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Garmin nuevi 660 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator

Garmin nuevi 660 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator

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Brand: Garmin
Category: CE

List Price: $699.99
Buy New: $274.99

Qty 4 In Stock


New (50) Used (4) Refurbished (7) from $177.99

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 1448 reviews
Sales Rank: 192

Format: Cd
Platforms: Windows Xp Professional, Windows Xp Home Edition, Windows 2000
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: N/A
Native Resolution: 480 x 272
Display Size: 4.3
Includes MP3 Player: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 2.6 x 2.6 x 2.6
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.

MPN: 010-00540-00
Model: 010-00540-00
UPC: 053759065110
EAN: 0076565001226
ASIN: B000H49LXQ

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Features:
  • Dimensions WxDxH - 4.9" x .9" x 2.9"
  • Weight - 6.2 oz
  • Display - 4.3" WQVGA

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  • Solio S224-C41U Magnesium Edition Hybrid Charger
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Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.com
nuvi 650 With a gorgeous widescreen display, the Garmin nAvi 660 GPS Personal Travel Assistant is your answer to the call of adventure. A sleek navigator and a keen travel assistant, the nAvi 660 is preloaded with highly detailed City Navigator NT road maps for the entire United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. This map database features nearly six million points of interest (POIs), including hotels, restaurants, gas stations, ATMs, and attractions, and the data is provided by NAVTEQ, a world leader in premium-quality mapping.This preloaded navigator brings all this fantastic map data to your fingertips with a super-bright, 4.3-inch widescreen display for improved map viewing, day or night. Use the touch screen interface to select destinations, look up POIs, and play your favorite MP3s and audio books. The display also helps you control hands-free calling, traffic alerts, and the FM transmitter, all from the screen of your personal travel assistant.

Which nAvi is Best for You?: Click here to see a quick, simple comparison of features for all Garmin nuvi GPS navigators



Wider screen lets you see more of what's around. Compare these actual size views of a 3-inch (diagonal) screen
3-inch screen


and a 4.3-inch diagonal widescreen
4.3-inch screen
Widescreen -- See Better, See More
The widescreen format gives you 70% more actual screen area than a 3.5-inch screen. Primarily this translates into a better view of the area through which you are driving. This is especially useful in showing you what parks, restaurants, ATM, gas stations, etc. are nearby, or in letting you know whether a detour is a good idea. Also, the device itself is larger, meaning controls on the screen are more widely spaced and somewhat easier to push.

FM Transmitter -- Hear Better, Hear More
Instead of straining your ears to hear turn-by-turn directions or your favorite MP3s, you can enjoy wireless FM audio transmission via the nAvi 660's wireless FM transmitter. Tune your car's radio to the appropriate station and you'll hear all the nAvi's audio, including voice prompts, MP3s, audio books, and more, directly through your vehicle's stereo system. The nAvi 660 includes many "must-have" entertainment and travel tools, including digital music and audio book playback, JPEG picture viewer, currency converters, and more. All these great features make the nAvi 660 a complete Personal Travel Assistant.

First Rate Map Data
The nAvi 660 comes ready to go right out of the box with preloaded City Navigator NT street maps, including a hefty POI database with hotels, restaurants, fuel, ATMs and more. Simply touch the color screen to enter a destination, and nAvi takes you there with 2D or 3D maps and turn-by-turn voice directions. Garmin gets its map data from NAVTEQ, a world leader in premium-quality mapping.

In addition, the nAvi 660 accepts custom points of interest (POIs), such as school zones and safety cameras and lets you set proximity alerts to warn you of upcoming POIs

Important note about map updates: Due to our high volume of sales, almost every Garmin portable GPS navigator sold by Amazon.com will come with the most recent map version. If you ever do need a map update, you can purchase one from Amazon.com at our Garmin Store.

Hands-Free Calling
In more and more places, it is becoming illegal to use cell phones while driving without a hands-free kit. The nAvi 660's Bluetooth capability, microphone and speaker lets match it to any bluetooth-capable phone to make hands-free mobile phone calls. Simply dial the phone number with the nAvi's touch screen keypad to make a call on a compatible phone. To answer an incoming call, just tap the screen and speak into the built-in microphone. Making and taking calls on the road has never been easier, or safer. In addition, Garmin makes it a breeze to look-up and dial numbers from your personalized phone book or even tap into your cell phone's call history log.

Integrated FM Traffic Receiver

TMC traffic service coverage map
Steer clear of traffic with an integrated FM traffic receiver designed to receive alerts from TMC Clear Channel about traffic tie-ups and road construction that might lie ahead on your route. All you have to do is simply touch the screen to view traffic details and you'll be ready to detour around any problem area. And if you end up missing a turn, or you're forced into a detour that is not relayed through the traffic receiver, the nAvi's sophisticated automatic routing will get you back on track in no time.

In most areas, TMC Clear Channel traffic broadcasts are continuous a there's no waiting for scheduled traffic news updates or random alerts. Because traffic broadcasts are received via a "silent" FM data channel, you can still listen to music or news programming on your car radio without interference from incoming FM traffic data transmissions.

A 3-month subscription to TMC Clear Channel's Total Traffic Network is included with purchase of this device. For more information on subscription fees, coverage in individual cities, and traffic data networks in the United Kingdom and Europe, check the Garmin website.


Easy To Use Interface
Garmin's interface is a key to their success and one of the things that makes their devices such a pleasure to use. Simple controls and sub-screens make it easy to enter or search for destinations and get data about your trip.

Garmin's own navigation is easy to use

Beyond Navigation

Browse your stored pictures with an easy-to-use JPEG viewer.
MP3 PlayerA handy MP3 player lets you play songs stored on SD memory cards. nAvi 250W accepts custom points of interest (POIs). View larger.

Navigation is just the beginning. The nAvi 660 features travel tools including JPEG picture viewer, MP3 player, world travel clock with time zones, currency converter, measurement converter, calculator and more. It also comes with Garmin Lock, an anti-theft feature, and configurable vehicle icons that let you select car-shaped graphics to show your location on the map.

This device is compatible with optional content plug-ins available via SD card, such as the Garmin Travel Guides and Garmin SaversGuide provide detailed data for attractions and information on nearby merchants offering discounts, so you can customize nAvi for your travel needs

Garmin has also added the ability for customers to add custom points of interest (POI’s) from third parties such as school zones and safety cameras.

Trick Your GPS Ride

custom vehicle icons
Custom vehicle icons let you ride in style, at least inside your GPS.
See more icon options
All Garmin nAvis support configurable vehicle icons. These fun, customized car-shaped icons come in a variety of colors to add a personal touch to your vehicle's position on the map.

With this GPS system on board you'll be prepared to steer clear of traffic with the integrated FM TMC traffic receiver. The nAvi 770 is designed to receive alerts about traffic tie-ups and road construction that might lie ahead on your route. All you have to do is simply touch the screen to view traffic details and you'll be ready to detour around any problem area. And if you end up missing a turn, or you're forced into a detour that is not relayed through the traffic receiver, the nAvi's sophisticated automatic routing will get you back on track in no time.


What's in the Box
nAvi 660 GPS navigation system, preloaded City Navigator North, America NT data, vehicle suction cup mount, A/C charger, carrying case, FM traffic receiver/12-volt adapter with 3-month free trial subscription, dashboard disk, USB interface cable, sample language guide content (preloaded), sample travel guide, sample MP3s (preloaded), sample audio books (preloaded), owner's manual, and a quick reference guide.

Notes

  • Optional software for language translation, detailed travel guides, and savings programs allow you to customize your nAvi to fit your travel needs
  • The FM transmitter feature is only available in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand
  • Like most USB Mass Storage Devices, the nAvi is not compatible with Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows Me.
Which nAvi is Best for You?
Note: All nAvis come with detailed NAVTEQ maps containing more than 6 million pre-loaded point of interest locations.



Screen
Size
inches
(w x h)
Included Maps
Text-to-Speech
(Directions in
Real Street
Names)

Traffic
Bluetooth
Media

FM Transmitter
(audio through
car stereo
system)
Multi-
Point
Routing

Battery
life
(hours)
Cont. U.S.,
Hawaii, and
Puerto Rico

AK and
Canada

Europe
nAvi 200 2.8 x 2.1
check




Photos


up to 5
nAvi 200w 3.81 x 2.25
check




Photos


up to 5
nAvi 250 2.8 x 2.1
check check



Photos

up to 5
nAvi 250w 3.81 x 2.25
check check



Photos

up to 5
nAvi 260 2.8 x 2.1
check check
check

Photos

up to 5
nAvi 260w 3.81 x 2.25 check check
check

Photos

up to 5
nAvi 270 2.8 x 2.1
check check check


Photos

up to 5
nAvi 350 2.8 x 2.1
check check
check FM (with opt.
receiver)

Photos, MP3s


up to 8
nAvi 360 2.8 x 2.1
check check
check FM (with opt.
receiver)
check Photos, MP3s

up to 8
nAvi 370 2.8 x 2.1 check check check check FM (receiver
included)
check Photos, MP3s

up to 8
nAvi 650 3.81 x 2.25
check check
check FM (with opt.
receiver)

Photos, MP3s

up to 7
nAvi 660
3.81 x 2.25
check check
check FM (receiver
included)
check Photos, MP3s check
up to 7
nAvi 670
3.81 x 2.25
check check check check FM (receiver
included)
check Photos, MP3s check
up to 7
nAvi 680 3.81 x 2.25
check check
check MSN (receiver
included;
1-year free);
FM (with opt.
receiver)
check Photos, MP3s check
up to 7
nAvi 750
3.81 x 2.25
check check
check FM (with opt.
receiver);
MSN-enhanced
(with optional
receiver)

Photos, MP3s check check up to 5
nAvi 755T
3.81 x 2.25
check check
check Integrated FM
receiver with
lifetime traffic

Photos, MP3s check check up to 5
nAvi 760 3.81 x 2.25
check check
check FM (receiver
included
);
MSN-enhanced
(with optional
receiver)
check Photos, MP3s check check up to 5
nAvi 765T 3.81 x 2.25
check check
check Integrated FM
receiver with
lifetime traffic
check Photos, MP3s check check up to 5
nAvi 770 3.81 x 2.25
check check check check FM (receiver
included
);
MSN-enhanced
(with optional
receiver)
check Photos, MP3s check check up to 5
nAvi 775T 3.81 x 2.25
check check check check Integrated FM
receiver with
lifetime traffic
check Photos, MP3s check check up to 5
nAvi 780 3.81 x 2.25 check check

MSN-enhanced
(receiver inc.;
3 months free)
receiver);
FM (with opt.
receiver)
check Photos, MP3s check check up to 5
nAvi 785T 3.81 x 2.25
check check
check MSN-enhanced
(receiver inc.;
3 months free)
receiver);
FM (with opt.
receiver)
check Photos, MP3s check check up to 5
nAvi 850 3.81 x 2.25 check check

MSN-enhanced
(with optional
receiver);
FM (with opt.
receiver)

Photos, MP3s check check up to 4
nAvi 880
3.81 x 2.25 check check check
MSN-enhanced
(receiver inc.;
3 months free);
FM (with opt.
receiver)
check Photos, MP3s check check up to 4
nAvi 5000
4.5 x 2.7 check check
check MSN-enhanced
(with optional
receiver);
FM (with opt.
receiver)


check check external
battery
only




Customer Reviews:   Read 1443 more reviews...

2 out of 5 stars Dangerous   December 1, 2008
I was traveling for almost two months. My nuvi would often would try to take me on forest service roads. Fortunately, only one time when I actually followed the GPS's directions, was potentially life threatening (no cell service, on a forest service road out in the middle of nowhere).

Also, it told me to turn the wrong way (left instead of right, for instance) several times - crazy! In short, this product is dangerous,
and not worth buying, because of the possibility that it can get people
lost or stranded in remote areas. Also, it is a gas waster, when one is trying to get back on track.

I soon figured out that I had to check the map and/or ask directions.

Garmin asks people to note the exact time & place when the GPS commits errors. Who will really do that? Who is even aware that this is a requirement. Not practical. Garmin probably doesn't really want to know about the products' faults.





4 out of 5 stars Garmin Nuvi 660 still great after 2 years! Don't need the newest one yet!   December 1, 2008
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I bought the Garmin Nuvi 660 2 years ago, which was the latest and greatest at that time ($750 on sale, $1000 retail). After all this time, I use it nearly every day and am not itching to buy the latest and greatest. It's small enough to take with me in a friend's car or on trip in a rental. However, I won't give it a 5 star since there is room for improvement:

1. Battery life drops over time (I've already switched it out under warranty by the end of the first year). This is not a big deal if you leave it plugged in all of the time, assuming you have a spare light adapter in your car. The GPS is not really that small and portable anymore when you have to bring along the long power cable.
2. The bluetooth capability is not great, but I'm happy with my Jawbone that I can use in and out of my car anyway, so this is not a deal breaker.
3. A monthly membership is required for traffic updates (a small fee, but it's not quick and reliable, Google Maps with traffic on my iPhone is much better AND free). This is not necessarily a deal breaker, but then my GPS cannot give me alternate routes then.
4. For traffic updates, the charger must be plugged in at all times, which does eat up the battery life.
5. There is no option to force the GPS unit to give me alternate directions, but I can start driving a different way, so it will eventually give me another route. There is an option to avoid freeways, in case I want it to take the beach roads, like PCH.
6. It cannot give me a point-to-point directions, meaning it can only give me directions starting at my current location at that time.
7. The map updates are not free; this is not a deal breaker, but it's annoying when I'm trying to find a new place. At least I can save the next nearest major intersection or the exact xy-coordinates with the new location's name for future reference.
8. The suction cup does not work well to mount to the window or my dash, so I ended up buying the bean bag holder, an accessory through Amazon.
9. This is good for being portable, but the downside is that it's not integrated with my sound system, meaning my car's radio volume does not decrease when my GPS unit is giving directions. I usually have the volume turned off anyhow and just read the directions.
10. The GPS unit does not include traffic when providing an estimate on the travel time, so I consider it as minimum travel time if I wasn't driving in LA traffic.
11. This unit does not have voice recognition, meaning I have to punch everything in on the touch screen.

So what do I like about it?
1. Options for viewing in plan view or 3D.
2. Option to be pointing north always or in the current direction.
3. Records time, speed, and other stats, which has proved to be good by resetting it before handing my car over to a valet guy and then checking my GPS when I get my car back to see how far and how fast my 350Z was driven.
4. Visibility of the number of miles until my next turn, so that I don't have to merge into the slow lane until I really need to.
5. Knowing the minimum travel time, assuming no traffic, but I wish it did account for traffic as I mentioned earlier.
6. I can save my favorite locations with phone numbers.
7. Good maps as of January 2007 when I first got it, so now I call up 411-Google for new phone numbers to call for directions while I'm driving or look it up in advance on Google Maps and then save it to my GPS.
8. Load your favorite photos (and MP3s, but I haven't tried) via a SD card.
9. Value Card for $50 per year to get local discounts but I never used it, so it was a waste for me.
10. The contrast and lighting look good in day and night.
11. Large display is easy to read.
12. Have a bunch of places, such as restaurants and as stations, at my fingertips, so I have more freedom to go anywhere I want!
13. Easy to use and fairly intuitive. I rarely had to read the manual.
14. Repair fee is a flat fee regardless of the problem, and I think Garmin just gives you a refurbished unit anyway. I could not tell a difference except for the fact that my favorites were gone and that my special screen protector was not there.

These are in no particular order, because some of these may be show stoppers for you or some may weigh more in terms of importance. The price has decreased by more than 50% and this model is still worthy as it was 2 years ago. Garmin is a reliable brand in general. I'd recommend it to friends, family, and strangers AND I'd buy it again.



4 out of 5 stars works great   December 1, 2008
There is a reason this gets such good reviews, it works very well. While on occasions is takes you on different routes that are not the fastest way, it will get you to your destination. The voice directions are very helpful and will tell you which side of the road your exit is on. It also comes with a wall charger, car charger, and dashboard mounting hardware(easily an 80 dollar value).


5 out of 5 stars couldn't be more pleased   November 30, 2008
This is my third GPS that I have purchased. You can't help but love the features, and the accuracy. However, I only wish that the traffic alert (which works EXCELLENT) came with free lifetime access. I have been seeing that with other Mfgrs. But since I have no desire to look at any other than my 660, I guess I will live with it.


5 out of 5 stars pretty good gps   November 26, 2008
Great product, meet's expectations. Only problem was that the bluetooth was not compatible with my blackberry 8320. The connection kept dropping.

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