New (March 1, 2016) Garmin aera 660 Portable GPS

[ilium007]

Does anyone know if there is a common phone screen protector that will fit this gps ? I am in Australia and wont have time to get one here from the USA in time for a trip I am doing with my new Aera 660.

[Shawn25854]

There are several available on the web.....here's one on Amazon.

A pair of clear or anti-glare for $18.

https://www.amazon.com/Garmin-Protec.../dp/B01DED9LDG

If time is of the essence as you state you could buy a sheet of the film and make your own temporary one.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

[ilium007]

Yeah, found those but Amazon won't ship them to Australia.

[ilium007]

I found both the clear and anti-glare screen protectors from a place called 'BoxWave'. Has anyone had any experience with either of these ?

http://www.boxwave.com/garmin-aera-6...bwdcd/fzkmf-g/

I'm leaning toward the anti-glare. Any suggestions ?

[Shawn25854]

If no one will ship to you and you must have them I'll be glad to help out. I have a friend in Hervey Bay that orders many things from here in the states and of course they also won't ship to Australia. He has them shipped to me in Florida and I ship them to him via our US Post Office. We've found it to be the quickest and least expensive way. This is of course an added shipping expense but it'll get there. I'd be glad to help you if needed.

Shawn

[Shawn25854]

Here's another one I found as posted earlier.

http://www.nushield.com/index.php

Shawn

[jeffsvan]

When I went online with my Aera660 for the first time, it updated the Firmware to the latest version. It didn't seem to do anything else

In the box with my new unit was a coupon for a free database update.

Does anyone know if this covers ALL of the databases, or just the map?

Without having the coupon in my hand, how long after purchase until this coupon expires?

[g3xpert]

When you power up your Aera 660 today with it connected via WiFi to the internet it should automatically ask you if you wish to update to V2.80.

The image below shows two of the new features.

Several customers asked that we provide more user selectable data fields on the main map, so the unit now offers up to 8 data fields (0 to 8 depending on your preferences).

Another often requested feature for all of our products has been airspace segment altitude limit labeling. You have always been able to touch an airspace segment and see the altitude limits, but now you may have them turned on all the time so they are always visible (depending on zoom range). In the example below there is a class D airport with altitude limits from the surface to 3400 ft and two MOAs with 800 ft to 18,000 ft limits. The numbes are color coded to match the airspace segments.



Change History
Changes made from version 2.70 to 2.80:

• Add airspace altitude labels to map
• Add option to remove facility names for Airports, VORs, and NDBs, to declutter map
• Add four additional data fields to overlay on map page
• General improvements to system operation
• Includes update to GDL39 software version 4.80

Thanks,
Steve

[Jetguy]

All these additional items are great. Thanks for listening to your customer requests. This new unit is turning out to be quite a Gem. Cant wait for the Satellite weather capability. Just finished installing mine via Bare wire install kit in my RV12 to replace the older 496. Also I have to say after owning a 796 for a few years that the screen Brightness and ease of touch is superior to the 796. Maybe in a few years, like next years OSH2017, you might come out with a 896 with all this new stuff on a larger screen.

[olyolson]

Steve,

Any chance Garmin can add the seconds to the ETA? Right now it just shows ETA in hours & minutes. Mainly would be using it to hit precise flyover TOTs for the national anthem timing, missing man formations etc.

Sure we can use a stopwatch but having the seconds on the 660 would be an easy fix. I think my old 296 had seconds inside of 10 minutes but it's been so long I can't remember for sure.

Oly