Garmin GPS - Nuvi 660 Shows Two Drives

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Nuvi 660 Shows Two Drives

Rob B.

2007-06-19, 10:33 pm

When I attach the Nuvi 660 to the computer via the USB cable, the system
shows two additional drives. One is clearly the Nuvi, but the other just
says the drive cannot be opened. Any ideas?

I just took this thing out of the box yesterday, so don't know if I boofed
something up while exploring the options and directories. Reseting it (both
by the rear reset button and by holding the bottom right corner at startup)
has not changed the behavior.

It'll get its first workout on a trip to Atlanta this week, but so far
haven't found anything worth recommending it over my old StreetPilot III.
The Navtec maps are still 15 years old in areas I'm familiar with; and
hence, auto-routing is inacurrate.

Rob

Spyder63@gmail.com

2007-06-20, 4:33 am

On Jun 19, 11:03 pm, "Rob B." <n...@use.net> wrote:
> When I attach the Nuvi 660 to the computer via the USB cable, the system
> shows two additional drives. One is clearly the Nuvi, but the other just
> says the drive cannot be opened. Any ideas?

It is the SD card slot. Put an SD card in and load it with MP3s if
you want.

>but so far
>haven't found anything worth recommending it over my old StreetPilot III.

C'mon, you have to admit the screen is mo' better than the SPIII!!

JB

SamSez

2007-06-20, 4:33 am

"Rob B." <noton@use.net> wrote in
news:XN0ei.199790$mJ1.108182@newsfe22.lga:

> When I attach the Nuvi 660 to the computer via the USB cable, the
> system shows two additional drives. One is clearly the Nuvi, but the
> other just says the drive cannot be opened. Any ideas?
>
> I just took this thing out of the box yesterday, so don't know if I
> boofed something up while exploring the options and directories.
> Reseting it (both by the rear reset button and by holding the bottom
> right corner at startup) has not changed the behavior.
>
> It'll get its first workout on a trip to Atlanta this week, but so far
> haven't found anything worth recommending it over my old StreetPilot
> III. The Navtec maps are still 15 years old in areas I'm familiar
> with; and hence, auto-routing is inacurrate.
>
>
> Rob
>

The other drive is the sd slot. Put an sd card in the slot, and you will
be able to open it.

Joel

2007-06-20, 7:33 am

Spyder63@gmail.com wrote:

> On Jun 19, 11:03 pm, "Rob B." <n...@use.net> wrote:
>
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> C'mon, you have to admit the screen is mo' better than the SPIII!!

1. The screen size is about same with SP-III

2. SP-III is much much better on bright sun than the Nuvi. I don't know =
if
adding an anti-glare to Nuvi will make any difference or not, but the =
naked
LCD is not very good with bright sun.

3. In shade or at nite, especially the 3-D display etc. are much better =
than
SP-III

4. Nuvi seems more accurate than SP-III.

It also very waco and I will see if I can find the time to post the
snapshot of me driving in the middle of the LAKE (I tested it in a local
park). And I have learned Nuvi 680 has an instruction says "move to =
hi-lite
area" when I=20

5. I only have Nuvi 680 for few days to know much about it, but I have
SP-III for many years so I do know pretty well how the SP-III works. And
from very little experience with Nuvi 680 I would say (think).

- Nuvi 680 is very good if you follow the route under its instruction, =
and
I like the 3-D displaying

- But because it's lacking of small detail, smaller font, especially
doesn't have COMPAS like SP and some other models have, so when you =
either
miss the turn or decide to take another route (parallel with the route =
GPS
picks) then Nuvi 6xx may not be a good choice.

Well, I haven't used my 4 days old Nuvi 680 on long trip yet to know =
more,
but I have SP-III with me on many long trips, some 1200-1400+ miles trips
(especially with the older City Navigator v4.01) etc.. to realize that
having LARGE displaying of the COMPAS is a life saver.

NO, I am not trying to put down the Nuvi 680 as I always try to learn to =
get
the best of what I paid for, and who knows I may learn some great feature=
of
the newer technology, but I always try to learn both strong and weak =
point
to take advantage and avoid problem.

Yup! if I have to chose between my old SP-III and Nuvi 680 then I would =
take
the Nuvi 680 anytime, but it will be hard for me to say something I can't
find in it.

> JB

Jack Erbes

2007-06-20, 7:33 am

Rob B. wrote:
> When I attach the Nuvi 660 to the computer via the USB cable, the system
> shows two additional drives. One is clearly the Nuvi, but the other just
> says the drive cannot be opened. Any ideas?

Is there a SD card in the socket? Normally one drive is the main memory
on the 660 and the second drive is the SD card.

Jack

--
Jack Erbes in Ellsworth, Maine, USA - jackerbes at adelphia dot net
(also receiving email at jacker at midmaine.com)

Rob B.

2007-06-25, 4:33 am

On 19-Jun-2007, "Rob B." <noton@use.net> wrote:

> When I attach the Nuvi 660 to the computer via the USB cable, the system
> shows two additional drives. One is clearly the Nuvi, but the other just
> says the drive cannot be opened. Any ideas?

Thanks to those pointing out it's the SD slot. I feel a, "Duh!" coming on.

As for my prior comment about not yet seeing anything to recommend the Nuvi
that isn't already in my StreetPilot III, the trip to Atlanta hasn't done
anything yet to sway me. I do like the touch screen, but there's less
control over how much detail is shown at a user-specified magnification
level. For example, if I want RR tracks to display at the 5mile
magnification level on the SP III, it's easy. On the Nuvi, it's not
possible.

That said, I guess I'm really waiting for a GPS that communicates area road
speeds with other GPS's in the area so it is not dependent on whether
someone offers coverage for an area, has weather radar overlay, fuel prices,
and updates its own maps using data collected from other GPSs resulting in
more accurate routing.

You just can't please some people...!

Rob B.

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