Cheap Zumo 660 Alternative - Nuvi765T

[Andy Hird]

I've just bought a Nuvi 765T which has avery similar spec to the Zumo 660.

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&so...AeP-zg&usg=AFQjCNG9Mx5bV63A85ElRDklj6EBd2GCrQ

The 765T is not waterproof but it can be mounted via the waterproof Givi S950

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&so...kejGDw&usg=AFQjCNFvOHpVPBcd5D1IueRXaoUU0lw_sA

It will accept 10 routes, which is more than enough in my opinion, my TomTom never had more than 10 routes on it at one time, and it took me down to the Vosges, Black Forrest and Eifel in one trip.

The best thing was the price.......£72 delivered for a refurbed factory unit with a 1 year guarantee

Cheers

Andy

 

[Bumpkin]

Bought the same model late last year, quite a bit cheaper now. Not quite a Zumo 660 but once inside an Akron case (£20 with attached RAM ball) it's not too far off.

You can have as many, hundreds even, routes on it as you like but can only have ten loaded into the menu at once. It's not a problem. Just load them as you need them. We have 17 day routes for our trip, that includes a handful of alternatives as we're only away for 9 days.

I've used mine for a few ride-outs and it's worked very well. Oddly enough I'm off to the Eifel, Black Forest and Vosges on Sunday plus a dash into Austria for the day. All routes planned in Mapsource and loaded onto the Nuvi

It won't do the phone on the bike but then I have that via an Autocom Bluetooth dongle anyway. It only gets used for incoming calls which get answered with "I'm on the bike, I'll pull over shortly and call you back, OK?"

I power mine direct from the bike using one of these. And connect audio to my Autocom using and isolated stereo lead.

 

[Andy Hird]

once inside an Akron case

Will it fit in the Akron case Bumpkin ? If it does, Ace as I already have the Akron case mounted for my old TomTom

You can have as many, hundreds even, routes on it as you like but can only have ten loaded into the menu at once. It's not a problem. Just load them as you need them. We have 17 day routes for our trip, that includes a handful of alternatives as we're only away for 9 days

Bumpkin, can you tell me how you do this ??

I've used mine for a few ride-outs and it's worked very well. Oddly enough I'm off to the Eifel, Black Forest and Vosges on Sunday plus a dash into Austria for the day. All routes planned in Mapsource and loaded onto the Nuvi

Ace, you'll have a great time the Vosges is lovely.....but a lot of the times you can't see the scenery for the amount of trees !! The Eifel is my absolute favourite biking destination

It won't do the phone on the bike .

Why's that ??

Cheers Bud

Andy

 

[Bumpkin]

Will it fit in the Akron case Bumpkin ? If it does, Ace as I already have the Akron case mounted for my old TomTom

Yep, it fits. You need to use the part of the cradle that takes the power lead that clips to the bottom and back of the Nuvi. This is to make powering off the bike possible. This will require a bit of minor surgery to the foam packing panels that come with the Akron case just to position the slight lug on the back of the cradle that clipped into the windscreen mount (which you put back in the box). This helps to locate it securely in the case and raise the back of the Nuvi from the foam which gives space for any extra cable.

Read the above again once you have the GPS and case in your hands and it will become clearer.

Bumpkin, can you tell me how you do this ??

Just send your routes to the device from within Mapsource, as many as you like in one instance of the program. These will all be uploaded to the Nuvi. You then can import these to the menu from the data menu but only to maximum of ten routes. When you've done the route delete it and load some more. You can also save routes as a GPX file to the /Garmin/GPX/ folder and it will pick up on these as well allowing you to import them.

Ace, you'll have a great time the Vosges is lovely.....but a lot of the times you can't see the scenery for the amount of trees !! The Eifel is my absolute favourite biking destination

That was going to be the main focus of this trip for me. However, my touring buddy wants to do Austria as well which sort of takes another couple of days once you've got there and back. No worries, can easily go back again next year.

Why's that ??

Well via Bluetooth it won't anyway.

Garmin haven't connected the two Bluetooth channels as on the Zumo. The phone Bluetooth channel works using the built in microphone but not via Bluetooth. It might actually be possible if you were doing it hard wired. The cradle has a 2.5mm mono mic input socket. Haven't tried that. It does look like the Autocom isolated Zumo lead would work, it has the correct plugs. Quite pricey though.

If it were connected to an Autocom you might find that, if you had one connected, PMR would take priority over the phone as it would be plugged into a music socket. Having it plugged into the phone socket would give the output from the GPS continual priority if you were playing music. listening to directions etc. and cut out any PMR or anything else coming into the intercom. I'm talking about a SuperPro Avi here, not sure about the more recent models.

 

[Richeyroo]

Does it have an "offroad" facility whereby it goes from user defined waypoint to waypoint without a road to work off

Would seem perfect if so...

 

[Andy Hird]

Thanks for all the info Bumpkin, it's greatly appreciated

It's nor big deal with out the phone being bluetoothed, as I don't use my mobile much

thanks again

Andy

 

[Rasher]

I got same or similar model and chuck it in one of them Givi cases, not ideal as putting it in and out case is a bit of a pain and it can be hard to get the touchscreen to do what you want it to through the case, but seeing as bike sat-navs cost twice as much for some reason I refused to pay the premium for a "bike version"

It does the job, as stated you can stick loads of routes on the memory card and import them as needed, also makes handy music player.

Will do me until someone does a decent bike sat-nav for under £200, I paid £100 for it in Halfrauds sale, it had gone from £300ish down to half price and I got last ex-display model for £100, or could have paid a mere £550 for the same functionality from a "bike version"

 

[Andy Hird]

I got same or similar model and chuck it in one of them Givi cases, not ideal as putting it in and out case is a bit of a pain and it can be hard to get the touchscreen to do what you want it to through the case, but seeing as bike sat-navs cost twice as much for some reason I refused to pay the premium for a "bike version"

It does the job, as stated you can stick loads of routes on the memory card and import them as needed, also makes handy music player.

Will do me until someone does a decent bike sat-nav for under £200, I paid £100 for it in Halfrauds sale, it had gone from £300ish down to half price and I got last ex-display model for £100, or could have paid a mere £550 for the same functionality from a "bike version"

I'm hearin ya Bud !

Thought exactly the same myself.....me being a Yorkshireman and all

 

[st247]

Looks like a good bet to move to from my quest. I have a question though. How many waypoints can it store ? I've seen differing opinions on the web, mainly that there is no limit to what can be stored on the memory card (don't know about displaying them?). I'd like to load on all of 'archies camping' way points to the next sat nav i buy. Cheers.

 

[Richard J]

But can you turn OFF the "off route, auto recalculate" function

 

[Rushingphil]

Hi
read the post regarding difficulty in getting it to respond through the case.

Is that with gloves on or would I have to take them off first?

 

[cbritton]

The screen will work through the transparent window of the case even with gloves on.

See suitable case here -

http://www.ridermount.com/products.asp?pl=gpsmounts

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