Adding North America maps to my Garmin 660
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Can any of you enlightened chaps confirm that to take my Garmin 660 to the USA next month all I'll need to buy is one of these SD cards? (see link) It doesn't seem to state this explicitly anywhere and I'm reluctant to just shell out £100 without a little more certainty that this will do the job.
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=8423&p...
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=8423&p...
Hi, I bought a Garmin original (received in blister pack) US map SD card off eBay for around £62 delivered. Plug the card in and you see Europe and USA listed in map listings. Worked perfectly on US trip.
A tip - set a US boy or girl speech option as they seem to pronounce their road and town names better!
A tip - set a US boy or girl speech option as they seem to pronounce their road and town names better!
So all you need to do is to open the Garmin pack, plug in the SD card and switch on?
How do you select the 'North America' map set - is there a new menu somewhere?
Do you need to do the usual plugging in to the Internet to unlock the SD card?
I'm off to Canada on business shortly and intend taking my nuvi 660, so would like to know how the 'SD card' maps are actually accessed.
How do you select the 'North America' map set - is there a new menu somewhere?
Do you need to do the usual plugging in to the Internet to unlock the SD card?
I'm off to Canada on business shortly and intend taking my nuvi 660, so would like to know how the 'SD card' maps are actually accessed.
nickwilcock said:
So all you need to do is to open the Garmin pack, plug in the SD card and switch on?
How do you select the 'North America' map set - is there a new menu somewhere?
Do you need to do the usual plugging in to the Internet to unlock the SD card?
I'm off to Canada on business shortly and intend taking my nuvi 660, so would like to know how the 'SD card' maps are actually accessed.
AFAIR, I just slotted the SD card in and it listed the US states - was very intuitive.How do you select the 'North America' map set - is there a new menu somewhere?
Do you need to do the usual plugging in to the Internet to unlock the SD card?
I'm off to Canada on business shortly and intend taking my nuvi 660, so would like to know how the 'SD card' maps are actually accessed.
I just bought a new GPS unit from Circuit City, they had a Tomtom One for $99, but it died within 10 minutes or buying it, so I paid $149 for a Garmin Nuvi 205 on special.
If you are only staying a short time you could actually buy one and take it back under their no quibble return policy, although if it is in a blister pack you'll have to pay a 15% restocking fee as you have to damage the packaging.
If you are only staying a short time you could actually buy one and take it back under their no quibble return policy, although if it is in a blister pack you'll have to pay a 15% restocking fee as you have to damage the packaging.
Well that was pretty easy!
Card arrived today - 2009 City Navigator NT for North America through Amazon; £47.30 plus £4.04 for the shipping.
All you do is:
1. Open box
2. Remove card
3. Plug in to nuvi 660
4. Nothing else!
To find an address in Canada or the US, you first spell the country, then the 'county'(!), then the city etc.
It doesn't see able to find Canadian post codes though - and doesn't offer the option for US zip codes.
Card arrived today - 2009 City Navigator NT for North America through Amazon; £47.30 plus £4.04 for the shipping.
All you do is:
1. Open box
2. Remove card
3. Plug in to nuvi 660
4. Nothing else!
To find an address in Canada or the US, you first spell the country, then the 'county'(!), then the city etc.
It doesn't see able to find Canadian post codes though - and doesn't offer the option for US zip codes.
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