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Anyone know a way to disable "Safe Mode" on the SX4 GPS?

8 messages,  Last post on Feb 18, 2010 at 6:48 PM

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#7 of 8 Re: Anyone know a way to disable "Safe Mode" on the SX4 GPS? [joecwell] by alicat666

Feb 18, 2010 (5:33 pm)

Replying to: joecwell (Feb 18, 2010 7:36 am)
Thank you Joe for your help. I've done a bit of research on Nuvi 760 & found out the chip inside is a OEM chip, that why the performance is quite bad. My bad experience is you can be driving in the wrong direction for over 15 min before it will tell you the direction is wrong. Also, always saying recalculating when you try to access Hwy 401 entrance in Toronto is quite annoying. A total piece of crap as far as my experience with it last year, I like SX4, but I will not buy SX4 with Nuvi 760. The cradle is the same for both 760 & 765T, but the traffic transmitter will be an issue. If it won't work with SX4, I will consider the base model instead.
 
Thanks for your advice, I'll bring my 765T along for my test drive this weekend.

#8 of 8 Re: Anyone know a way to disable "Safe Mode" on the SX4 GPS? [alicat666] by joecwell

Feb 18, 2010 (6:48 pm)

Replying to: alicat666 (Feb 18, 2010 5:33 pm)
Yes, even if it fits in the cradle, I believe your "T" model needs the FM traffic antennae, and the Suzuki only has the antennae built in for the MSN support (which blows, by the way, since MSN is going out of business after next year). I don't know if they changed that in the 2010 models to support both FM traffic and MSN, but that was not the case in my 2009 SX4.
 
Quite frankly, if the only reason you were considering the SX4 technology package was for the navigation, I'd save my money and buy the lesser SX4 model and use your 765T. I actually bought the SX4 Touring edition, which had lots of other features that I wanted, and since the Touring package automatically came with the nuvi 760 I use it rather than plugging my other Garmin 265WT into this car via its power cord ... but if the SX4 touring edition didn't have the navigation feature standard, it would not have bothered me in the least ... I'd have rather used the Garmin 265WT I already owned .
 
As far as the SX4 itself goes, though, I love it! Hope you have a nice test drive.

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