New "feature"? Speed turns RED over speed limit? nuvi765

How do I turn off this stupid red speed indicator?

I totally agree with DDECART.

How do I turn off this very annoying new so called "feature"?
Allow me to set the warning speed or allow me to turn it off!

Is someone from Garmin going to reply?

Garmin,
please allow the user to decide if they want to turn on or off "features" like this one. I find this "feature" very annoying and distracting.

Also please provide the files and instructions for reverting back to a previous firmware if you are not going to allow me to disable this.

Red speed indication nuvi 755T

I recently updated the software on my Nuvi 755T and the speed indication turns red when going 1mph over what the map software thinks is the speed limit. This is very annoying and distracting on its own. In addition, the map speed limits in the software are wrong about half the time for my trip to work. I would like to revert to the previous software for my GPS.

perhaps you should not exceed the speed limit?

perhaps you should not exceed the speed limit?

Sorry. That's not a practical "solution" to the issue. And if one defines a speed limit in the practical sense, it's the speed one can travel without getting stopped for going too fast. I have yet to see a road where the de facto speed limit and the posted speed limit are the same.


Garmin doesn't even grasp that it's a new "feature". This is the response I received to a support email:

Thank you for contacting Garmin International. There is no way to disable that feature on the unit. It will always show the speed limit that you are going on the unit . Anytime you go over the posted speed limit it will display in red and not black. That has been on the unit before you even updated the software.

It's been on the unit before I updated it? I somehow doubt that I overlooked such an annoying feature for 9 months and then suddenly noticed it when I did a software update.

Does anyone know if it's possible to go backwards in software level?

Exceeding speed limit

It is really an annoying feature, especially at night when the screen color changes I find it very difficult to read the speed indicator.
Garmin support obviously tries to discourage its customers from further complaints by answering :
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Has Garmin done anything since to change this - yes, new - feature?

I agree. I just updated my 215 and noticed it while returning home. It was quite scary when I suddenly got the red flashing alert for overspeeding. While its useful and reminds me that I am going faster than the legal limit for that part of the road. I would have liked to buy a HUD to see my actual speed on my windscreen instead of having to look down at my speedometer each time. But this feature with an audible sound is very useful if it can actually do it correctly each time. Being a new driver its useful but once I get loads of experience I will probably find its beeps annoying. Again if it works well great otherwise annoying.

On the other hand, I would like the speed warning to be accompanied by a audio alert as I don't always notice the screen when concentrating on the road.

Of course, some users may not appreciate these alerts so it would be a good idea to allow them the option to select (as my old TomTom did).

I can see both sides of this issue as valid - those that like the red speed display and those that do not. FTR, I am one that does not, or at least I would prefer to be able to turn it off...

The main issue for me though is not the annoyance, bu tthe choice of color. If they need to warn us that we are speeding and they NEED to use red (it does make sense...), then PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do a little due diligence when choosing the layout. Red letters on a blue background get fuzzy and I know I am not alone in that I have to look far too long to know exactly how fast I am going.

In fact, with a mere 2 minutes of research (ONE Google search Garmin, ONE!) I found this site: http://www.randomterrain.com/web-design-readability-and-backgrounds.html

And from that site,
"Most people who understand even a little about color know they should not use red text on a blue background ( Hard to read ), or blue text on a red background ( Hard to read ) because the normal human eye, with normal lenses, cannot focus on certain shades of red and blue at the same time. The text seems to vibrate which causes eye strain. You can read about that in any old World Book Encyclopedia, but you will still see red on blue or blue on red at some web sites. Although the combination of red and blue seems to be the most infamous, you'll notice that red on gray can be just as bad, and those probably aren't the only eye raping color combinations."

It's easy. Change the speed display BACKGROUND to red and leave the numbers white. Seriously.

perhaps you should not exceed the speed limit?

That is ridiculous and pretty self-righteous, and does nothing to answer his question. You must work for Garmin...