Garmin Drivesmart 76, 7-Inch Car Gps Navigator With Bright, Crisp High-Resolution Maps And Garmin Vo
Garmin DriveSmart 76, 7-inch Car GPS Navigator with Bright, Crisp High-resolution Maps and Garmin Voice Assist
- Hands-free calling when paired with your compatible smartphone with BLUETOOTH technology and convenient Garmin voice assist lets you ask for directions to places you want to go
- Road trip–ready features include the HISTORY database of notable sites, a U.S. national parks directory, Tripadvisor traveler ratings and millions of Foursquare POIs
- Driver alerts for things such as school zones, sharp curves and speed changes help encourage safer driving and increase situational awareness
- Access live traffic, fuel prices, parking, weather and smart notifications when you pair this navigator with your compatible smartphone running the Garmin Drive app
- With Alexa Built-in (Drivers should focus on driving and only use this function when safe to do so. Must pair with the Garmin Drive app running on your compatible phone), you can ask to play music, listen to audiobooks, hear the news and more — all while you keep your hands on the wheel and eyes on the road
- Built-in Wi-Fi connectivity allows easy map and software updates without a computer
- Included dual USB charger provides an extra charging port for phones, tablets or other electronics
Brand : Garmin
Category : Electronics,GPS, Finders & Accessories,Sports & Handheld GPS,Handheld GPS Units
Rating : 4.3
ListPrice : US $299.99
Price : US $299.99
Review Count : 910
ChildASIN : B09D5LYKRB,B09D5PW315,B09ZKLP7JZ,B0BLTTNDW7,B09D5MQQKD
Garmin DriveSmart 76, 7-inch Car GPS Navigator with Bright, Crisp High-resolution Maps and Garmin Voice Assist
- My last Garmin died after two years. I had it connected to an android phone which made it so much easier to search for addresses to set as a destination. But that one failed recently, so I got this one due to it being the closest thing to the one I had. I was not able to connect the new one to the drive app on my android phone. I could connect via bluetooth, but for some reason, the drive app would not find it. I consider myself above average technically. Fortunately I have two phones, and I was able to quickly connect an iPhone to it and now it works as expected.I like the display of the gamins better than any of the phone apps that I have used. Although this Garmin has traffic, I\'m not sure it is as accurate as some of the phone apps.I find it very easy to save a place once you get to it.. but it isn\'t intuitive on how to do it at first, but once you learn how, it is a snap. I just wish I could have transferred all of my saved places from my prior device. oh well.The wifi upgrade is a huge improvement. I just plugged the GPS into a USB brick and did the upgrade which took about an hour or less.Hopefully this one will last more than a couple years of light use that the last one got. I still have the old one, but it overheated last week and would not turn on. After a couple of hours to cool down, it would come back on, but I can\'t use that. I need something to rely on. And I live in New England and it overheated in February.. and I do not keep my vehicle very warm .. oh well..Bottom line, after setup and connected to phone it is great.
- With this larger screen I can comfortably sit back in my seat and see clearly each street that\'s coming up ahead of me on the GPS screen.It took me about 6 weeks to get used to this sitting up on the dash because the screen is so large it noticeably obstructed some of my view. Where I live it\'s illegal to have anything stuck to your windshield. Initially I was moving my head all around to see the edge of a road on a turn or to make sure I\'m not running over someone\'s dog or child on the edge of a sidewalk, view of which was now concealed by this GPS. My brain has adapted to this so it\'s no longer an issue. I don\'t have anxiety with this thing sitting up there partially blocking my view, like I did when I first put it there.Also, I didn\'t realize this thing would not fit on the standard Garmin friction base. On amazon.com I got Loctite PL Marine Fast Cure Adhesive Sealant, 3 Ounce Squeeze Tube, and glued the base of the plastic neck mount that came with this GPS unit, to the base of the dash friction mount from Garmin. (Don\'t use the 3M ring sealant it uses a different chemical composition which does not appear to me to be compatible with the plastic used for the Garmin friction mount and the flexible suction cup on the base of the mounting neck.)The sealant was only available in white, so the next day I painted over (for aesthetics, the white Marine sealant) with some flat black paint compatible for painting this sealant. I got the paint from Amazon.com, Apple Barrel Acrylic Paint in Assorted Colors (8 Ounce), 20404 Black. For longer than 4 months in the hot car in the summer the paint is held up but not flaked and not peeled at all, not on the Garmin plastic base nor on the Marine sealant.Note again, that I chose the Loctite Marine sealant, not the 3M brand, because the Loctite will stick to these types of plastics without damaging them. I\'ve used the Loctite before under 70 lb of pressure, fixing split plastic collars on my commercial size/ grade swimming pool equipment at my house, and a leaking pool salt generator housing.Also, because you cannot rotate the GPS around once you\'ve fastened the mounting neck to the friction base, be sure that you are gluing the plastic neck that comes with this GPS unit, to the Garmin dashboard friction mount in a way that the assembly will sit where you can see the screen, and the assembly is also securely sitting on your dashboard without falling over as you decelerate and accelerate.
- I updated it and it still doesn’t have all the addresses.
- The ball did not match the socket. I was able to switch with the old one, but it would have been a big problem otherwise.
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