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Is the screen tmeout the same thing as putting a NUVI 3760T to sleep?

 
Thu, 04/07/2011 - 6:24pm

The documentation says if you hit the power button for two seconds it will sleep and the battery will last about a week. Is the same true that letting the screen timeout will do the same thing?

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Fri, 04/08/2011 - 9:11am

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Yes. If the unit is running from the battery, the screen timeout will also put the unit into it's low-power "sleep" mode.

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nuvi 760, nuvi 765T, nuvi 855, nuvi 3790LMT, nuvi 3490LMT - SoCal area
Fri, 04/08/2011 - 4:23pm

Thanks, that may be a good

Thanks, that may be a good thing. I don't like when you go inside an office and get those lost signal messages.

Fri, 04/08/2011 - 4:48pm

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The only way to power off the unit is to press/hold the power button for ~3 seconds to bring up the power-off message and follow the prompt.

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nuvi 760, nuvi 765T, nuvi 855, nuvi 3790LMT, nuvi 3490LMT - SoCal area
Fri, 04/08/2011 - 5:20pm

Just judging from what my

Just judging from what my battery is reporting I may never have to power it down completely, unless it start to behave badly.

Actually, I think that over time the first thing to go would be the power button by being used so much. Just letting it to go into standby like a PC cuts button presses in half.