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Garmin nüvi 660 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator

Garmin nüvi 660 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator

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Brand: Garmin
Category: CE

List Price: $699.99
Buy Refurbished: $193.00
You Save: $506.99 (72%)

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New (39) Used (8) Refurbished (7) from $193.00

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 1468 reviews
Sales Rank: 567

Format: Cd
Platforms: Windows Xp Professional, Windows Xp Home Edition, Windows 2000
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition
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
nv:Type: Car Kit
Waypoints: 500 with name and graphic symbol
Trip Computer: Average Speed
Trip Computer: Resettable Odometer
Trip Computer: Timers
Trip Computer: Maximum Speed
Inputs: 12/24 Vdc
Display: Color
Touch Screen: Yes
Voice: Yes
Battery Life: 7 hours
Antenna: Flip-up patch
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

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

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Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.com
nuvi 650 With a gorgeous widescreen display, the Garmin nà vi 660 GPS Personal Travel Assistant is your answer to the call of adventure. A sleek navigator and a keen travel assistant, the nà vi 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 nà vi 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 nà vi 660's wireless FM transmitter. Tune your car's radio to the appropriate station and you'll hear all the nà vi's audio, including voice prompts, MP3s, audio books, and more, directly through your vehicle's stereo system. The nà vi 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 nà vi 660 a complete Personal Travel Assistant.

First Rate Map Data
The nà vi 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 nà vi 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 nà vi 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 nà vi 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 nà vi'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 nà vi's sophisticated automatic routing will get you back on track in no time.

In most areas, TMC Clear Channel traffic broadcasts are continuous â 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. nà vi 250W accepts custom points of interest (POIs). View larger.

Navigation is just the beginning. The nà vi 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 nà vi 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 nà vis 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 nà vi 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 nà vi's sophisticated automatic routing will get you back on track in no time.


What's in the Box
nà vi 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 nà vi 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 nà vi is not compatible with Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows Me.
Which nà vi is Best for You?
Note: All nà vis 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
nà vi 200 2.8 x 2.1
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Photos


up to 5
nà vi 200w 3.81 x 2.25
check




Photos


up to 5
nà vi 250 2.8 x 2.1
check check



Photos

up to 5
nà vi 250w 3.81 x 2.25
check check



Photos

up to 5
nà vi 260 2.8 x 2.1
check check
check

Photos

up to 5
nà vi 260w 3.81 x 2.25 check check
check

Photos

up to 5
nà vi 270 2.8 x 2.1
check check check


Photos

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

Photos, MP3s


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

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

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

Photos, MP3s

up to 7
nà vi 660
3.81 x 2.25
check check
check FM (receiver
included)
check Photos, MP3s check
up to 7
nà vi 670
3.81 x 2.25
check check check check FM (receiver
included)
check Photos, MP3s check
up to 7
nà vi 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
nà vi 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
nà vi 755T
3.81 x 2.25
check check
check Integrated FM
receiver with
lifetime traffic

Photos, MP3s check check up to 5
nà vi 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
nà vi 765T 3.81 x 2.25
check check
check Integrated FM
receiver with
lifetime traffic
check Photos, MP3s check check up to 5
nà vi 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
nà vi 775T 3.81 x 2.25
check check check check Integrated FM
receiver with
lifetime traffic
check Photos, MP3s check check up to 5
nà vi 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
nà vi 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
nà vi 850 3.81 x 2.25 check check

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

Photos, MP3s check check up to 4
nà vi 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
nà vi 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 45 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars Garmin is number 1   January 8, 2009
opabehr (Fairburn, Georgia)
This is my second Garmin, previously had a 350 nuvi which was passed to my son in law. The 660 is awesome in my opinion, recently used it on an 800 mile trip and it helped to avoid traffic hangups and gave us excellent directions.


4 out of 5 stars Garmin 660   January 7, 2009
Ron G.
I really like this product. It works great and has helped me locate a lot of addresses with little problems. I would have rated it a five but it sometimes doesn't have roads or buildings in it's memory that have been in existance for years. At the time of purchase it was also a little pricy.


4 out of 5 stars I no longer have to be a human tom-tom   January 7, 2009
Troy D. Gottfried (Columbus, OH)
I'm reviewing this from the perspective of having bought it as a gift for my wife. She absolutely loves it and uses it ALL THE TIME. She isn't really bad with directions, but finds herself in many situations where she needs to go places she's never been. Then, I would get a phone call and have to look up the directions online from her current location and walk her through how to get there. This thing is awesome. She has yet to go somewhere that it can't find perfectly: And this includes new subdivisions and oddly-organized condo communities. So, for me, I love it.

The only negative thing I would add is that the bluetooth apparently doesn't sound that good from the other side. No one who she has talked to with it has been that impressed, and she needs to repeat things when using it. But other than that, it is a steal since it is discontinued by Garmin (BTW: That doesn't mean obsolete).



5 out of 5 stars love the nuvi 660!!!   January 2, 2009
A. Phipps (California, Planet Earth)
got this nuvi for my girlfriend as a christmas gift. it was taken out of the box and within 5 minutes we were navigating (pun intended) through the menus and various set ups. it's very easy to use. in fact, we got the same unit for my mom and SHE was even able to use it right out of the box. we love it! i might even get a unit for my car and use.


4 out of 5 stars Nice GPS   December 26, 2008
J. Hall (Winston Salem, NC United States)
I looked at a few GPS navigators before chosing the Nuvi 660. I am glad I got the larger screen and found it easy to use, this is the first GPS I have used. My phone connection with the Nuvi was easy, but the volume of the calls received was lower than I had hoped. I actually disconnected the bluetooth and opted to use the handset during the first call. It was a little better with the second call, but not as good as I had hoped. Overall I am pleased with this purchase.

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