TRAMsoft GmbH - GARMIN Zumo 660 (english)

Robust GPS receiver with very fast auto-routing and route optimization, lane assistant, voice guidance, color display with touchscreen, integrated world and Europe/Africa map, pre-installed detailed map of Europe plus USB and BlueTooth interface. Equipped with MP3 player and image viewer. Traffic receiver available as options. Well suited for all kinds of vehicles, particularly motor bikes, but also suitable as hand held device.

The GARMIN Zumo 660 provides very fast automatic route calculation and route optimization by reordering via-points of routes with multiple intermediate destinations. It provides visual and voice guidance and the lane assistant indicates the correct path in great detail if there are multiple lanes. The Zumo 660 has a large, easy to read color display with touchscreen, an extremely sensitive antenna, an integrated world map (overview) plus a base map of Europe, Africa and the near East. It has a multi-lingual user interface and is easy to use via the touchscreen.
The Zumo 660 has 3.71 GB built-in memory to store pre-installed, detailed maps of all of Europe with even more information, such as local roads, restaurants and points of interest. A DVD City Navigator Europe NT plus a free unlock code is also included. There are approx. 1.72 GB of unused memory to store other data such as waypoints, MP3 files and pictures. This model also has a speech computer to announce the names of the roads and to read audible books.
The Zumo 660 is equipped with a BlueTooth interface to communicate with mobile phones which have the required communication capabilities in order to call car rental offices, hotels, restaurants etc. whose phone numbers are stored on the GPS with a single touch on the screen. It can also act as a hands-free extension set to the phones.
Finally, the Zumo 660 has a slot for an optional microSD memory module to store additional detailed maps or data such as MP3 files or images and it supports an optional TMC receiver to incorporate traffic news. It provides navigation information outdoors, in a car, in a train or even in an airplane (see MapSource examples).

An alternate spelling is GARMIN Zümo 660.

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Features:

Integrated 12 channel receiver with extremely sensitive built-in GPS antenna, connector for external GPS antenna (external antenna available as an option).
User interface in 33 languages: Afrikaans (South Africa), American English, Arabic, British English, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and five asian languages.
Voice prompting in 41 languages: Afrikaans, American English, American Spanish, Arabic, Australian English, Brazilian Portuguese, British English, Bulgarian, Canadian French, Cantonese, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, European French, European Portuguese, European Spanish, Finnish, Flemish, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Mandarin (China), Mandarin (Taiwan), Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Taiwanese and Turkish.
Integrated world map (overview) with countries of all continents including major cities.
Integrated base map of Europe, Africa and the near East with countries, waters, towns, highways, major roads and city maps.
3.71 GB built-in memory with pre-installed detailed map of Europe (City Navigator Europe NT) with local roads, addresses and points of interest plus slot for micro SecureDigital memory card (µSD memory cards available as options).
Routing speed: 10.36 (see GPS Routing Speed for details).
Supports optional FM traffic news receiver. Receives and processes traffic news messages broadcasted by radio stations. If the GPS receives a message about a traffic jam, blocked road etc. along the planned route, it can automatically compute a detour. Traffic news messages are broadcasted by many radio stations in various European countries including Austria, France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland. These messages are broadcasted for free and do not require any subscriptions. The TMC receiver works independent from the car radio and finds stations with traffic news messages automatically.
BlueTooth interface to communicate with mobile phones which have the required communication capabilities in order to call car rental offices, hotels, restaurants etc. whose phone numbers are stored on the GPS with a single touch on the screen. It can also act as a hands-free extension set to the mobile phones. The Zumo 660 is equipped with a built-in microphone. An external microphone is available as an option.
MP3 player, listen to your favorite music while travelling
Audible book reader, reads audible books; download audible books from the Internet
Picture viewer, displays pictures and provides various options, such as zooming, rotation and autoplay slide show.
Suited as a hand held device or to be used in any kind of vehicles. Comes with power cable and mounting kit with suction cup for quick mounting and dismounting to easily remove the GPS receiver (seamless switching between cars, theft protection etc.), does not require any installation.
Mounting kit for motor bikes plus power cord with open ends is also included.
Large, illuminated, easy to read LCD display with automatic backlight adjustment, dimension: 97x57 mm (3.81x2.25 inches), resolution: 480x272 pixels, 65536 colors.
Easy to operate via touchscreen.
Manual or automatic switching of the display between daytime and nighttime, based on time and the current position (changes the colors of the display between sunset and sunrise for more comfortable viewing) Daytime: bright background, nighttime: dark background.
Water resistant up to approx. 3 feet (1 meter) for about 30 minutes (conforms to IPX7).
Powered by built-in battery (lasts up to 5 h) or by an external 12/24 V power source, such as car's cigarette lighter or a connector on a motor bike. One power cord with a plug for cigarette lighter plus one power cord with open ends included. Battery user replaceable, replacement battery available as an option.
Short time to first fix (TTFF¹: approx. 15 seconds after a warm start, meaning there are valid coordinates of the satellites available, or approx. 45 seconds after a cold start, meaning there are no valid coordinates of the satellites available).
Data exchange with PC via USB connector (connection cable included).
Firmware stored in Flash-Memory, can be updated by the user
Operating temperatures -20 .. 60°C (-4 .. 140°F)
Dimensions: 137x84x24 mm (5.3x3.3x0.9 inches)
Weight: 285 g (10.6 ounces)

¹) TTFF: Time To First Fix, time until the first information about the local position is acquired.

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Information for navigation:

Automatic computing of a route to a user selected destination including one or more optional via-points. The GPS can optimize routes with multiple via-points by reordering the via-points to the shortest possible route.
Various options to control route computation.
Automatic re-calculation of the route when leaving the planned route.
Automatic re-calculation of the route when receiving a message about a traffic jam or a blocked road along the planned route
(requires TMC receiver which is available as an option).
Guidance on the display (visual guidance) and voice guidance via the loudspeaker (acoustic guidance). Also announces road names with navigation instructions.
Lane assistant shows exactly which lane to take and when to switch lanes.
Fast route calculation and re-calculation.
Finds routes about 10 times faster than the GARMIN StreetPilot III, see GPS Routing Speed for more information.
Records and shows the travelled path (track) including the elevation profile.
World map with zoom function.
Information on the map displayed in 3 levels of details.
Find waypoints, cities and exits.
Extended search function for points of interest, addresses and intersections, if there is a MapSource map available in memory. The Zumo 660 comes with pre-loaded detailed maps of all of Europe plus an unlock code. If you buy additional maps, you have to request an unlock code from GARMIN via Internet. A Windows PC is required to transfer maps to the GPS device.
Stores up to 1000 waypoints with name (up to 30 characters), icon (choice of more than 80 symbols) phone number and image. Supports categories to group waypoints.
Current bearing and elevation.
Current, average and maximum speed.
Trip duration, moving time, stopped time and distance (Odometer).
Time of sunrise and sunset.
Fuel gauge with low fuel warning.
Supports metric and U.S. units.

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GARMIN Zumo 660 overview:

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Main pages of the Zumo 660:

Note: The images below show the display of the Zumo 660 in true resolution (480x272 pixels). This does not necessarily mean that the display is shown it its true size (97x57 mm). The actual size of these images depends on the properties of your display. Many of the pages are configurable, the pictures are just examples.

Main Menu

Status bar with GPS signal strength, Blue Tooth status, operation mode (car, motorbike or pedestrian), current time
Search destination
View map
Stop navigation (only shown if there is an active route)
Compute a detour (only shown if there is an active route)
Adjust volume
Tools (system settings, information about current position, manage data, image viewer, world clock, calculator etc., see Tools 1..2 below)

Tools (1 of 2)	Tools (2 of 2)

Settings (system, navigation, display, time, languages (text and speech), map, safety and alarms) Current position (coordinates and elevation, nearest address, nearest intersection, find nearest hospitals, police stations, gas stations and road side assistances, save current position as waypoint) Help about using your Zumo 660 Media Player: listen to your favorite music or audible books while travelling, download audible books from the Internet Picture viewer, displays pictures and provides various options, such as zooming, rotation etc. Route management Back to previous page To the next tools page	Manage your own data ("Home", view and erase tracks, manage your own waypoints) World clock showing current time at different locations Language guide Calculator with four basic operations Unit converter to convert units such as distances, areas, volumes, speed, weight etc. in metric and american units. Back to previous page To the previous tools page

Current Position	Text Entry

Current position (coordinates and elevation) Nearest address Nearest intersection Find nearest hospitals Find nearest police stations Find nearest gas stations Find nearest road side assistances Back to previous page Save current position as waypoint	Field for text entry Move cursor left Move cursor right Delete last character Keyboard Back to previous page Keyboard mode (language) Switch to special characters Finish text entry

Route	Vias

Planned route (pink line) with current position (blue car), start (green flag), vias (orange flags) and final destination (black and white flag) Change scale ("+" / "-"), change view (2D / 3D), rotate map Back to previous page Length of the planned route Estimated travel time for the complete route	Vias, also known as intermediate destinations (you may move or delete each via point) Insert new via point or new final destination Back to previous page Re-calculate the route, the GPS may optimize the order of the vias to find the shortest route To the previous vias

Map (day mode)	Map (night mode)

GPS status 3D-map in day mode with current position (blue car), current time, icon for traffic messages (only shown if optional TMC receiver is present) Current heading¹ To main menu Current speed¹ ¹) Choose one of the values from this list below to be shown here.	GPS status 3D-map in night mode with current position (blue car), current time, icon for traffic messages (only shown if optional TMC receiver is present) Current heading¹ To main menu Current speed¹ ¹) Choose one of the values from this list below to be shown here.

Direction	Lane Assistant

Direction with distance to next turn and type of turn Name of the road onto which you will turn Map with current position (blue car), planned route (pink line), next turn (white arrow), current time, icon for traffic messages (only shown if optional TMC receiver is present) and current speed limit (sign with red circle) Current speed¹ To main menu Estimated arrival time at final destination¹ ¹) Choose one of the values from this list below to be shown here.	Detailed view of the lanes at the next turn The arrow indicates which lane to take Back to previous page

Directions	Autozoom

Type of and distance to next turn Direction Back to previous page Show route on map To the previous directions To the next directions	Highly zoomed map with detailed view of next turn (will be display automatically when approaching a turn) Change scale ("-" and "+") Direction Distance to next turn Estimated time to next turn Back to previous page Lane assistant (only shown if available for that particular turn) To previous turn To next turn

Track	Elevation Profile

Map with travelled path (track, blue line), you may show or hide the track on the map Current position (blue car) Change scale ("+" / "-"), change view (2D / 3D), rotate map Back to previous page Save current track as a route Export track for transfer it to a computer Show elevation profile of the current track	Elevation profile of the current track Back to previous page Total ascent, total descent

Trip Computer (1 of 3)	Trip Computer (2 of 3)

Travelled distance Current moving direction (compass) Current speed Current moving direction Current elevation Time to next turn Distance to final destination Estimated arrival time at final destination Back to previous page Reset trip data (distance, average speed, time) To the next data fields The value with the green check mark will be shown on the map page.	Travelled distance Current moving direction (compass) Distance to next intermediate destination (via) Estimated arrival time at next intermediate destination (via) Estimated travel time to next intermediate destination (via) Average speed without stopped time Average speed including stopped time Maximum speed Back to previous page Reset trip data (distance, average speed, time) To the previous data fields To the next data fields

Trip Computer (3 of 3)	Language Guide

Travelled distance Current moving direction (compass) Total time (moving time plus stopped time) Total moving time Total stopped time Time of sunrise at current position Time of sunset at current position Back to previous page Reset trip data (distance, average speed, time) To the previous data fields	Translation between English and various languages You may choose other expressions for the words in blue Speak word of phrase Back to previous page Select language

Traffic Messages	Traffic Message

Color code (green = traffic still flowing, yellow = traffic partially congested, red = traffic is heavily congested or stopped) Name of affected road (touch to display traffic incident on the map) Distance from current location to traffic incident Direction from current location to traffic incident Back to previous page Previous traffic incidents Next traffic incidents Requires TMC receiver which is available as an option.	Type of traffic incident and distance from current position to incident Name of affected road Color code (green = traffic still flowing, yellow = traffic partially congested, red = traffic is heavily congested or stopped) Change scale ("-" and "+") Back to previous page Requires TMC receiver which is available as an option.

World Clock	Unit Converter

Cities with time and day of week (choose cities from list) Time and date at current position Back to previous page Show world map with daylight and night	Type of conversion Upper input field, select unit Lower input field, select unit Back to previous page Choose type of conversion (distance, area, volume, speed, weight, temperature) Clear input fields

List of available data fields:

Current speed
Current moving direction
Current elevation
Time to next turn*
Distance to final destination*
Estimated arrival time at final destination*
Distance to next intermediate destination (via)*
Estimated arrival time at next intermediate destination (via)*
Estimated travel time to next intermediate destination (via)*
Average speed without stopped time
Average speed including stopped time
Maximum speed
Total time (moving time plus stopped time)
Total moving time
Total stopped time
Time of sunrise at current position
Time of sunset at current position

*) Only shown if there is an active route.

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Prices:

GARMIN Zumo 660	CHF 598	\|	EUR 461
the package includes the following items: GARMIN Zumo 660 Pre-installed detailed maps of all of Europe DVD MapSource City Navigator Europe NT including unlock code Speech computer to announce the names of the roads and to read audible books Car navigation kit including mounting kit with suction cup and power cord for car cigarette lighter Motor bike navigation kit including handlebar mounting kit and power cord with open ends BlueTooth interface USB cable for data exchange with PC 3.71 GB internal data memory plus slot for micro SecureDigital memory card (µSD memory cards available as an option) External power supply (100..240 V / 50..60 Hz) Case Quick guides in various languages including English, French, German and Italian. We install the most recent version of the firmware available at the time of shipment We configure the GPS before shipping, so it comes ready to use

GARMIN Zumo 660 with nüMaps Lifetime Update	CHF 698	\|	EUR 539
the package includes the following items: GARMIN Zumo 660 including all items listed above. nüMaps Lifetime - perpetual subscription to update the pre-installed map of Europe. Entitles you to download updated maps for the installation on your computer as well as on your GPS device. There shall be four updates per year. The subscription is valid as long as you own the same unit. We install the most recent version of the firmware available at the time of shipment We configure the GPS before shipping, so it comes ready to use

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Options:

External microphone for hands free set for mobile phone	CHF 17	\|	EUR 13	[Picture and details]
GARMIN GTM12 TMC traffic receiver with miniUSB connector and built-in FM antenna	CHF 59	\|	EUR 46	[Picture and details]
GARMIN GTM21 TMC traffic receiver with built-in FM antenna combined with power cord for car cigarette lighter	CHF 59	\|	EUR 46	[Picture and details]
Power cord for car cigarette lighter (One such power cord comes with the Zumo 660)	CHF 24	\|	EUR 19	[Picture and details]
Power supply (One such power supply comes with the Zumo 660)	CHF 29	\|	EUR 22	[Picture and details]
Rechargeable battery (Li-ion) (One such battery comes with the Zumo 660)	CHF 49	\|	EUR 38	[Picture and details]
USB cable for data exchange and power supply (One such cable comes with the Zumo 660)	CHF 15	\|	EUR 12	[Picture and details]
External GPS antenna	CHF 44	\|	EUR 34	[Picture and details]
Extension cable for external GPS antenna	CHF 45	\|	EUR 35	[Picture and details]
Adapter cable BNC to MCX for external GPS antenna	CHF 29	\|	EUR 22	[Picture and details]
Adapter cable MCX to BNC for external GPS antenna	CHF 39	\|	EUR 30	[Picture and details]
Car mounting kit with suction cup including mounting bracket and adhesive disk (One such mounting kit comes with the Zumo 660)	CHF 79	\|	EUR 61	[Picture and details]
Car mounting bracket (Does not include mounting kit with suction cup)	CHF 69	\|	EUR 53	[Picture and details]
Mounting kit with suction cup including adhesive disk to be fixed on the dashboard (Does not include mounting bracket)	CHF 18	\|	EUR 14	[Picture and details]
Adjustable mounting kit with suction cup including adhesive disk to be fixed on the dashboard (Does not include mounting bracket)	CHF 21	\|	EUR 16	[Picture and details]
Adhesive dashboard mounting kit (Does not include mounting bracket)	CHF 24	\|	EUR 19	[Picture and details]
Adhesive base for dashboard mounting kit to use it in a second vehicle	CHF 15	\|	EUR 12	[Picture and details]
Portable friction mount (new design; does not include unit mount)	CHF 45	\|	EUR 35	[Picture and details]
Motorcycle mounting bracket including power cord (One such mounting bracket comes with the Zumo 660)	CHF 98	\|	EUR 76	[Picture and details]
Mounting kit for motorcycle mounting bracket (One such mounting kit comes with the Zumo 660)	CHF 79	\|	EUR 61	[Picture and details]
Case (One such case comes with the Zumo 660)	CHF 39	\|	EUR 30	[Picture and details]
4.0 GB micro SDHC memory card including µSD to SD adapter	CHF 9	\|	EUR 7	[Picture and details]
8.0 GB micro SDHC memory card including µSD to SD adapter	CHF 19	\|	EUR 15	[Picture and details]
16.0 GB micro SDHC memory card including µSD to SD adapter	CHF 30	\|	EUR 23	[Picture and details]

All options for the GARMIN Zumo 660 in detail.

MapSource, various µSD memory cards, DVDs and CDroms with topographic and street maps (products on DVD or CDrom require a computer and a cable for data exchange).

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Downloads:

Here we provide additional documentation and software updates for the GARMIN Zumo 660:

Installation instructions as PDF
- English (508 kB)
- French (683 kB)
- German (683 kB)
- Italian (656 kB)
Quick start manual as PDF
- English (820 kB)
- French (1.2 MB)
- German (1.1 MB)
- Italian (1.1 MB)
Owner's manual as PDF
- English (1.6 MB)
- French (1.8 MB)
- German (1.8 MB)
- Italian (1.7 MB)
Firmware Upgrade V4.50 (Use WebUpdater to install this version)
List of changes made with firmware upgrades

Note: We suggest to use WebUpdater to update the firmware, language files and other optional software of your GPS. However - like the firmware upgrade shown above - WebUpdater does not update any maps.

If Adobe Acrobat Reader is not installed on your computer, you may download and install it for free.

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