started with the xx5 models.
Charlie. Nuvi 265 WT and Nuvi 2597 LMT. MapFactor Navigator - Offline Maps & GPS.
Thanks. I was pretty sure
Thanks. I was pretty sure that the functions weren't in the specs, but I guess what I was really asking was whether any of the smart people who push technology past its specs had managed to get them working on a 250/760. I know these units can be tweaked a bit, I wondered if anyone had managed to tweak them into Junction and 3D views.
I've got 3-D views on a 760
From the main screen:
Tools, Settings, Map, Map View. Select "3D".
Is this what you mean by 3D views? Perhaps I'm not aware of something different that is available in newer models.
3-D building and terrain
3-D building and terrain view.I believe that is what OP is asking not the map view.
Charlie. Nuvi 265 WT and Nuvi 2597 LMT. MapFactor Navigator - Offline Maps & GPS.
Exactly.
3-D building and terrain view.I believe that is what OP is asking not the map view.
Exactly. They're in the new map files, I was wondering if anyone had made them work on a 760 or 250.
I don't think it can be done.
I don't think it can be done.Unless you buy a newer model with those features and that is what I expect Garmin wants you to do.
Charlie. Nuvi 265 WT and Nuvi 2597 LMT. MapFactor Navigator - Offline Maps & GPS.
Oh, I know what Garmin wants
Oh, I know what Garmin wants
, but I have seen some firmware adapations on GPSPassion and a few other places, just wondered if anyone had managed this one. No great problem, I've lived without them up to now.
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What Garmin wants and what's best for you are 2 very different issues.
The 760 & it's cousins were the last of the quality built navigators; Parrot Bluetooth, Sirf-3 GPS chipset, proper high resoluion street displays, upcoming cross street information and more in addition to version 4.80 neing rock stable.
Lack of JV and 3D building view for buildings you don't care about (you have 3D street display) is a tiny trade-off for having a stable, effective navigation platform.
Unless I can't locate another 760 I will not be buying another navigator from Garmin.
I find it interesting that when I asked a buddy (who works for mucho bucks in a sales capacity for Garmin) what my next model should be he confirmed my position by telling me to keep what I have.
Currently have: SP3, GPSMAP 276c, Nuvi 760T, Nuvi 3790LMT, Zumo 660T
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I believe its only from the 765 up, but go to the site and check specs I have the 765T and I don't always get building views, junction view etc.
@bramfrank I tend to agree.
@bramfrank
I tend to agree. I got one of the later 760's, without the Sirf chipset but it's worked pretty well for me, both in NA and Europe. I get the GPS function, with all the other GPS pro's you mention, Bluetooth works as a hands-free with any phone I've tried - again both NA and Europe, I can listen to my music as I drive and the whole thing broadcasts over the car speakers using the FM transmitter, again incl. Europe rental/relative cars. I'm not looking to upgrade, I'm fairly happy with what I've got, but I always like tweaking any hardware to it's maximum potential.
If this thing ever dies I'll probably finish up with an integrated smartphone for it all. I can see the utility in combining the functions of my phone, GPS, Palm, iPod, an e-book reader and universal net access all in one pocketable device. Though I'll wait until I can d/load camera databases to it - that probably saved me the price of a phone in Europe, probably a few hundred quid in London alone (which now has to be the most driver unfriendly city on earth!)