Garmin Nuvi 660 Pocket Vehicle GPS Navigator and Personal Travel Assistant

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Garmin Nuvi 660 Pocket Vehicle GPS Navigator and Personal Travel Assistant

Manufacturer: Garmin
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B000H49LXQ

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Product Description

With Garmin's nüvi 660, you'll be able to see the big picture! This all-in-one Personal Travel Assistant incorporates a large, 4.3-inch touchscreen, integrated traffic capabilities, FM transmitter, and a super-bright display. The large, touchscreen interface, the nüvi 660 makes it easier than ever to obtain voice-prompted, turn-by-turn directions. You can also get route calculation and automatic rerouting if a motorist strays off course. The traffic receiver will notify the driver of upcoming traffic or road construction delays and the delay's severity. If the accident or construction delay occurred prior to the user programming the desired destination, the unit will automatically calculate a route around congestion. Includes three months of free Total Traffic Network. It's an all-in-one portable GPS device that combines GPS navigation with new and innovative applications. Audible language translation into five different languages Comes with the first geo-coded coupon book that notifies users of nearby discounts at restaurants, hotels, automotive repair, and more Includes pre-loaded NAVTEQ maps of the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico Suction Mount

Amazon.com Product Description

With a gorgeous widescreen display, the Garmin nüvi 660 GPS Personal Travel Assistant is your answer to the call of adventure. A sleek navigator and a keen travel assistant, the nüvi 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. <table align=left width=150 cellpadding=10> <tr> <td> <img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/electronics/detail-page/B000H49LXQ-1.jpg" border=1 align=top>

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A 4.3-inch display with a touch screen interface makes it easy to select destinations, play MP3s, and more. </td> </tr> </table> 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.

The nüvi 660, along with its counterparts, the nüvi 360 and nüvi 310, integrate Bluetooth wireless technology with a microphone and speaker that lets you make hands-free mobile phone calls. Simply dial the phone number with the nüvi'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.

The device comes ready to go with automatic routing, 3D or 2D map perspective viewing, and turn-by-turn voice directions that speak street names. It also supports 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 nüvi 660 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 nüvi's sophisticated automatic routing will get you back on track in no time.

Instead of straining your ears to hear turn-by-turn directions or your favorite MP3s, you can enjoy wireless FM audio transmission via the nüvi 660's wireless FM transmitter. Tune your car's radio to the appropriate station and you'll hear all the nüvi's audio, including voice prompts, MP3s, audio books, and more, directly through your vehicle's stereo system. The nüvi 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 nüvi 660 a complete Personal Travel Assistant.

Note: Optional software for language translation, detailed travel guides, and savings programs allow you to customize your nüvi to fit your travel needs. The FM transmitter feature is only available in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Lastly, the nüvi 660 comes with a free, three-month trial for the traffic services.

What's in the Box
nüvi 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.

Customer Reviews:

Garmin Nuvi 660 GPS Naigator and Personal Travel Assistant.......2007-06-13

How do they do it! This is the most incrediable thing yet. We bought this item for our daughter's birthday. She travels with her job and knew it would be a great present for her on those out of state trips to locate restruants, hotels and her conference sites, ect. Also liked the "hands free" calling/talking which allows her to talk on her cell phone without taking her hands off the steerling wheel (very important). My wife and I visited my daughters home on her birthday and experienced first hand just how nice the Navi 660 worked. Our daughter and son-in-law live in a sub-division in the country which is hard to locate if you don't know where your going, and the Nuvi 660 took us right to the front door. Also what's great about the unit is, if your not paying attention and miss a turn, it recalculates your location immediately and tells you where the next turn is to get you back on track. To say the least, this happened to us, but no worries! I was so impressed with this item, that we are purchasing 3 more Garmins; one for my wife, myself and our son. Great, great product and BUY it from Amazon, you won't find a better deal, I promise, I checked them all out!

Garmin Nuvi 660 - Fantastic Technology.......2007-06-12

This technology is amazing to me. There are so many capabilities built into such a small device. The navigation function is what is expected but to have the MP3 function and the blue tooth phone ability is just an added plus. I use this device all the time.

EXCELLENT!!!! NICE PRODUCT.......2007-06-12

this Garmin 660 is the best!!! the features and turn by turn navigation is accurate... highly recommended... easy to use touch screen... if I want to avoid highways...just one touch... PERFECT PRODUCT.... BUY THIS GARMIN 660!!! 5 star rating.

Almost Perfect.......2007-06-12

I have owned the Garmin Nuvi for 3 months now, and I love it. I have used it much more often than I thought I would, and whenever I leave the house, now it's my wallet, cell phone, and nuvi. Wouldn't go anywhere without it. It's extremely user-friendly, plug-and-play capabilities are terrific, and I honestly think anyone can use it.

That being said, I have found one major flaw that prevents me from saying this GPS unit is perfect. I do think it is the best in the market, but I believe it does have some flaws. When I first bought it, I lived in Long Island, NY, and about 2 months later, I moved to Bayside, NY. I found that in Long Island, even with the Faster Time option, the Nuvi would try to lead me through local roads (instead of the faster expressway) that would actually end up taking much longer. It wasn't a big problem, and since I already knew the routes, I didn't think anything of it.

This last weekend, I traveled from Bayside (which is in Queens) to New Jersey, and the route that the Nuvi took me through was a complete waste of time, filled with traffic, and a total nightmare! I was extremely unhappy. It led me straight into Manhatten, into tremendous traffic and through the tunnels which are always jam-packed. I would never go through this route if I had taken a printout from Mapquest, and discovering that I was heading towards the tunnel was very disappointing. I specifically have 'traffic' as one of the main things to avoid, and the route I usually use is the fastest route option. This time, it was a total let down.

The same problem again occurred once I was in NJ too. Instead of taking me on the freeway, where I could get to my destination the fastest, it took me through local roads with tons of traffic lights. What was supposed to be a 1-hour trip took 2 hours instead. It was extremely frustrating and disappointing. This is my only major complaint about the Nuvi.

I've noticed that in the Northeast (NY, CT, NJ) the Nuvi isn't as efficient and effective as it should be. So if you're in the Northeast, don't completely ditch Mapquest. Lastly, does anyone have any advice or solutions for this problem? Feedback would be appreciated. Thanks.

Nuvi 660.......2007-06-11

This is my first GPS Navigator and I'm amazed at the clarity of the screen. I had to get this model as the lower priced 330 etc. were just too small and I couldn't read them. This is not the case with the 660. My only complaint is that it doesn't always select the shortest/fastest route. I think the software must stick to the major streets so if you are familiar with an area and you take a 'known shortcut' it tries to get you back on the major street. So now I just turn down the volume so I don't have to hear 'recalculating' over and over. But when I don't have a clue how to get somewhere I just enter the address and let the 660 do the rest. I have had very few problems (as some report) with 'acquiring satellites.' When this happens (very rare) I simply power down and power back up and that quickly takes care of the problem. The traffic advisory is OK but not always real-time. But this is a problem with the online advisories and maps as well such as sigalert.com etc. It is very easy to program, set locations, etc.

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