Garmin ZUMO

**l8cuma** · 4th February 2009, 19:03

Depends on the model, have the zumo 550 and it supports blue tooth audio and standard headphones (cradle only).

**Gremlin** · 5th February 2009, 00:54

Originally Posted by l8cuma

Depends on the model, have the zumo 550 and it supports blue tooth audio and standard headphones (cradle only).

Actually, the zumo has a 3.5mm audio out on the cradle (can't remember off the top of my head if its mono or stereo... stereo I think, bluetooth is mono), so any setup that can handle 3.5mm can be used. The car mount has an integrated speaker, the bike mount does not.

**denill** · 8th February 2009, 06:41

Originally Posted by Rockbuddy

after a bit of reasearch I purchased mine from http://www.downunderpilotshop.co.nz/..._550-p-18.html
about as cheap as i could find, their service was average

I ordered from Tony at http://www.challengermotors.co.nz/ and I am very pleased with the service he has provided so far. Will let youse know how it goes. His price was better than Downunders as well.

**Crisis management** · 10th February 2009, 18:25

Having successfully stuffed the Zumo onto the bike with duct tape and some old construction adhesive the only problem I had was stretching the bloody wires as far as the battery to jam them under the terminals, luckily my medium size ball pein was able to ensure a good connection was made.

However, being concerned about maintaining the integrity of the contacts between the cradle & power supply I have been trying to find some dielectric grease....so far with no luck, electrical wholesalers only have dielectric silicon!

So, where do you buy the stuff?

PS. the Zumo seems good but the audio makes for some entertaining moments as they try pronouncing Maori road names, I must try it in american to see how that goes!

**upshift** · 11th February 2009, 08:13

Nice to see the price of the Zumo 550 drop a little lately, but still overpriced IMHO.

No doubt due to the newly announced Zumo 660 http://garmin.blogs.com/pr/2009/01/garmin-zmo-660.html

Not sure if this is a replacement for the 550 as both are listed on the Garmin US site, 550 at US$899 and 660 at US$799

**Hitcher** · 11th February 2009, 08:55

A friend recently purchased a new Moto Guzzi Norge that comes with a Tomtom, but sans NZ maps. It appears that there is no such thing as open source maps that can be used in a Tomtom. Garmin is to be applauded on this score.

**Gremlin** · 11th February 2009, 16:28

Originally Posted by Hitcher

Garmin is to be applauded on this score.

Its more a case that their units are compatible with the open source maps, and that you can create stuff for them.

I don't think Garmin would be overly happy that there are free maps, more accurate, more up to date and released more frequently

Kinda destroys their plan of marketing their maps

**P38** · 11th February 2009, 20:54

Looks like the major upgrade for the Zumo660 is the AD2P Bluetooth protocol.

Wireless Stereo sound instead of mono.

**young1** · 15th February 2009, 20:07

I am still playing around with my Zumo.

Does anyone know if it is possible use it on a ride and then at the END of the ride click on what ever needs to be clicked so that it shows where you have been?

(Yes I do have the manual so if someone tells me that it is possible I will look it up!)

Mike

**P38** · 15th February 2009, 20:24

Originally Posted by young1

I am still playing around with my Zumo.

Does anyone know if it is possible use it on a ride and then at the END of the ride click on what ever needs to be clicked so that it shows where you have been?

(Yes I do have the manual so if someone tells me that it is possible I will look it up!)

Mike

Young1
You can upload and save your tracks, ie the route you have just taken, to your PC via the Mapsource software. once thats done a couple of clicks and you flying down your route in Google Earth.

Bores the pants off my wife

**Gremlin** · 15th February 2009, 20:44

If the Zumo is on, it is recording everything that is occuring, and creating a track of it.

Plug the zumo into your PC afterwards, receive tracks from it via Mapsource, and it will all be there. You can open the properties of the track, and it will give info like average speed and elevation for each point etc.

If your trip is longer, once a track gets to approximately 10,000 points, it is archived off into another file, that you have to manually retrieve from the zumo. Find it under Garmin/GPX/Archive.

**Meanie** · 15th February 2009, 20:54

Originally Posted by P38

Young1
You can upload and save your tracks, ie the route you have just taken, to your PC via the Mapsource software. once thats done a couple of clicks and you flying down your route in Google Earth.

Bores the pants off my wife

Must try that with my wife next time i get a little excited

**young1** · 16th February 2009, 20:18

Originally Posted by Gremlin

If the Zumo is on, it is recording everything that is occuring, and creating a track of it.

Plug the zumo into your PC afterwards, receive tracks from it via Mapsource, and it will all be there. You can open the properties of the track, and it will give info like average speed and elevation for each point etc.

If your trip is longer, once a track gets to approximately 10,000 points, it is archived off into another file, that you have to manually retrieve from the zumo. Find it under Garmin/GPX/Archive.

Thanks everyone, that is just what I want. Is that explained in the manual or is it a bit hit and miss?

Mike

**Gremlin** · 16th February 2009, 23:44

Originally Posted by young1

Is that explained in the manual or is it a bit hit and miss?

Given that a few have asked, or not known, its possible the more advanced details have not been covered.

That said, I'm a true male, and haven't touched the manual once.

**Woodman** · 17th February 2009, 21:22

Originally Posted by Crisis management

Having successfully stuffed the Zumo onto the bike with duct tape and some old construction adhesive the only problem I had was stretching the bloody wires as far as the battery to jam them under the terminals, luckily my medium size ball pein was able to ensure a good connection was made.

However, being concerned about maintaining the integrity of the contacts between the cradle & power supply I have been trying to find some dielectric grease....so far with no luck, electrical wholesalers only have dielectric silicon!

So, where do you buy the stuff?

PS. the Zumo seems good but the audio makes for some entertaining moments as they try pronouncing Maori road names, I must try it in american to see how that goes!

Try Repco in their marine section for the grease