Compact GPS receiver with very fast auto-routing, voice guidance, color display with touchscreen, integrated world and Europe/Africa map, pre-loaded detailed maps (all of Europe or all of Europa and North America) plus USB and BlueTooth interface. Equipped with MP3 and audio book player plus image viewer. Language and travel guide available as options. Well suited for all kinds of vehicles but also suitable as hand held device.
The models of the GARMIN Nüvi 600 series (Nüvi 660 and 670) provide very fast automatic route calculation, visual and voice guidance, are easy to use, have a large, easy to read color display with touch screen, an extremely sensitive antenna, an integrated world map (overview) plus a base map of Europe, Africa and the near East.
The model Nüvi 660 has 1.87 GB built-in memory to store detailed maps with even more
information, such as local roads, hotels, restaurants, public buildings and points of interest. This model comes with pre-loaded maps of all of Europe which occupy approximately 1.62 GB of memory. The unused memory is available to store additional detailed maps, waypoint files, MP3 files and pictures.
The model Nüvi 670 has 3.83 GB built-in memory with pre-loaded detailed maps of all of Europa and all of North America (Canada and USA) which occupy approximately
2.56 GB of memory. The unused memory is available to store additional detailed maps, waypoint files, MP3 files and pictures.
The models of the GARMIN Nüvi 600 series have a speech computer to announce the names of the roads, to speak words and phrases of the language guides and to read audible books. They are also 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.
who's phone numbers are stored on the GPS with a single touch on the screen. They can also act as a hands-free extension set to the phones. In addition, both models have a slot for an optional SD memory module to store additional data and support the TMC receiver to incorporate traffic news (TMC receiver is included). The Nüvis provide navigation information outdoors, in a car, in a train or even in an airplane (see MapSource examples).
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- Integrated 12 channel receiver with very sensitive built-in antenna, connector for external GPS antenna (external antenna available as an option).
- User interface in 24 languages: American English, Brazilian Portuguese, British English, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish.
- 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, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian,
Swedish, Taiwanese, Thai and Turkish. Selections of more than one voice are available in English, French, German and Spanish.
- 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.
- Memory for more detailed maps with local roads, crossings and addresses of points of interest:
- Model Nüvi 660: 1.87 GB with pre-installed detailed maps of all of Europe. These detailed maps occupy approximately 1.62 GB of memory, the unused memory is available to store additional data.
- Model Nüvi 670: 3.83 GB with pre-installed detailed maps of all of Europe and all of North America (Canada and USA). These detailed maps occupy approximately 2.56 GB of memory, the unused memory is available to store additional data.
- Slot for SecureDigital memory card (SD memory cards available as an option)
- Routing speed: 8.96 (see GPS Routing Speed for details).
- Supports 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 hotels, restaurants, car rental offices etc. whose phone numbers are stored on the GPS with a single touch on the screen. They can also act as a hands-free extension set to the mobile phones. The Nüvi 660/670 are equipped with a built-in microphone. An external microphone is available as an option.
- The travel kit provides the following features:
- 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 etc.
- Language guide (requires additional software which is available as an option)
- Travel guide (requires additional software which is available as an option)
- World clock
- Calculator
- Currency converter
- Measurement converter
- 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.
- Large, illuminated, easy to read LCD display with automatic backlight adjustment. Dimension: 95x54 mm (3.75x2.1 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.
- Device is not waterproof.
- Powered by built-in battery (lasts up to 8 h) or by an external 12/24 V power source, e.g. from a car's cigarette lighter (power cord included).
- 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).
- Supports WAAS/EGNOS
- Firmware stored in Flash-Memory, can be updated by the user
- Operating temperatures 0 .. 60°C (32° .. 140°F)
- Dimensions: 124x74x23 mm (4.9x2.9x0.9 inches)
- Weight: 190 g (6.2 ounces)
¹) TTFF: Time To First Fix, time until the first information about the local position is acquired.
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- Automatic computing of a route to a user selected destination including one optional via-point.
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
(TMC receiver included).
- Guidance on the display (visual guidance) and voice guidance via the loudspeaker (acoustic guidance). Also announces road names together with navigation instructions.
- Fast route calculation and re-calculation.
Finds routes 9 times faster than the GARMIN StreetPilot III, see GPS Routing Speed for more information.
- Information about the position of the GPS satellites and about the quality of the signals.
- World map with zoom function.
- Information on the map displayed in 5 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. All Nüvi GPS devices come with pre-loaded detailed maps. 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 500 waypoints with name (up to 30 characters) and icon (choice of more than 80 symbols).
- Current accuracy of the position information.
- Current elevation above see level.
- Current time and date.
- Current bearing.
- Current, average and maximum speed.
- Trip duration and distance (Odometer).
- Supports metric and U.S. units.
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| Main Menu |
Search |
Map |
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- Status bar (GPS signal strength (touch to show position of the satellites and signal strength in detail), status of the battery, current time)
- Search destination
- Show map
- Travel kit (MP3 player, audible book reader, picture viewer, travel and language guide, world clock, calculator, currency converter, measurement converter)
- System settings
- Adjust backlight brightness and speaker volume
- Settings for traffic messages
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Search for:
- Addresses (country, city or ZIP code, street and house number)
- Home
- Food, Lodging ... (food and beverages (restaurants), lodging (hotels), fuel, attractions (amusement parks, arenas, halls, landmarks, museums, parks and gardens, wineries), shopping, parking etc.)
- Recently found destinations
- Your own waypoints
- Extras (additional downloadable POIs, see our warning below)
- Intersections
- Cities
- Browse the map
- Find by coordinates
- Back; find near; up; down
The Nüvi appears as an additional drive on the computer to transfer waypoints.
WARNING: GPS devices which act as safety camera alert systems are prohibited in Switzerland. Such devices will be confiscated and the driver will be fined. |
- Map (classic view) with map pointer (arrow)
- Change scale ("-" and "+")
- To pan map, touch screen and move your finger across the display
- Back; save waypoint at the arrowhead; navigate to the arrowhead
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| 3D map |
Autozoom |
Route |
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- Direction (touch to list all directions)
- Map (3 dimensional view) with current position (blue triangel) and planned route (violet)
- Change scale ("-" and "+")
- Estimated arrival time (touch to show trip computer)
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- Distance to next turn (touch to see all directions)
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- Change scale ("-" and "+")
- Type of turn
- Direction
- Distance to turn
- Estimated time to turn
- Back; up; down
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- Type of turn
- Distance to turn
- Direction
- Back; show the complete route on map; up; down
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| Satellites |
Trip Computer |
Traffic News |
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- GPS status
- Current speed
- Current elevation above sea level
- Position of the satellites, the sun and the moon
- Coordinates of the current position
- Strength of the satellites' signals
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- Current moving direction
- Current speed
- Distance to final destination
- Travelled distance (odometer)
- Average speed including stopped time
- Average speed without stopped time
- Maximum speed
- Total time since last reset
- Total moving time
- Total stopped time
- Back; reset all values; reset maximum speed only
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- Map with traffic incidents
- Back; traffic incidents in detail
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| MP3 Player |
Image Viewer |
World Clock |
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- Informationen about title, artist and record
- Played time / total time
- Volume; backward; forward; pause
- Repeat
- Random play (shuffle)
- Back; browse songs; manage bookmarks
The Nüvi appears as an additional drive on the computer to transfer MP3 files. |
- Images (touch image to enlarge or rotate)
- Back; show all images; up; down
The Nüvi appears as an additional drive on the computer to transfer images. |
- Time and day of week at four selectable locations
- Time and date at current location
- Back; World map showing day and night
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| Unit Converter |
Language Guide |
Travel Guide |
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- Type of unit (area, distance, speed, temperature, volume, weight)
- From and to unit
- Given value and result
- Back; Clear input
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- Translate from and to English
- Speak word or sentence
- Phonetic representation
- Back, Legend; up; down
Requires optional language guide software. |
- Name and description of the point of interest
- Navigate to point of interest (Go!)
- Back; show on map; up; down
Requires optional travel guide software. |
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- GARMIN Nüvi 600 series:
These models have been discontinued; however, you can still order options for the devices of the Nüvi 600 series.
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All options for the models of the GARMIN Nüvi 600 series in detail, find maps here.
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Here we provide additional documentation and software updates for the models of the GARMIN Nüvi 600 series:
- Owner's manual for the models of the GARMIN Nüvi 600 serie:
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- Firmware Upgrade for the models of the GARMIN Nüvi 600 serie:
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If Adobe Acrobat Reader is not installed on your computer, you may download and install it for free. |
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To order options for the GARMIN Nüvi 600 series please:
- Click on the price or the shopping basket symbol
to add the item you wish to purchase to the shopping basket.
- If the shopping basket does not work, please use this form.
Please read our terms and conditions.
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Specifications and packaging of the products are subject to change without notice.
