Garmin Nuvi 660 Travel Assistant
Garmin
- 010-00540-00
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I travel a lot and often at night when signs are difficult to read. This has been a real helpful navigator. Very easy to use and has added features that I may eventually use. I bought a refurbished one and it is just like new. The wider screen is really handy to see and to type in addresses. My only criticism is that the cigarette power plug is a bit fragile and I had to repair it.
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This is a nice thing, though refurbished,but still looks good, but the price is a little bit high,hope the price could be lower. BTW, the built-in dictionary is a nice function.
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Pro: Small, light weight, bright display, customizable voices, accurate.
Knows names I didn't know in area's I should be familiar with. Mount works very well. I live in Rural area so I have never gotten traffic updates.
MP3 player works well and you get your alerts while you play it (voice).
Route calculation works faster than built in unit in our Accord. If you pass a turn it quickly recalculates.
Con: Not impressed with the FM feature cant play music and get an alert have to use an open FM channel. The units speaker works well enough dont need the volume. Biggest missing feature for me was inability to add stops or via's to routing.
Knows names I didn't know in area's I should be familiar with. Mount works very well. I live in Rural area so I have never gotten traffic updates.
MP3 player works well and you get your alerts while you play it (voice).
Route calculation works faster than built in unit in our Accord. If you pass a turn it quickly recalculates.
Con: Not impressed with the FM feature cant play music and get an alert have to use an open FM channel. The units speaker works well enough dont need the volume. Biggest missing feature for me was inability to add stops or via's to routing.
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This Nuvi 660 is excellent. With the FM Transmitter, it plays my mp3s, podcasts, and is great for hands free phone calls right through my cars audio system. When a call comes in or a direction is being given, the Nuvi pauses your music or podcast and picks up right where it stopped, so you don't miss a thing you were listening to. The controls are easy to use, and the directions are excellent. It has special settings for the type of vehicle you are driving so if you are in a truck that is hauling a trailer (or a fifth wheel in my case) it will keep you off of small back roads and away from u-turns. Or in a car you can set it for shortest distance and it will take you through side streets and back roads that you may have never seen before (a nice feature for use in scenic areas).
It works excellent with my bluetooth phone, automatically giving me access to all of my phone contacts for one touch dialing without re-creating an address book. The features go on and on.
Very well made.
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It works excellent with my bluetooth phone, automatically giving me access to all of my phone contacts for one touch dialing without re-creating an address book. The features go on and on.
Very well made.
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I bought this for my wife as she travels a lot for work. I wasnt sure what to buy when I first started looking for a portable GPS, but when I found the Nuvi, I was very impressed. My wife loves it! She has had it a couple of months and she uses it all the time instead of going to the web and printing out directions (sometimes bad ones). The screen is about the prefect size without being huge. I was worried it would be too small, but it's not. We both love the fact that you can listen to the turn by turn directions without even looking at the screen.
This GPS is awesome and I would recommend it to anyone.
This GPS is awesome and I would recommend it to anyone.
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The maps are very impressive in some ways, but a lot of locations are as much as 0.5 miles from their actual location on the map. The location of the car is good, but the map itself is faulty.
The gap is enough to cause the gps navigator to direct you to a completely different place.
I assume this can be rectified by ordering updated map sets from Garmin, but it sucks that I have to spend more money immediately.
Garmin Nuvi 660 Pocket Vehicle GPS Navigator and Personal Travel Assistant
The gap is enough to cause the gps navigator to direct you to a completely different place.
I assume this can be rectified by ordering updated map sets from Garmin, but it sucks that I have to spend more money immediately.
Garmin Nuvi 660 Pocket Vehicle GPS Navigator and Personal Travel Assistant
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I like my new Garmin Nuvi 660. The wide screen really makes a big difference. The point of interests features on this Nuvi is minimal so you might need to consider another source for this or purchase the download from garmin for your area. We had some problems with the mount. Couldn't get it stick on the windshield. Doesn't matter, California law prevents us to use to that. Thus, we bought an after market air vent mount which I like very much. It is perfectly positioned on my bimmer. We bought the air vent mount from eBay.
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Excellent GPS Unit for the most part. What's lame is the Garmin people. I notified them of a major new Highway in SE Massachusetts, that I helped build, that does not show up on the mapping software. The higway has been open for more than 2 years. All I got back was a generic email, insulting.
Anyway, love the unit but the mp3 player is also weak. You cant set up folders like an ipod or any other player and the transmitter is not powerful enough. I read this complaint before I purchased the unit, bought it anyway. The ability to "grab" the map is very cool. You have to decide if the price is worth it.
Anyway, love the unit but the mp3 player is also weak. You cant set up folders like an ipod or any other player and the transmitter is not powerful enough. I read this complaint before I purchased the unit, bought it anyway. The ability to "grab" the map is very cool. You have to decide if the price is worth it.
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I have had my Nuvi for approx 6 to 7 months and overall I am somewhat satified. Initally I could see no flaws it was perfect I recommend the Nuvi to 3 friends and they all bought one. First impression, features on the Nuvi 660 are without a doubt very cool and a step above everyone else. Now to the not so good stuff which is really a deal breaker for me. First after a month and half the unit locked up, my friends locked up after 2 weeks of light use. Once a nuvi locks up it has to be sent back to Garmin the reset does not work restarting it wont work nothing. We both had the same issues and our units where replaced with refurbished units. My second issue involves the suction cup which is insufficent to hold the Nuvi properly onto the glass. Do not use it at all cost. Every car that it has been placed in the suction cup has failed and the Nuvi to my horror has come falling back to earth each time. For between 600 to 1000 buck you would think they could provide a more secure mount.
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The product is fantastic; however, the vendor Digitechdeals Amazon via the Amazon.com website was unsatisfactory. The product was not new and had been opened despite the website's description that it was a new product. The box was not sealed and the unit was not wrapped. It was quite obvious that the box had been opened. We chose to keep the product rather than send it back to the vendor to avoid a credit card charge and no product. So far, so good - however, I was an unhappy customer due to the buying experience. Recommendation: Great GPS unit but purchase it off the shelf!
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Well I think it's been a few weeks since I got this toy. It's not bad. I got it pretty quickly from Amazon since I paid a little extra for shipping and delivery.
It was a little distracting the first few days since I was paying attention to it more than the road.
I guess I'll be as critical as I can be:
1. The Garmin 660 didn't automatically update Daylight Savings last week, I had to manually change it to 'On' in order to get the correct time. No biggie.
2. The Garmin 660 took a little bit longer to sync up with the satellites if I turned it on while the vehicle was moving. When I was completely stopped, it found it's location in a jiffy.
3. I wish the garmin came with at least small flash card with some sort of demo features for the price I paid.
I can't think of anything else bad to say about the Nuvi 660. My friends have other GPSs and they complain about there's. When they get into my car, they always want to trade GPS systems.
It was a little distracting the first few days since I was paying attention to it more than the road.
I guess I'll be as critical as I can be:
1. The Garmin 660 didn't automatically update Daylight Savings last week, I had to manually change it to 'On' in order to get the correct time. No biggie.
2. The Garmin 660 took a little bit longer to sync up with the satellites if I turned it on while the vehicle was moving. When I was completely stopped, it found it's location in a jiffy.
3. I wish the garmin came with at least small flash card with some sort of demo features for the price I paid.
I can't think of anything else bad to say about the Nuvi 660. My friends have other GPSs and they complain about there's. When they get into my car, they always want to trade GPS systems.
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My directionally impaired ladyfriend is now an expert navigator. The 660 doesn't just tell her when to turn, it says the name of the road to turn on. And now I want one, even though I take pride in my directional abilities. Now there's no need to go to Mapquest and then print directions, which you'll have to read while driving. Just type the address into the 660, and get directions. Or find the nearest restaurant, lodging or fuel stop and the 660 will help get you there.
It's great!
It's great!
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My Garmin NUVI 660 is great, but if they made several small changes I would like it better. (1) When I've selected my destination, I am shown my estimated time of arrival. I would much rather be told how many minutes it will take me to reach my destination. I can of course look at a clock and subtract the time of day from the ETA and see how many minutes it will take, but it would be easier the other way round. (2) The "vent mount" is klutzy, but I have no other reasonable place to put the GPS. (3) The user manual is sketchy and incomplete. I even printed the whole thing out so I could browse, mostly to no avail. For example, the voice programmed in when I got the NUVI was a female voice (Jill) with a fairly heavy "speech impediment," and I thought perhaps a male voice would be better, but I couldn't figure out how to change it (or even if I could change it). I phoned customer service and waited over a half hour, but when I got through they were terrific. The Jack voice is easier to understand.
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Five minutes with this and all your friends will want it. The Nuvi works very, very well and shows a lot of care in its design and interface.
I received this for Christmas, which we celebrated in Phoenix, with a subsequent road trip to Las Vegas and then central California and San Francisco. I bought it mainly for Garmin's reputation for navigational capability and all expectations have been met or exceeded. Not a few hikers, hunters and boaters in Alaska trust their lives to Garmin products. We used it extensively the entire time, and its now in use up here in Alaska. Satellite aquisition has consistently been excellent: 15 to 30 seconds in Lower 48 and around 30-45 up here (not surprising given our location). If, like me, your vision is not so hot and reading street signs is difficult, you'll appreciate how much easier Nuvi makes navigation on unfamiliar streets. The voice prompts were timely and helpful, particulary the admonitions about which lane to stay in to prepare for
I received this for Christmas, which we celebrated in Phoenix, with a subsequent road trip to Las Vegas and then central California and San Francisco. I bought it mainly for Garmin's reputation for navigational capability and all expectations have been met or exceeded. Not a few hikers, hunters and boaters in Alaska trust their lives to Garmin products. We used it extensively the entire time, and its now in use up here in Alaska. Satellite aquisition has consistently been excellent: 15 to 30 seconds in Lower 48 and around 30-45 up here (not surprising given our location). If, like me, your vision is not so hot and reading street signs is difficult, you'll appreciate how much easier Nuvi makes navigation on unfamiliar streets. The voice prompts were timely and helpful, particulary the admonitions about which lane to stay in to prepare for
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It's not perfect, (nothing is) but it's pretty darn great! The screen is big and bright. The form factor is slim enough to throw into a jacket pocket. The included free traffic service is a huge plus as well. Initial signal acquisition could be a bit faster, but overall, there's really nothing to complain about.
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I have had 3 cars with built-in gps. This device outperfoms them all. The display is readable in the brightest sun and the voice is clear. Extremely easy to program. It is lots cheaper that the built-in GPS and works better. It also is easier to use than the Neverlost that Hertz rents.
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Upgrading from an old GPS that I used when riding my bike around town (the Garmin GPS III Plus), this was a world of difference. First of all the size is that of a PDA which is compact enough to carry in your pocket and walk around with it. It comes with a leather case, USB connection, AC and DC cords and a Garmin Travel module from Fodor. It has an internal Lithium battery that cannot be changed by the user. The only external control is a power switch which turns on the unit, toggles between FM and internal speaker, and decreases the light intensity. Everything is operated through a touch screen. I highly recommend a screen protector before operation.
Set up was a breeze. I hooked it up to my PC and updated the firmware which was painless. I proceeded to register the item online to unlock the licenses necessary for operation. I proceeded to charge it and use it the next morning. The signal reception is strong and actually worked in my house which my prior one did not. The screen
Set up was a breeze. I hooked it up to my PC and updated the firmware which was painless. I proceeded to register the item online to unlock the licenses necessary for operation. I proceeded to charge it and use it the next morning. The signal reception is strong and actually worked in my house which my prior one did not. The screen
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