flfirefighter Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Display is pixeled, not nearly as clear as my four year old gpsmap 76csx. Display isn't half as bright as my 76. When battery level is at half strength, unit will turn off back light and other features which makes unit even more difficult to read. Battery campartment is a pain in the a** to get into and now you must change batteries twice as often as with the 76 because of the low battery feature. Oh, if you use city navigator the unit displays the streets and land in a very non contrasting color, very hard to read. Garmin dropped the ball on this unit Quote Link to comment
+Great Scott! Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 The new GPSMAP 78 and 62 series are basically the same units in different packages. They even use the same software updates. The 62 series must be just as horrible to use as the 78. Or maybe you got a bad device. Quote Link to comment
+dfx Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 The dimming of the backlight is result of an incorrect "battery type" setting. Or, if the setting is correct, then you should use different batteries Quote Link to comment
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