Custom Route for Garmin Nuvi 765T Help
Mon, 11/17/2014 - 2:22pm
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11 years
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I am a newbie and would like to know how to input a custom route into my GPS, heading to Florida and do not want to take the GPS's route. I do not have any idea how to go about this and would need to have someone with a lot more knowledge to guide me thru this. Any help will be much appreciated.
Route planning.
There are many ways to get a multi-point route into your nuvi 765T. Creating a route on Mapquest and transferring it to your nuvi is one way, and is a good place to start. See this FAQ: http://www.poi-factory.com/node/42698
Alan - Android Auto, DriveLuxe 51LMT-S, DriveLuxe 50LMTHD, Nuvi 3597LMTHD, Oregon 550T, Nuvi 855, Nuvi 755T, Lowrance Endura Sierra, Bosch Nyon
there are several parts to your request
Your 765 will take custom routes as you know, but the route has to be created in either MapSource or BaseCamp in order for the unit to follow the route you want.
Other software like Streets & Trips will lay out a route but do not transfer any intermediate points you may have in the route.
I strongly suggest you use BaseCamp and watch the tutorials on how to use it first. BaseCamp isn't the easiest piece of software to learn, but it is more flexible in the long run over MapSource.
Once you have created your route in BaseCamp or MapSource, there is a single "button" that will transfer the route to the GPS.
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http://www.poi-factory.com/node/30393
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http://www.poi-factory.com/node/30394