Garmin nuevi 660 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator

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With a gorgeous widescreen display, the Garmin nuevi 660 GPS Personal Travel Assistant is your answer to the call of adventure. A sleek navigator and a keen travel assistant, the nuevi 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 nuevi 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 and a 4.3-inch diagonal widescreen

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 nuevi 660's wireless FM transmitter. Tune your car's radio to the appropriate station and you'll hear all the nuevi's audio, including voice prompts, MP3s, audio books, and more, directly through your vehicle's stereo system. The nuevi 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 nuevi 660 a complete Personal Travel Assistant.

In addition, the nuevi 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

Integrated FM Traffic Receiver

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 nuevi's sophisticated automatic routing will get you back on track in no time. In most areas, TMC Clear Channel traffic broadcasts are continuous — 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.

Browse your stored pictures with an easy-to-use JPEG viewer.

A handy MP3 player lets you play songs stored on SD memory cards.

nuevi 250W accepts custom points of interest (POIs). View larger.

Navigation is just the beginning. The nuevi 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 nuevi 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.

Custom vehicle icons let you ride in style, at least inside your GPS. See more icon options

With this GPS system on board you'll be prepared to steer clear of traffic with the integrated FM TMC traffic receiver. The nuevi 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 nuevi's sophisticated automatic routing will get you back on track in no time.

What's in the Box
nuevi 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 nuevi to fit your travel needs
• The FM transmitter feature is only available in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand
• This nuevi comes with a free, three-month trial for MSN Direct services.
  
• Like most USB Mass Storage Devices, the nuevi is not compatible with Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows Me.

Which nuevi is Best for You?
Note: All nuevis 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
nuevi 200	2.8 x 2.1							Photos			up to 5
nuevi 200w	3.81 x 2.25							Photos			up to 5
nuevi 250	2.8 x 2.1							Photos			up to 5
nuevi 250w	3.81 x 2.25							Photos			up to 5
nuevi 260	2.8 x 2.1							Photos			up to 5
nuevi 260w	3.81 x 2.25							Photos			up to 5
nuevi 270	2.8 x 2.1							Photos			up to 5
nuevi 350	2.8 x 2.1					FM (with opt. receiver)		Photos, MP3s			up to 8
nuevi 360	2.8 x 2.1					FM (with opt. receiver)		Photos, MP3s			up to 8
nuevi 370	2.8 x 2.1					FM (receiver included)		Photos, MP3s			up to 8
nuevi 650	3.81 x 2.25					FM (with opt. receiver)		Photos, MP3s			up to 7
nuevi 660	3.81 x 2.25					FM (receiver included)		Photos, MP3s			up to 7
nuevi 670	3.81 x 2.25					FM (receiver included)		Photos, MP3s			up to 7
nuevi 680	3.81 x 2.25					MSN (receiver included; 1-year free); FM (with opt. receiver)		Photos, MP3s			up to 7
nuevi 750	3.81 x 2.25					MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (with opt. receiver)		Photos, MP3s			up to 5
nuevi 760	3.81 x 2.25					MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (with opt. receiver)		Photos, MP3s			up to 5
nuevi 770	3.81 x 2.25					MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (with opt. receiver)		Photos, MP3s			up to 5
nuevi 780	3.81 x 2.25					MSN-enhanced (receiver inc.; 3 months free) receiver); FM (with opt. receiver)		Photos, MP3s			up to 5
nuevi 850	3.81 x 2.25					MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (with opt. receiver)		Photos, MP3s			up to 4
nuevi 880	3.81 x 2.25					MSN-enhanced (receiver inc.; 3 months free); FM (with opt. receiver)		Photos, MP3s			up to 4
nuevi 5000	4.5 x 2.7					MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (with opt. receiver)					external battery only

Customer Reviews:   Read 1303 more reviews...

LOVE IT   September 8, 2008
M. Dyer (Pottstown, PA)
I have named my Brittish "pilot" Nigel Garmin. I love it. I love that it tells the name of the street along with the turning instructions. I also love the larger screen of this model. I experienced a problem downloading the 2009 map - my computer got to 99% and stopped downloading.. called and Garmin person was so great. We tried things and then he offered to mail me the disk for $10 so would be able to download without worry of internet hiccup or whatever. Then I clicked the pause button on the screen and it went to 100%... but he sent the DVD to me anyway for free! great service. highly recommend the product.


Good preformance-Slow to start   September 7, 2008
B. Griesel (Holland, PA USA)
Good all around product, nice screen, relatively easy to navigate the menu. Choosen over the 260w mostly because of the bluetooth and extra accessories.

Cons: Slow to find satellite at times. Turned it on when starting the car and didn't find signal for about 2 miles in the middle of a major city that I didn't know. Does not find smaller colleges on map, had to go online to the college, find the address and plug it in manually. Also, if your looking for a place that is a Boro, you will need to know the major town it is located within.

As with all GPS's, they are great when you don't know where you are going. But, if you prefer a certain way to a known destination it tries to send you "it's" best way unless you modify how it wants you to go using Way points. Example: Went on a trip done several times a year, for the heck of it went it's way, not mine. A normal 1-1/2hr trip took 2hr because it took me through a heavily congested business district at 10am.
I am a little surprised by the limits of these GPS's, I would expect that I should be able to program it for a trip my way and save it. My kids are just starting to drive and I wanted to be able to hand it to them and say this is how I want you to go somewhere. But they don't work that way, not even the expensive models. It seems like a very simple concept, especially in this day and age of technolody. But it's a good piece of mind for me when the wife or kids are going somewhere without me.


Good unit with some deficiency's   September 7, 2008
Edward Shaw
This is my first GPS navigator. I have used it on 2 trips now. It was very good navigating and telling me where to turn and where I was. I did not use the Bluetooth feature so I can't comment on that. The wireless FM audio transmitter did not work well for me. I had a hard time finding an unused frequency on my radio. When I thought I had found one, I set up the unit to that frequency. It worked ok briefly. But soon it started fading and the static or a faint radio station would cut in. I never got that feature to work consistently. I ended up playing it through my car tape player using an adaptor. That worked fine.


Very Happy with Nuvi 660   September 7, 2008
Georgia L. Montano
I love the phone feature. It was very easy to link with my phone and what a joy to be in the car and not have to have an earpiece in my ear that hurts. People can hear quite well and I can hear them clear also. The audio book reader is perfect for the drive to work and back. I have enjoyed many of the features. You dont need a manual to figure out how to use it, it is very "user friendly."


Worked as advertised   September 7, 2008
Russell Bartley (USA)
Worked well only a couple small complaints - it doesn't always speak the road and there were a couple of mistakes as far as roads going one way or the other.