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This seems a lot more complicated than anticipated....

Former Member
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i thought i was buying a gps unit i could use out of the box -- just got a new 3790T. there was no indication i had to be a computer geek (i'm not) to figure it out.

it took me a couple of hours to do the software update (why did i have to do an update to make something brand new work?) -- now there are apparently aps, traffic updates, all sorts of things i have no mention of in the packaging.

can some kind soul give me a step by step guide (link?) to getting started and set up? i'm not an imbecile, just didn't anticipate this, and frankly, don't have a full day to put into setting up my expensive device by trial and error. seems like they could have put something in the box?
  • ELLIEBELLY :

    Hi,I´m Martin (from Argewntina)and I will try to help you .
    Each day that pass Garmin is Making worse and worse manuals,Units and everything.
    The reason because they opened these forums....is quite simple....Users help´s to other users,not Garmin .
    Tell me about the items that you need help.
    Godd luck Martin
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 14 years ago
    Instructional Videos
    http://tinyurl.com/3790T-Videos

    Owners Manual
    http://www8.garmin.com/manuals/nuvi3760T_OwnersManual.pdf

    Try Google, it's a big help.
  • I had a lot of problems with map updates and addition of supplimental maps with my 3790T, support were no help
    I did get this reply from developer in the garmin mac forums...

    "There are some firmware issues on the nuvi 3790 which are causing it not to correctly store the last MB or so of data sent to it. These will be fixed in an upcoming maintenance release, but for now you can try a few workarounds:
    Put the SD card in a card reader if you have one and retry MapInstall.
    Try installing to your 3790 again from MapInstall. After the transfer is done, copy 4MB of files to the card using Finder. This should flush the last data to the nuvi."

    why garmin have not fixed this yet or why support do not know about this is any ones guess.