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12 of 13 humans found the following review helpful.
Great little book
By Michael
This is a great pocket size book. I am pretty tech oriented. And I have owned a outstanding deal of GPS units, from a huge total of manufacturers, including Garmin.
I will have to say I found this pocket easy to read, with a great deal of tips that escaped me.
Keep in mind it covers a wide range of Garmin units, so not all the tips and observations will utilize to your unit. Make sure you buy this second edition and not the older, firstborn addition.
All in all cash well spent.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
Short Story
By John C. Parchman
Bought the book to answer questions when it comes to unknown particulars of operating Garmin Nuvi GPS. Was not exclusively pleased with the buy because the book did not give step by step procedures for operating the Nuvi nor did it provide other directions that you would suppose to be addressed by the Garmin owner's manual(which were'nt). This book is an outline of GPS's in ordinary and a "nice to have" item for those who love to read but did little to get me going on the road with my GPS. We had to learn to operate our Nuvi using the trial and error method.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
Guide that in truth guides at Amazon
By R. Overall
After a 6,000 mile trip in my 2010 Outback with mixed success with my Nuvi 855 (replaced my 760), I was rather frustrated. Still a relative newbie to GPSs, I still kept the idea that they did everything but wash dishes. On the long straight interstates, it worked perfectly, as the 760 had when doing local (my County) Census mapping. I was impressed with it is comfortableness and accuracy. I'd grown up a Boy Scout and military, being very intimate with how to read maps. But headed South near Denver, suddenly, in spite of telling it "no toll roads" in the settings, it wanted me to go East to what I knew was a toll road. I ignored it, and drove the Interstate through Denver, quickly understanding why it violated my instructions: lunchtime traffic. Well, it saved me a few bucks, but now I was not rather so trustful. Easy way to Las Cruces with a stopover in Las Vegas (NM), and locally it served rather well. Then another long, for the most part bleak I-10 to Houston, but it said I could do 85 mph! No way, biggest or most finish or best possible on U.S. Interstates is 75! Yes way! Posted speed limit, so I sped up. Pretty straight shot until I got near San Antonio, and it said to take the next right to go left to Fredricksburg. Why? San Antonio had a utterly good Interstate bypass. Choice: follow the questionnable GPS or trust my instincts? Checked the time, near noon, I'll trust the GPS one more time. Well, it was a mixed blessing, technically shorter, lower speed limit much of the way, surely full of places of interest, but I was not happy. Got to Houston, and the GPS initially worked fine locally, next day didn't want to give me maps or anything. 2 days later, it was working fine after finding a place to change emplacement maps in the tools. The basi instructions with the unit didn't say anything with regards to that. Trip back home was similar, and had to do a alter back to home area. Frustration! Then saw this Guide, and figured the 2nd Edition might be more recent and utile than the first, so ordered it. By golly, a great deal of of the necessary things I read were what had frustrated me on my trip! Wish I'd seen this BEFORE leaving on the trip. Lots of good, mutual sense info, and why you will have to NOT solely rely on the GPS, helpful as it is. Really opened my eyes to the gains and the limitations of a GPS. Now I'm more convinced in using it, and the GPS is a real boon to my travels (keep up your map updates!), in the car or walking around a visited location. Worth the cash for this Guide, in particular if you're new to GPSs. Easy to read, and for me to understand. It's the user guide Garmin will have to have included with each GPS but didn't.
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