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| Garmin nüvi 660 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator | 
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| Brand: Garmin
Category: CE
List Price: $699.99
Buy New: $299.99
You Save: $400.00 (57%)
New (68) Used (1) Refurbished (5)
Avg. Customer Rating:  1199 reviews
Sales Rank: 5
Format: Cd
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Native Resolution: 480 x 272
Display Size: 4.3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 12 x 12 x 5
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: 0753759061265
ASIN: B000H49LXQ
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
 Almost, but not quite... June 3, 2007
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I have owned a variety of GPS units for auto and boat over the last 15 years. This one is the best I have seen for an automobile. It has an amazing array of stores for shopping and other miscellaneous points of interest in its database, but is missing a poi for emergency. In an auto, this could be a great help. Push one button for the closest hospital or police station.
The second item that is a minor annoyance is distance to destination. You must navigate to the second screen to get that information. Garmin could replace the large MP3 icon with this and put MP3 on page two. I guess it's an issue where they're hoping to compete in the music downloading business.
Finally, I would like to be able to touch an icon at any time and place a marker on the map that I could name later. This could be helpful for any number of reasons.
By the way, Nobletec navigation for boats is the only system I rate higher than the Nuvi.
 Works as advertised May 30, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
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.
How did I ever get around without it? May 30, 2007
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
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.
How did I ever get around without it?
Almost Perfect May 29, 2007
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
I had been wanting a portable GPS Navigation System for a long time, but decided, based largely on the reviews above, to take the plunge with the Nuvi 660. While I am not disappointed, I have noticed a few little annoyances. First, if you try to "audition" one of these wonders on a route with which you are familiar (a good idea), don't be surprised if you are directed a completely different way and not necessarily the shortest. You will arrive, and perhaps see a few things new along the way. The Bluetooth hands free feature is a knockout! Works perfectly. Not so, the MP3 player and FM transmitter. I bought a 2 Gig SD card to fill with playlists out of Itunes and soon discovered that this was not possible. The Nuvi groups MP3's according to encoded info and forces you into a "Play All" or selected "Album" mode. You can also play singles, of course. Also, the SD card would not fill with MP3's, but shut off at about 180 songs (1/4 capacity). So, I tried to fill it up with a card reader to no avail. Apparently, this is a limitation of Mac computers and not the Nuvi, but you should be forewarned about this gliche. Also, the FM Transmitter is noisey, even down here in MS....lots of interference. Would I return it? No way! But beware of these limitations.
Killer GPS May 29, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
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.
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