Garmin nüvi 750 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator (Factory Refurbished)

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4.8 x 0.8 x 2.8 inches ; 6.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B001DOO4TU
• Item model number: NUVI 750
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #20,905 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 2, 2008

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description This is a refurbished GPS. Refurbished generally means that the unit has been returned to the manufacturer, who brings the navigator back to like new conditions. Some GPS may contain cosmetic blemishes.

This nüvi comes with an additional weighted, anti-skid dash mount --perfect for those drivers in California or Minnesota that cannot use the windshield mount or for those multi-car drivers. Garmin's nüvi 700 series brings two exciting new features -- multi-destination routing and, "Where am I?/Where's my car?" -- to its popular pocket-sized GPS navigator lineup. As with all nüvis, you get Garmin reliability, the fast satellite lock of an integrated high-sensitivity receiver, a slim, pocket-sized design with a gorgeous display, an easy, intuitive interface, and detailed NAVTEQ maps for the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico with more than 6 million name-searchable points of interest. All of the 700-series navigators also feature a rich array of features including spoken directions in real street names, MP3 player and photo viewer, and an FM transmitter that will play voice prompts, MP3s, audio books, and more, directly through your vehicle's stereo system. The nüvi 760 and  770 add integrated traffic receivers and Bluetooth capability for hands-free calling. The nüvi 770 adds maps for Europe. The nüvi 780 adds enhanced MSN direct content capability.

Which nüvi is Best for You?: Click here to see a quick, simple comparison of features for all Garmin nuvi GPS navigators

Garmin's nüvis pack top of the line features into a slim form factor.

Wider screen lets you see more of what's around. Compare these actual size views of a 3-inch (diagonal) screen and a 4.3-inch diagonal widescreen

New Features -- Where Am I? Where's My Car?
The nüvi 700 series is the first to answer two common questions: "Where am I?" and "Where’s my car?"

At any time, with a single tap of the screen, drivers can display their exact latitude and longitude coordinates, the nearest address and intersection, and the closest hospitals, police stations and gas stations. And to help drivers find their car in an unfamiliar spot or vast parking lot, all nüvi 700s automatically mark the position in which they were last removed from the mount.

New Features -- Multi-Destination Routing
This lets you enter several spots into the device (day care - supermarket-cleaners - office - day care, for example) and it will plot the fastest route. And once you've found the best router, the "Route Planning" feature lets you save up to 10 different routes, Garmin touts the feature for providing, "the most efficient route for errands, deliveries and sales calls." The feature also makes this an instant essential accessory for anyone who shops garage sales (you know what we're talking about).

A trip log provides an electronic bread crumb trail of up to 10,000 points, so you can see where you've been on the map.

See Better, See More
The super-bright, 4.3-inch (diagonal) touchscreen display gives is anti-glare for ease of viewing during the day and automatically changes its color profile for easy viewing at night or in dim light. It offers 2d or 3D perspective views.

The widescreen format gives you 70% more actual screen area than a 3.5-inch screen. Primarily this translates into a better view of the area through which you are driving. This is especially useful in showing you what parks, restaurants, ATM, gas stations, etc. are nearby, or in letting you know whether a detour is a good idea. Also, the device itself is larger, meaning controls on the screen are more widely spaced and somewhat easier to push.

First Rate Map Data
All nüvi 700s come preloaded with highly detailed City Navigator NT road maps for the entire United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. This map database features nearly six million points of interest (POIs), including hotels, restaurants, gas stations, ATMs, and attractions. Garmin gets its map data from NAVTEQ, a world leader in premium-quality mapping.

Important note about map updates: Due to our high volume of sales, almost every Garmin portable GPS navigator sold by Amazon.com will come with the most recent map version. If you ever do need a map update, you can purchase one from Amazon.com at our Garmin Store.

Garmin Lock
Garmin's patent pending theft prevention system that disables the unit from performing any functions until the user types in a specific 4-digit PIN or takes the unit to a predetermined secure location

Easy To Use Interface
Garmin's interface is a key to their success and one of the things that makes their devices such a pleasure to use. Simple controls and sub-screens make it easy to enter or search for destinations and get data about your trip.

Beyond Navigation

Browse your stored pictures with an easy-to-use JPEG viewer.

A handy MP3 player lets you play songs stored on SD memory cards.

nüvi 250W accepts custom points of interest (POIs). View larger.

Navigation is just the beginning. All nüvi 700s feature travel tools including JPEG picture viewer, MP3 player, world travel clock with time zones, currency converter, measurement converter, calculator and more.

They are also compatible with optional content plug-ins available via SD card, such as the  Garmin Travel Guides and Garmin SaversGuide provide detailed data for attractions and information on nearby merchants offering discounts, so you can customize your nüvi for all your travel needs.

Garmin has also added the ability for customers to add custom points of interest (POI’s) from third parties such as school zones and safety cameras.

Trick Your GPS Ride

Custom vehicle icons let you ride in style, at least inside your GPS. See more icon option

All nüvis support configurable vehicle icons. These fun, customized car-shaped icons come in a variety of colors to add a personal touch to your vehicle's position on the map.

What's in the Box
nüvi 750, Preloaded City Navigator NT for North America or Europe (full coverage), Vehicle suction cup mount, Vehicle power cable, USB cable, Dashboard disc, Dashboard mount, Quick start manual

Notes

• Optional software for language translation, detailed travel guides, and savings programs allow you to customize your nüvi to fit your travel needs
• The FM transmitter feature is only available in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand
• This nüvi comes with a free, three-month trial for MSN Direct services.
  
• Like most USB Mass Storage Devices, the nüvi is not compatible with Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows Me.

Which nüvi is Best for You?
Note: All nüvis come with detailed NAVTEQ maps containing more than 6 million pre-loaded point of interest locations.

	Screen Size inches (w x h)	Included Maps			Text-to-Speech (Directions in Real Street Names)	Traffic	Bluetooth	Media	FM Transmitter (audio through car stereo system)	Multi- Point Routing	Battery life (hours)
		Cont. U.S., Hawaii, and Puerto Rico	AK and Canada	Europe
nüvi 200	2.8 x 2.1							Photos			up to 5
nüvi 200w	3.81 x 2.25							Photos			up to 5
nüvi 250	2.8 x 2.1							Photos			up to 5
nüvi 250w	3.81 x 2.25							Photos			up to 5
nüvi 260	2.8 x 2.1							Photos			up to 5
nüvi 260w	3.81 x 2.25							Photos			up to 5
nüvi 270	2.8 x 2.1							Photos			up to 5
nüvi 350	2.8 x 2.1					FM (with opt. receiver)		Photos, MP3s			up to 8
nüvi 360	2.8 x 2.1					FM (with opt. receiver)		Photos, MP3s			up to 8
nüvi 370	2.8 x 2.1					FM (receiver included)		Photos, MP3s			up to 8
nüvi 650	3.81 x 2.25					FM (with opt. receiver)		Photos, MP3s			up to 7
nüvi 660	3.81 x 2.25					FM (receiver included)		Photos, MP3s			up to 7
nüvi 670	3.81 x 2.25					FM (receiver included)		Photos, MP3s			up to 7
nüvi 680	3.81 x 2.25					MSN (receiver included; 1-year free); FM (with opt. receiver)		Photos, MP3s			up to 7
nüvi 750	3.81 x 2.25					FM (with opt. receiver); MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver)		Photos, MP3s			up to 5
nüvi 760	3.81 x 2.25					FM (receiver included); MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver)		Photos, MP3s			up to 5
nüvi 770	3.81 x 2.25					FM (receiver included); MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver)		Photos, MP3s			up to 5
nüvi 780	3.81 x 2.25					MSN-enhanced (receiver inc.; 3 months free) receiver); FM (with opt. receiver)		Photos, MP3s			up to 5
nüvi 850	3.81 x 2.25					MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (with opt. receiver)		Photos, MP3s			up to 4
nüvi 880	3.81 x 2.25					MSN-enhanced (receiver inc.; 3 months free); FM (with opt. receiver)		Photos, MP3s			up to 4
nüvi 5000	4.5 x 2.7					MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (with opt. receiver)					external battery only

Product Description

GARMIN Nuvi 750 Refurb GPS Navigator. Garmin International is pleased to announce the new nuvi 750 navigator and personal travel assistant. This newest model in the popular nuvi family features a sleek design with a fixed, non flip up, antenna, in addition to new software features such as route planning, trip logs, speed limit indicator, Where Am I, and more. The built in FM transmitter allows users to wirelessly transmit audio, including MP3s, phone calls and audio books, through the vehicles stereo. The nuvi 750 offers full coverage mapping for the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. The preloaded map data features nearly six million points of interest, including hotels, restaurants, gas stations, ATMs and attractions. The map data is provided by NAVTEQ, a world leader in premium quality mapping. Refurbished.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Halfway decent GPS, seller is shady., January 30, 2010

By	William G. Ahlers "Wild Bill" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Amazon Verified Purchase

Well, I bought this GPS last April and it works relatively decent so far. Every now and then, the speech goes out completely and when I go to the menu to set it again, it is missing from the menu! I then have to 'reset' the device to get it back. Also, I did notice that it 'lags' a few hundred feet or so behind me.

The seller, on the other hand, I would consider to be less than honest. They said it comes with a friction mount for the dash, item did not come with it so they said it was on back order. They later sent me a little plastic dash mount disc instead. After I called them on it, they started ignoring me. So, I would assume this basement business in in it for the quick money and could care less about ethics, customer service and honesty.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars cant say i havent had problems, November 18, 2009

By	bcom (USA) - See all my reviews

I bought a refurbished nuvi 750 about 9 months ago and it still does work as of today(sort of).The gps does get me where i need to go but sometimes in not the best route.Sometimes this thing makes me take routes that seem to be longer in my opinion.It will take me to a destination just to take me a different way on the way home.Dont really understand that.I have it set to the fastest time and it has taken me a completely different route on the way home.If the way home is the fastest route,then why isnt the route there the same way??I have also found that if your driving 65mph down the highway,the gps does not warn you quick enough when you need to turn.Using the gps on 3d mode which most people do,i found to be very inaccurate with the pictures.My destination will be 1/4 mile earlier than expected or 1/4 mile farther down the road.Using it in 2d mode is a bit more accurate for visual purposes.

I do enjoy the mp3 player on this unit,however sometimes the music actually skips(yes i said skips).Even the voice on the gps unit will skip quite often making it impossible to understand what "Jack"(Garmins English male voice) is talking about.The gps will also reset itself back to the "default" setting of no voice at all which kinda makes me think that "Jack" went to sleep!!I also have been having problems with the gps freezing up from time to time especially when first turned on when the maps are loading.I have my gps set to where i have to punch in a security code before it can be used but most of the time,the gps will work without having to type in the code.What kind of security is that??The power cord they sent me i also think is defective.Sometimes you actually have to wiggle it around in the 12v power outlet to get it to work.The suction cup mount on this thing doesnt work very well in hot weather.After the gps has been sitting in the sun,the suction cup will lose suction and the gps will fall which has happened to me over 20 times which cant be good for the gps.This is probably typical for must suction mounts.

conclusion--this gps does get me where i need to go but with some problems.If it werent for the mp3 player on this unit i would have bought another brand for all the small little problems i have had with this thing.I will be returning it to Garmin here soon before the warranty runs out,since i cant stand listening to "Jack" trying to give me directions with a stuttering problem and since the security doesnt really work on it anyway.Plus with all the other small problems ive had.Maybe i should have bought new instead of refurbished?!!?

5.0 out of 5 stars I wish I could give this more stars, January 4, 2010

By	Toby J. Hendrix (STL, Mo) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Amazon Verified Purchase

The garmin 750 is amazing. Before setting out on your trip be sure to set if you want a faster trip or a shorter trip. It will change your route a great deal sometimes. I drove all over the midwest with this and it never got me lost. Update the map on the garmin website. Dont expect much in the packaging because they have their official guide on the website in a .pdf. Its very very simple to use and even my father who is bad with electronics was able to work it fine. Use your fingernail to press in on the screen. The point of impact makes it work better than the spread out fingertip (I learned this quickly). The FM Transmitter is nice, but with stations going in and out is a bit tedious to set it to one station alone. Changing that is a bit of a hassle and the TTS is loud enough to not need it. This does not have bluetooth for the phone connection (if you want that get the 760). The TTS voices are a bit lower quality but they are easy to understand (I rather enjoyed testing out the australian and british accents, they sound much better than the normal american english).
Worked like new, I'd never have known it was refurbished.