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| Garmin nüvi 660 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator (Bilingual) | 
 enlarge | Brand: Garmin
Category: CE
Buy New: $389.99
New (4) Used (2) from $295.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 26414
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Display Size: 4.3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 6.6 x 6.6
MPN: 010-00540-12
Model: 010-00540-12
UPC: 753759061289
EAN: 0753759061289
ASIN: B000IC2HZQ
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | GPS | | • | NUVI 660 | | • | BILINGUAL | | • | CITY NAV |
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Product Description
Answer the call to adventure with n?vi 660, a sleek navigator and travel assistant. This preloaded navigator brings a colorful widescreen display to the n?vi family and features hands-free calling, traffic alerts, an FM transmitter and more.n?vi 660 integrates Bluetooth wireless technology with a microphone and speaker that lets you make hands-free mobile phone calls. Simply dial numbers with the n?vi's touch screen keypad to make a call on a compatible Bluetooth phone. To answer calls, just tap n?vi's screen and speak directly into its built in microphone. In addition, easily look-up and dial numbers from your personalized phone book or from your phone's call history log. Don't know the phone number for your destination? Simply find and dial it from n?vi's extensive points of interest database - including hotels, restaurants, stores, and attractions.n?vi 660 comes ready to go with preloaded maps and includes automatic routing, 3D or 2D map perspective, turn-by-turn voice directions that speak street names and a fingertip touch screen interface, making navigation easy. It also supports configurable vehicle icons - fun, customized car-shaped icons in a variety of colors that show your position on the map.n?vi 660 features a super-bright 4.3" widescreen display for improved map viewing, POI lookup and MP3/audio book playback. This landscape display has white backlight and a touchscreen for easy use.Steer clear of traffic with n?vi 660's integrated FM TMC traffic receiver. Receive alerts about traffic tie-ups and road construction that lie ahead on your route. Next, simply touch n?vi's screen to view traffic details or detour around the problem area.Navigation is just the beginning. n?vi 660 includes many "must have" entertainment and travel tools including MP3 player, audio book player, JPEG picture viewer, currency converters, and more.3-month free trial subscription for real-time FM TMC traffic services is included.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great product, but some details of map incorrect. January 8, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
My first extensive trip using my Garmin nüvi 660 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator was to Austin, TX. I was given the Garmin nuvi for Christmas and had never been to Austin before. I landed at 10:30 PM and programmed in the address of the hotel where my reservation was. The Garmin failed. It directed me out to the desert. I stopped and turned around. I was able to rouse the night manager who directed me back to town and the correct address. As it is pitch black in Texas at night and I was tired, this was not an enjoyable experience. Most of the time, however, the unit has given accurate directions.
 Garmin nuvi 660 - a bummer January 7, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
To pay the price for this GPS and not get routing WITHOUT multiple waypoints is unconscionable. What was Garmin thinking?
The routes chosen by the 660 are neither the shortest or quickest, and the FM transmitter is probably there but it does not transmit a signal 4 feet to my vehicle radio antenna. Adding a cheapie third party FM transmitter to the earphone jack gets a good signal to the vehicle radio. The 660's transmitter simply doesn't work.
Aside from those short comings the unit works okay. But then so do other competing units and at a much lower price.
Keep shopping.
 Great GPS December 31, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I had originally gotten a TomTom Go 720, which I thought to be a great piece of equipment. The only problem being, that it's Bluetooth function wouldn't work with my CDMA Sprint phone. So, I returned it for the Garmin nuvi 660. The FM transmitter is decent. The Bluetooth function is exceptional. The mic/speaker works great, and the mapping software is pretty decent
Also, I was able to get quick satellite fixes from within my house (10-15' from the windows)
Pros:
*Car mount allows for one step installation. Power is delivered through the mount, therefore no need to detach from mount and unplug several cables, everytime you get in and out of the car.
*Turns on/off with car power.
*Bright screen for good sunlight read-ability.
*GPS function can be turned on/off to save battery usage.
*Bluetooth/speaker phone is crystal clear.
Cons:
*Menus not very intuitive. (TomTom interface wins here)
*Processing speed should have been a little faster. Mapping feature a little jerky.
*Clunky antenna must be flipped out for GPS usage. Not ideal for shoving in a pocket.
*Text-to-Voice feature needs improvement. Hard to understand. I end up just looking at the screen to read to directions.
Hardware winner: Garmin nuvi 660 - Pops in and out of car easily.
Software winner: TomTom Go 720 - Intuitive menus run seamlessly. (If my phone would have worked with the TomTom, I would have kept it.)
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