Help with Nuvi 660 please

[ajg31]

Right, personally i think this unit sucks compared to TT but i wanna make sure it is not my unit playing up.
Basically it gives me no warning on direction changes. Normally it will tell me to turn when i am sitting on or over the junction or turn. It is SO SO SO SLOW to update in realtime.
If i have it on show me map without course plotted it is about 100m out on roads, i am well past the road it displays.
It loses its signal so easily. I bought it for places like London but it gets very screwy round there!!!
Are they all like this or is my unit faulty?

[peterguk]

Never had any problems with mine. I love it!

Maybe yours is faulty?

Have you done a firmware update?

[SGirl]

Mine is okay, too. Doesn't do any of the things you describe. The firmware update sounds like a good idea.

[ajg31]

Thanks. I will see what firmware it has and vompare it to the website.

[Kung Fu]

Where did you purchase the unit? if it was from a retail store (Halfords, Currys etc..) take it back and get them to call Garmin customer service. Garmins returns policy means if it is a faulty unit they will swap it in store for a new one.

It sound faulty to me, so shouldn't be a problem to get a new one.

[ajg31]

think it waas from GPSworld online. I will call them Monday and see what can be done. I have read alot about these units and firmware 2.7 causing lagging. Seems a very big problem with Garmin 3xx and 6xx series. Mine is software 3.5 tho

[waremark]

Do you have an insulated screen which may be causing the signal to be very weak? The only time I had a problem with my 660 was in a hire car with a heat-insulating screen, otherwise very accurate and quick-responding.

[ajg31]

Dont think so. I use it in a Noble but it is equally bad in my friends Vectra.

[AMG Merc]

ajg31 said:

Dont think so. I use it in a Noble but it is equally bad in my friends Vectra.

660 works fine in my Noble with none of the issues reported earlier. Note that the flip-up aerial is designed to see the sats when it is horizontal and not vertical.