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Amazon.com 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.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 nüvi 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
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 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.
First Rate Map Data
The nüvi 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 nüvi 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 nüvi 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 nüvi 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 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.
Integrated FM Traffic Receiver
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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 nüvi’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.
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Beyond Navigation
 Browse your stored pictures with an easy-to-use JPEG viewer. |
 A handy MP3 player lets you play songs stored on SD memory cards. |
 nüvi 250W accepts custom points of interest (POIs). View larger. |
Navigation is just the beginning. The nüvi 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 nüvi 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 let you ride in style, at least inside your GPS. See more icon options |
All Garmin nüvis 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 nüvi 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 nüvi’s sophisticated automatic routing will get you back on track in no time.
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.
Notes
- 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
- Like most USB Mass Storage Devices, the nüvi is not compatible with Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows Me.
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Text-to-Speech (Directions in Real Street Names)
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Bluetooth
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Multi-Point Routing
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| nüvi 660 | 3.81 x 2.25 |
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FM (receiver included) |
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Photos, MP3s |
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up to 7 | ||
| nüvi 205 | 2.8 x 2.1 |
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MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (with optional receiver) | Photos | up to 4 | ||||||
| nüvi 205w | 3.81 x 2.25 |
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MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (with optional receiver) | Photos | up to 4 | ||||||
| nüvi 255 | 2.8 x 2.1 |
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MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (with optional receiver) | Photos | up to 4 | ||||
| nüvi 255w | 3.81 x 2.25 |
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MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (with optional receiver) | Photos | up to 4 | ||||
| nüvi 260w | 3.81 x 2.25 |
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Photos | up to 5 | |||||
| nüvi 265T | 2.8 x 2.1 |
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MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (receiver included; Lifetime Traffic) |
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Photos | up to 4 | |||
| nüvi 265WT | 3.81 x 2.25 |
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MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (receiver included; Lifetime Traffic) |
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Photos | up to 4 | |||
| nüvi 275T | 2.8 x 2.1 |
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MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (receiver included; Lifetime Traffic) |
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Photos | up to 4 | ||
| nüvi 285WT | 3.81 x 2.25 |
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MSN-enhanced (receiver included; 3 months free); |
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Photos | up to 4 | |||
| nüvi 465T | 3.81 x 2.25 |
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| nüvi 755T | 3.81 x 2.25 |
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| nüvi 760 | 3.81 x 2.25 |
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MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (with optional receiver) |
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Photos, MP3s |
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| nüvi 765T | 3.81 x 2.25 |
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MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (receiver included; Lifetime Traffic) |
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| nüvi 775T | 3.81 x 2.25 |
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| nüvi 780 | 3.81 x 2.25 |
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MSN-enhanced (receiver included; 3 months free); FM (with optional receiver) |
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| nüvi 785T | 3.81 x 2.25 |
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MSN-enhanced (receiver included; 3 months free); FM (with optional receiver) |
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| nüvi 850 | 3.81 x 2.25 |
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MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (with optional receiver) | Photos, MP3s |
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up to 4 | ||
| nüvi 855 | 3.81 x 2.25 |
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MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (with optional receiver) | Photos, MP3s |
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| nüvi 885T | 3.81 x 2.25 |
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MSN-enhanced (receiver included; 3 months free); FM (with optional receiver) |
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| nüvi 1200 | 2.8 x 2.1 |
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| nüvi 1250 | 2.8 x 2.1 |
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| nüvi 1260T | 2.8 x 2.1 |
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| nüvi 1300 | 3.81 x 2.25 |
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MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (with optional receiver) | Photos | up to 4 | |||||
| nüvi 1350 | 3.81 x 2.25 |
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MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (with optional receiver) | Photos | up to 4 | ||||
| nüvi 1350T | 3.81 x 2.25 |
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| nüvi 1370T | 3.81 x 2.25 |
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| nüvi 1390T | 3.81 x 2.25 |
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| nüvi 1490T | 4.4 x 2.5 |
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| nüvi 1690 | 3.81 x 2.25 |
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NAVTEQ Traffic, 2 years free (Garmin nüLink! service) |
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Good GPS, but wish that Google made these instead of Garmin
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I liked a lot about this GPS, and I disliked a lot. Mostly, it took me about a month to finally get used to the controls and operating system. During that month, I was really bugged at the programming of the GPS. It seemed like they tried to completely reinvent the wheel over and over again.
It’s a nice GPS, and I used it as much as a walking GPS as a car GPS. It’s nice to slide into my pocket, and good to use in the car. I travelled a lot since I bought this, and it’s been really cool to mark all of the cool places I’ve been in the world on this GPS.
There are tons of little things that bug me about this.
*There appears to be no way to get my save points out of the GPS and on to my computer
*Garmin takes a while to get road changes into their computer. It seems their maps are about six to twelve months behind Google Maps.
*I turned the voice off, and forgot how to get it back on. I’m sure I could figure it out, but it would probably take me about an hour to just complete this task.
*If you’re going to use this as a walking GPS, you also need to buy a pocket compass. It’s not too bad, because they’re cheap.
*And many more.
Other random thoughts:
*Almost everyone has one of these, so learning the arcane and weird operating system is probably a good investment. I showed a taxi driver how to use his, to help us find a bar by the airport in a city in California
*I tried the stuff to mount this in my car, but opted for just letting it sit in the passenger seat instead.
*I tried the traffic thing, and it was pretty cool. Once it told me to take an exit off the freeway and get back on the freeway, because traffic was at a standstill. That saved me about five minutes and was really cool. Nifty as it was, there’s no way I’d pay any more money for it though.
*I used this a lot out of the country, and it’s got a very basic map of the world. I wish it wasn’t so cost prohibitive to get additional worldwide maps.
As a warning, make sure you re-download the maps after your first year purchase anniversary. Mark your calendar for 11 months out. I waited 13 months, and now they want to charge me a bundle, where if I would have downloaded only a month earlier, it would have been free.
My next unit will probably be a TomTom, such as TomTom GO 720 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator.
Garmin nuvi 660 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This one does it all – and does it well. Typical Garmin high quality. Very clear voice providing directions – I like the British lady best – bluetooth connects easily and work well, however FM feature does not (maybe I should read the instructions). Not worth what Grmin would charge but available for much less through Amazon.
NUVI 660 Quality
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
NUVI 660 Stopped working within less than a year. NUVI 660 NA LCD Touch Sensor is not working. I spent more than 450 USD on Amazon.com. Its like a month on savings got wiped away within less than a year.
I would not recommend Garmin Products because of their Bad Quality. They might have lot of Products. But Quality is Important. They are no where close to SONY in terms of Quality.
Great GPS no problems in the past 2 yrs of usage.
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This is now an old generation GPS now, I have been using it since past 2 yrs without a single problem. It does not freeze like the newer ones these days.. aweome piece of equipment by Garmin.
Absolutely love the GPS but the mount sucks
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
I bought the Garmin Nuvi660 a little over a year ago. The GPS is great however I’ve had issues with the mount since early on. It’s hard to stick it up on the glass and even if I manage to do it the whole thing comes falling down after a few minutes. I wish Garmin would make the accessories as good as the main product.
Rajni Sharma
Nuvi was not new
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
The only issue I had with the item was that it was not new although it was refubished and in excellent condition. So all in all I’m very happy with the product.
Speaker is dead.
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
I had this one for less than 2 years. Today I found the internal speaker is dead for no particular reason, a bad product to me.
Caution with FM transmitter cable
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I purchased the GPS through Amazon-not a problem there. I like the unit itself and its display. As others have mentioned-the traffic avoidance choice is not always faster. It is, for the most part, accurate…occasional dead end street problems. I have had it for 1 1/2 years-purchased the traffic subscriptions and as of last week, have a broken FM transmitter power cord. There are lots of other owners(read other reviews)who have had the same problem (who knew?)so beware. They cost alot of money to replace and it seems one doesn’t really have a choice especially because one has already purchased the subsciption. Why doesn’t Garmin do something about it for their customers? All I ever did was leave it plugged it!
Failed after only 1 year!
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
I am so horribly disappointed in this unit. It functioned well for almost exactly a year. It would sometimes direct me on odd routes that I wouldn’t have chosen, but I’m not too picky in general, so no big deal. I like the features it offer(ed). The unit was well-cared for, yet several weeks ago it began to be unable to “Aquire Satellites”. I went to Garmin’s website and performed all the recommended actions (reset, updates) but to no avail. I emailed customer service and they told me there was nothing else they could do unless I had my receipt/proof of purchase. Well, maybe I’m remiss, but if I have an item that I’ve been using for nearly a year and it’s been functioning, then I don’t hang on to the receipt/box. Silly me. I can certainly say that if Garmin doesn’t repair my unit or credit me towards another, I will be buying my next GPS from one of their major competitors.
Lost no more.
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Took a trip to Alabama , in the hills and it got me there…WOW Impressed… Nj to Al no problem… If you think you know a better way dont buy this, just get married and let you other half, tell you were to go. Picture viewer looks well with a memory card…battery life is great , don’t mount it to the wind shield use the sand bag, much better and does not leave a black ring on the glass telling people that you have a GPS and bang it gone from the car. Local traffic feature ( at a cost) is only good if you live near or in a big city.