Garmin’s Nuvi 600 GPS Review

1. Introduction

The Garmin Nuvi 600 is a top of the line satellite navigation device. It comes preloaded with City Navigator NT map data for one of nine European regions without some of the extra features of the Nuvi 610 to cut back on the cost.

2. Main Menu

The touch screen menu on the Garmin Nuvi 600 has a very simple layout and is very easy to navigate without even reading the manual. It makes customizing the device and using the extra features very effortless to do.

3. Navigating and Driving

The Nuvi 600 comes with a preloaded map of your choice. Garmin has broken Europe down into nine regional coverage areas and you can pick any one of these. Your route can be viewed in either 2d or 3d with different colors for all the roads and symbols for things like points of interest. To make driving in unknown places a little easier the directions are spoken and written out on the map.

4. Accuracy and Route Control

This device has amazing route control with many options to customize how you want to get from point a to point b. I suggest watching the video to see just how many options there really are. The accuracy is incredible. It’s always within a minute of getting to the destination when it says it will.

5. Portability/Design

The Garmin Nuvi 600 fits easily in your pocket even in the leather carry case. It is only 4.9″ x 2.9″ x 0.9″ and weighs 190 grams. It is designed to easily attach and unattach from the windshield with a suction cup mount. The super bright widescreen makes it very easy to use while driving.

6. MP3, Pictures, and More

You can play MP3’s either saved directly onto the device or any from say your memory card from you personal MP3 player. It plays nicely through the built in speakers so you can even use it while you’re in pedestrian mode. In your car if you have bought the FM transmitter you can pick it up on the radio and play it through your car speakers.
Other features are a picture viewer to see pictures on a memory card from your digital camera, and a currency converter and a language conversion dictionary if you’re traveling.

7. Points of Interest

Built in to the Nuvi 600 is an extensive database of useful points of interest such as gas stations, hotels, and popular destinations. You can also add your own. Connecting to a computer with the USB will let you add more POI’s from your computer. You can download databases off the internet.

8. Visitor Reviews

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I bought the Garmin Nuvi 600 a few weeks ago from Amazon.com and have been using it since. I have to agree that the instructions are a bit light on content. I don’t even know why they bother including them. They aren’t really needed…

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Before I decided on the Nuvi 600 I read over several different review sites. Honestly sometimes reading too many reviews and getting too many opinions might only make you doubt your abilities to make the decision. I wasn’t sure whether to get the Garmin Nuvi 600 or a Tom Tom One..

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This thing was so simple that I just took it out of the box and plugged it into my car and started using it right away. I took it on a trip and it easily got me through busy unfamiliar towns. I bought the FM receiver and use the traffic alerts to avoid traffic at rush hour…

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I just bought this satellite navigator 4 days ago and I’m very impressed with its capabilities. Straight out of the box it was working and very easy to understand. I found the mapping for Dublin very detailed and up-to-date…

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My wife bought me a Nuvi 600 for Christmas. I’m very impressed with it. It is very quick to load up the map and acquire a signal at start up. It has never lost its signal while I’ve been using it. I updated the maps online from the Garmin website with ease…

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This Nuvi 600 has chosen some really weird and inappropriate routes. It takes some very small cart tracks. Once it took one that was 9 kms of very narrow dirt road with deep ditches on the side, I couldn’t go more than…

9. Video

I couldn’t find a video of the 600 so I found this one of the 610. Read the Nuvi 600 vs Nuvi 610 topic to see the difference.

11. Nuvi 600 vs Nuvi 610

The Nuvi 600 and the Nuvi 610 are identical in everything from being able to pick one of nine regional maps to having the super bright widescreen. The only difference is that the Nuvi 610 comes with Bluetooth hands-free technology.