Is the Garmin nüvi 670 power mount compatible with the Garm

[Kat Rabun]

Do you know if the Garmin zumo 660 power mount can interchange with the
Garmin nüvi 670?

I was discussing GPS with a friend of mine a few thousand miles away who
has a broken Garmin zumo 660 but a good power mount. My working Garmin nüvi
670 has always had the colored wires sticking out of the power mount
fingernail-sized flat clip.

My friend offered to ship me his Garmin zumo 660 power adapter if it will
fit the Garmin nüvi 670.

Pictures on the net and a visit to the store seem to indicate they look
mighty similar - but who knows if the electronics are the same or not (I
don't use the FM traffic feature).

Does anyone know if the Garmin zumo 660 & Garmin nüvi 670 use the same
power adapter? How can I tell w/o destroying the equipment?

 

[William Sommerwerck]

Have you contacted Garmin?

 

[Jeff Liebermann]

On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:30:45 +0000 (UTC), Kat Rabun
<katspianostudioXXX@Use-Author-Supplied-Address.invalid> wrote:

Do you know if the Garmin zumo 660 power mount can interchange with the
Garmin nüvi 670?
(...)
Pictures on the net and a visit to the store seem to indicate they look
mighty similar - but who knows if the electronics are the same or not (I
don't use the FM traffic feature).

Perhaps you should look at the photos again. The Zumo 660 mount:
<http://www.tigergps.com/garmincradz660.html?productid=garmincradz660>
doesn't look anything like the Nuvi 670 mount:
<http://www.tigergps.com/garminsuctnuvi660.html>
Note the contacts on the 660 mount.

--
Jeff Liebermann jeffl@cruzio.com
150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com
Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558

 

[Kat Rabun]

On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 08:38:47 -0700, William Sommerwerck wrote:

Have you contacted Garmin?

Before I posted, I had already called Garmin technical product support at
800-800-1020 (913-397-8200) but they are closed on weekends (open Monday -
Thursday: 6 AM - 4 PM, Friday 6 AM - 3 PM California time).

I had also emailed Garmin product support at "product.support@garmin.com"
and am awaiting their response.

Prior to asking the question, I checked Garmin nüvi & zţmo support:
https://buy.garmin.com/support/productSupport/productSupport.faces?productId=31948
http://www8.garmin.com/support/collection.jsp?product=010-00727-00

And, I had searched the overall Garmin support FAQs:
http://www.garmin.com/garmin/cms/site/us/support/searchsupport

The Garmin nüvi 610/660/670 owners manual doesn't give specifications on
the 12-volt adapter other than it's 12V at 10W maximum:
http://www8.garmin.com/manuals/1262_OwnersManual.pdf

The Garmin zţmo 660 owners manual gives likewise succinct specifications of
12V, 10W, lithium-ion battery chemistry:
http://www.garmin.com/manuals/zumo660_OwnersManual.pdf

Looking at pictures of the two spade-like flat connectors seems to indicate
they're similar ... but only someone who has both the Garmin nüvi 670 and
the Garmin zţmo 660 would know for sure.

 

[Mike Lane]

Kat Rabun wrote on Mar 28, 2010:

Do you know if the Garmin zumo 660 power mount can interchange with the
Garmin nüvi 670?

I was discussing GPS with a friend of mine a few thousand miles away who
has a broken Garmin zumo 660 but a good power mount. My working Garmin nüvi
670 has always had the colored wires sticking out of the power mount
fingernail-sized flat clip.

My friend offered to ship me his Garmin zumo 660 power adapter if it will
fit the Garmin nüvi 670.

Pictures on the net and a visit to the store seem to indicate they look
mighty similar - but who knows if the electronics are the same or not (I
don't use the FM traffic feature).

Does anyone know if the Garmin zumo 660 & Garmin nüvi 670 use the same
power adapter? How can I tell w/o destroying the equipment?

Couldn't you simply test this for yourself? First check if the power cable
physically fits the socket on the mount, then measure the voltages on each
pin to see if they're the same.

--
Mike Lane
UK North Yorkshire
email: mike_lane at mac dot com

 

[Kat Rabun]

On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 11:03:38 -0700, Jeff Liebermann wrote:

The Zumo 660 mount doesn't look anything like the Nuvi 670 mount

Hi Jeff,
Wow. I'm impressed with your thoroughness.

It was my mistake to say "mount". What I meant to say (after doublechecking
what it's called) is "the 12V power adapter" (not the mount).

What is broken is just the flat thumbnail-sized "connector" on the end of
the 12V adapter. That flat "connector" has two tabs on each side to lock it
into the mount; it goes from the cigarette lighter to the suction mount.

The GPS itself does not connect to this flat thumbnail-sized connector.

So, as long as the thumbnail-connector is the same for the nuvi 6x0 and the
zumo 6x0, I assume it won't matter which mount it goes into.

In this picture, the 12v adapter at bottom left is for the Garmin 6x0:
http://www.tigergps.com/garminsuc12nuvi6x0.html

While looking for a picture of the zumo 660 12V adapter at the web site you
suggested, I found what I needed to know:
http://www.tigergps.com/garminc500ciggy.html

In that URL, it says these 12v adapter cables are all compatible:
- nuvi 660 or 670
- zumo 550
- StreetPilot c550 or c530

Strangely, the zumo 660 isn't listed there.

This lookup implies there's more compatibility than one might assume!
http://www.tigergps.com/garmingtm20.html
- nüvi 650, 660, 670, 680, 750, 760, 770, 780, 755, 765, 775, 785, 850, or
880
- is compatible with the StreetPilot c550 or c580

It gets a bit more complex as per this lookup:
http://www.amazon.com/StreetPilot-Vehicle-Cigarette-Lighter-Adapter/dp/B001335Y3Q
These 12V power cables are all compatible to the Garmin P/N 010-10747-03:
-nuvi 600 610 650 660 670 680 710 750 760 770
- Zumo 450 550
- StreetPilot C510 C530 C550 C580

Still, nothing yet on the zumo 660 ... but I'll keep looking.

 

[Kat Rabun]

On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 06:42:28 +0000 (UTC), Kat Rabun wrote:

These 12V power cables are all compatible to the Garmin P/N 010-10747-03:

Finally I found a references for the Garmin nüvi 670 & the zţmo 660!
http://www.erwincomputers.com/0101074703.html

This cable doesn't have MSN Direct, but then I never use MSN Direct (does
it actually do anything?).

Without MSN Direct, apparently the following 12v connectors are the same!
Garmin nüvi 5000,
Garmin nüvi 650, 660, 670, or 680
Garmin nüvi 710, 750, 755T, 760, 765T, or 770
Garmin nüvi 775T, 780, 785T, 850, 860, 880, or 885T
Garmin StreetPilot c510, c530, c550, or c580
Garmin zţmo 400, 450, 500, 550, or 660.

The good news is that, with all your help, I finally found that the Garmin
nüvi 670 and zţmo 660 do use the same 12 volt cigarette adapter cable!

 

[Kat Rabun]

On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 08:29:52 +0100, Mike Lane wrote:

Couldn't you simply test this for yourself? First check if the power cable
physically fits the socket on the mount, then measure the voltages on each
pin to see if they're the same.

The zumo power cable is thousands of miles away at my friend's home.

Garmin support contacted me.

They said the power cable is the same for the zumo as for the numi.

Thanks everyone!