Traffic Display on Nuvi 660 Vs 360

[BAVC10]

I recently switched from a 360 to a 660FM and apart from the wider screen and benefit of the sound via the car stereo, there isn't a lot of difference between the two units - apart from the traffic display.

The 360 displays a list of all the incidents by road name which are sorted by distance (circa 6 are shown on the 360 screen) - you can scroll down a few pages to quickly see if any of the roads near you are affected and touch the relevant road / motorway incident. On the 660, you are shown a map with lots of red triangle symbols - you can't tap these. Instead it seems on the 660 that you have to scroll down through each and every incident - ie there doesn't appear to be a way of seeing what roads are affected, without having to look at each and every incident.

Is there a way that the 660 can provide traffic info similar to the 3xx series?

[inspiredron]

No - This "new improved" feature is irritating. The full map view is great but if you want to see the potential problems on your route you may have to look at a large number of incidents that are totally irrelevant before you get to any that are useful. A tap on the one you want to look at would be very useful.

[BAVC10]

Looking at Garmin's firmware history, version 2.70 was the last version that had the old traffic interface (as per the Nuvi 3XX series). Most of the other upgrades since then (additional languages etc...) don't seem particularly relevant.

Does anyone know of any "killer" reasons why it wouldn't be worthwhile re-flashing the unit back to 2.70 please?

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[BAVC10]

Unfortunately the "new" 6XX interface doesn't work the same way in which the 3XX does. I used to use the method you mention on my 360 and it highlighted the potential delays just on my route. The new 6XX doesn't seem to do this, it highlights everything, even delays you have driven through a few miles back!!!!

Does anyone know if Firmware 2.70 had the old style traffic interface and routed relatively "bug free"

[BAVC10]

Unfortunately the "new" 6XX interface doesn't work the same way in which the 3XX does. I used to use the method you mention on my 360 and it highlighted the potential delays just on my route. The new 6XX doesn't seem to do this, it highlights everything, even delays you have driven through a few miles back!!!!

Does anyone know if Firmware 2.70 had the old style traffic interface and routed relatively "bug free"

[swing]

On the screen I'm talking about - even the 3xx showed all traffic on the route, but at least it also shows your route on the screen, allowing you to work out if they intersect.

However, this ma not solve your problem - personally I would look through the list of "fixes" listed since then and work out whether any of them are worthwhile to you...
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[philpugh]

[BAVC10]

Philpugh

The Nuvi 660 works as you state - what I am trying to get to is to just see the incidents en route - not a list of incidents all over the UK. Is there a way of searching on the 660 for this?

[philpugh]

[kelvin66]

I am using version 2.7 and it works just fine. The trafic is easier to use than the later versions and it also colours in the conjested roads in "yellow" or "red" so you have an idea what's the traffic situation on route and aroound your route.

I recommend going back to version 2.7 to anyone who's not tried it.

PS take a copy of your current.gpx file first otherwise you will loose your favourites...

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