Anyone found a replacement internal speaker for nuvi 660

PhilGarmin

The speaker on my 660 has died recently, contacted Garmin and they will not supply any spare parts at all Evil or Very Mad

. They will exchange the unit for £130 though Shocked

The speaker has a damaged coil and sometimes works but is very distorted. I believe there have been many reports of this problem as well with the 350.

Its approx 35mm dia and meant to be approx 8ohm and I reckon approx 1watt. I have tried some other little speakers however the sound is too feeble.

Anyone had this problem and found a suitbale speaker to fix it.

I know its easy to use an external speaker in the earphone socket, however the socket will eventually fail also.
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StuartStrangeboy · Regular Visitor Joined: Nov 09, 2005 Posts: 84

Phil- I have plenty of 32ohm speakers which are 40 mm if that is any good to you. It really depends on the elements of the circuit.

We use the 32 ohm in our birthday cards, you may need to add a small ring to stop vibration but I see no reason why it would not work. If you want I can pop one in the post for you, you can give it a try.

Stuart

PhilGarmin · Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 9:54 am Post subject:

trish-and · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 26, 2008 Posts: 1

http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/search/results.jsp?N=411+1000525+500001&isGoback=false
The above link is to CPCs webpage of loudspeakers.

They deal by credit card, but the postage is a bit high, still less than £130 though!

All sizes from 1.5" to about 15". Check the impedances though.

Good luck from a newbie.

mikealder · Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 10:34 am Post subject:

Don't forget the CPC counter service which is at the Preston outlet, it is only ten minutes from J32 of the M6 if you are passing, I get parts from them quite often, very easy to find, just make sure they have stock before you travel - Mike

PhilGarmin · Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 8:21 pm Post subject:

Thankyou all for your replies.

I've look thorugh the farnell link and I'm afraid there is nothing that would fit the bill.

The following link is what I have used for the moment, however it is way way too quiet to really use.

http://www.rapidonline.com/Electrical-Power/PA-Audio-Video/Speakers/Ultra-slim-speaker/30227/kw/speakers

I used the 30mm dia one, the cone is steel and in my opinion is too rigid and holds back on the volume. The Garmin speaker is physically lighter construction and made of a crisp plastic.

If anybody can find any more possible sources it would be greatly appreciated. Wink

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PhilHornby · Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 1:02 pm Post subject:

tailz · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 03, 2008 Posts: 13

Hi,

Not sure if any of these would be any good?

http://www.buzzer-speaker.com/manufacturer/speaker/28%20above%20speaker.htm

Tony

StuartStrangeboy · Regular Visitor Joined: Nov 09, 2005 Posts: 84

Phil- Ok no problem looks like you will get it all sorted.

I love the 3 and 6 series and it is a great shame they are now discontinued and gettings spares are going to be difficult, I know many people with them.

Might be worth asking the distributers as well.

Stuart

PhilGarmin · Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 10:09 pm Post subject:

All sorted now.

Just wanted to thank Phil Hornby for sending me a suitable speaker.

Very much appreciated Phil. Very Happy

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nokturnuk · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 08, 2006 Posts: 2

Hi all did anyone find a suitable speaker? my beloved nuvi 350 has just blown its speaker, have tried several ones from the back of me shed, but none are loud enough.

PhilHornby

nokturnuk · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 08, 2006 Posts: 2

I cant imagine how you actually blew up a laptop! still laughing now!
I did try a speaker out of a dell latitude but no good, too quiet, and couldnt fit into case of nuvi 350,

Pocketgps · Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 1:01 am Post subject:

Have a look at this speaker HERE (opens in a new window)

Or try a search on their site.

mhb · Regular Visitor Joined: Dec 21, 2005 Posts: 155

Hi,

The sound became very distorted on my Garmin i3 and a search of this forum found this thread. As a consequence I realised both that my problem was most likely caused by a faulty speaker and that Garmin seemed to have used the same specification of speaker in several of their Satnav units, including mine, namely 8 ohm 1 watt approx 36mm dia.

A Google search for this spec speaker found http://www.speaker-tw.com/manufacturer/speaker/paper%20speaker/as-3655b08-a38w.htm and a request via the 'contact us' page for a quote for a single speaker including postage to UK elicited an email response within 24 hours (12 USD), which on acceptance and prepayment by Paypal, got me delivery within a few days from Taiwan via airmail. A bonus was that the supplier sent me two speakers for the price quoted for one.

Fitting it proved pretty easy and corrected the sound problem.

I hope this might help other with similar problems.

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