|
| Garmin nüvi 670 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator | 
 enlarge
| Brand: Garmin
Category: CE
List Price: $1,099.99
Buy New: $332.00
You Save: $767.99 (70%)
New (68) Used (1) Refurbished (2)
Avg. Customer Rating:  115 reviews
Sales Rank: 104
Platform: Not Machine Specific
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): 1 x 5 x 3
nv:Type: Car Kit
Inputs: USB
Inputs: Bluetooth
Display: Color
Touch Screen: Yes
Expansion Slots: SD Card
Battery Life: 7 hours
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: 0100054030
Model: 0100054030
UPC: 753759068035
EAN: 0053759068036
ASIN: B000MF674G
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
|
| Customer Reviews:
 this navi system is fantastic October 3, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This navi system is easy to use and fantastic. We used it here and in Europe.
Garmin Nuvi 670 September 21, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I spent a lot of time looking at different brands and decided the 670 had the most features and flexibility for the money. I previously had a Magellan and I like the Nuvi better. The screen is large and bright. The voice is clear and the mounting device is much better than the Magellan. The best feature is the ability and ease of using the points of interest. We just drove cross country and relied on the Nuvi for motels, restaurants, gas and many points of interest for sight seeing. I wish it showed the elevation and displayed how much time to the destination in lieu of what time you are to arrive; that was a bit confusing as we went through several time zone changes. However, that is just a nit pic. I also think Garmin should be able to equip these devices with an atomic clock similar to a cell phone so the time zones change automatically. We had to rely on the cell phone for the correct time when we were in the areas of question and then reset the Nuvi.
Used it for the first time August 31, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Functions well , clear directions, need some experiance to fully benefit of all the options.
Good help on hi way travel
Love it!! August 23, 2007
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
The Nuvi 670 is extremely user friendly and start-up is quick/easy. For the most part the maps are excellent and it is feature rich - specific address, city only, intersections, favorites, home. In very rural areas, you do need some idea of where you are going. My setup was to "fastest route" and sometimes - when out in the those areas - that meant being told to turn onto a farm road - gravel, dirt and all. The recalculation time is very quick and the GPS is sensitive to very short distances - maybe 200 feet or less. When I failed to turn or made a mistake, it quickly got me going in the right direction. We are just coming off of a 2500 mile road trip with the Nuvi - it was wonderful. Loved it and it saved so much time and gas in determining the best routes plus finding gas stations, ATMs, hotels, etc. If you live in California, you will need to order the friction mount since CA doesn't allow the window suction mount which comes with the Nuvi. Friction mount works very well.
Excellent navigator, room for improvement August 8, 2007
25 out of 26 found this review helpful
Took the Nuvi 670 to Sweden, Denmark, and down to central Germany. Also, did a trip from southern Maine to eastern PA. GPS reception was always good, maps were very good, and no major routing problems. The fastest route setting does sometimes send you on a slower route (one time it took us off the main road through winding slow roads back to the main road, and there were no traffic alerts). The traffic receiver worked in the congested areas of both our Europe & USA trips. When there is traffic info, an icon silently appears on the screen (several times we hit traffic delays only to see that the nuvi knew about it but didn't warn us). You only get an audible traffic delay alert (and automatic recalculate announcement) when a fixed excessive delay ahead value is exceeded (you can't set that value). Also, the traffic display map is separate from the navigation display maps... and that traffic map is rather primitive.
Signed up to one of the safety-camera POI services linked from the Garmin site and downloaded the locations of European speed & traffic-light cameras. The POI alert function on the nuvi worked great.
The photo viewer is dreadfully slow. Photos aren't always displayed full screen, even when they have enough resolution. There is no way to easily locate a photo... you have to painfully go through the thumbnails in sequence.
I'm not so sure the extra price for the wide screen nuvi is worth it. I sprung for it thinking the picture viewer would be great with my camera... most of the photos had black bands to the side, so the smaller screen would have been about the same. During on-the-road navigation you tend to only look at the map area at the center of the screen, so the sides are not quite as important. The wide screen is useful when finding something when you are at a roadside rest.
The MP3 player is great... patched the Nuvi to the radio aux input and enjoyed what we loaded on an SD card. The FM transmitter works well until your radio picks up a weak station at the frequency you pick.
Bluetooth hands-free works well.
The Webupdater works well, and you'll want to update the software to the latest version.
Some suggested improvements for Garmin to consider in a future software update:
- give an audible alert when traffic info changes on the calculated route
- integrate the traffic display info into the navigation maps.
- improve the fastest route calculation algorithm... add time for each turn, sharp curve, and crossroad/congested-area.
- expand on ways to customize the route... for example, it would be nice to tap several road segments and mark each as route-via or do-not-use (and an option to save do-not-use segments for future trips).
- add a way to quickly locate photos in the photo viewer application (every Nth thumbnail option)
- speed up the photo thumbnail display
- have the photo viewer show photos as full screen (unless the photo's resolution is so low it would be too fuzzy)
|
|
|
Copyright
©
2006 Adminpal LLC | |
