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Nuvi 765 POI search

I wonder if anyone else has inconsistencies with their Nuvi 765 when it comes to POI searches. Sometimes my unit finds things very well, and sometimes...not so much. My older Nuvi 350 used to do a very accurate job; it is hard to believe the technology has gotten worse. My current unit seems to take an awfully long time searching and just doesn't produce the same results. Anyone else notice this? If so, is there anything I can do to kick it up a notch or two?

mfbarros3

GPS: Garmin nüvi 755T

755T / 765T running slow on searching for POis

I have just the same problem in my 755T. But ig got a lot better when I cleared every POI and started over, mainly after performing a software upgrade.

johmazz2006

GPS: Garmin Nuvi 765, Garmin 3950LMT, Garmin 2455LMT, Navman40, Garmin StreetPilot 3

Errors

Had mine for 10 months and no problems so far. There was a software update a few months ago which was supposed to rectify some error/faults.
May pay to see if you have the latest version.

Guest

Clear & rewrite

Flash memory (internal or SD card) usually gets written to in sequential order, but then as things are erased and added, the data can get non-sequentially stored, like a fragmented hard drive on a computer.

So it makes sense, if you are updating or changing things from time to time, that the POIs would get "fragmented" in the flash memory, and searches could take more time. The only way to fix that would be deleting (preferably deleting everything in the flash memory) and then rewriting everything to the memory, so it was packed in nice sequential order again.

If there are "defragmenters" for flash drives--I don't know about them, but I'm sure that there are none for the Nuvi's internal flash memory, which would suffer from the same problem.

If that works and actually speeds your searches up, please let us know & confirm it!

I thought my Nuvi had gotten lost searching for a store name that I didn't know would or wouldn't be in the POI list, but after two minutes it started spitting out all the locations of an (oops) national chain. Lots of work for a little box to do!

hatchm

GPS: Garmin Nuvi 3790T

Searching for POIs

What I have learnt by trial and error with my Nuvi 760 is that you can readily find a POI if you search "Near..." where that POI may be located. If you try to find it from you "present location" you more than likely to get "No Match Found" even though the POI exists.

johmazz2006

GPS: Garmin Nuvi 765, Garmin 3950LMT, Garmin 2455LMT, Navman40, Garmin StreetPilot 3

poi search

The time to locate an item depends on the size / information you have in your POI.gpx file. More data loaded = more search time. Also, remember that the CPU chip will not be as fast as you computer Very Happy

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