Starting at the top as it is from the factory: Having the Owner’s Manual was vital on my first couple of test rides with the zūmo XT. Any device with this many uses and customizations will have a learning curve. The inReach button paired the XT to my Garmin Mini 2 and would even allow me to send messages or trigger an SOS. If you are generally happy with the fit, leave the helmet on for a good length of time to ensure it is not pressing in places that are not immediately apparant. If a helmet is really pressing on your forehead this can sometimes cause a headache over time so it may be worth trying another size or brand. Because I had changed a via-point to a shaping-point on the XT. It lead to moving the point off of the original route. I think this is a bug, but not too bad, one can just 'not touch the route in the unit'. And you're OK.

PRELOADED OFF-ROAD MAPS - Adventurous riding is encouraged with preloaded off-road topographic maps.

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Now on the XT, change the middle point to a shaping point - you just press on the flag and it changes - there's a warning message, and look at the map again. Every time I have tried this, the shaping point is no longer in the place that I placed the Via Point. It has moved and changed its name. So far, it has always moved onto the road that is the faster route. It forces the navigation to be along the route that I didn't want to take. Thankfully, this seems to have been corrected. My etsts are that it finds the closest point of the original route to where you are now, and heads for that point. Once you are there it follows the route to the next shaping point or Via Point - whichever is next. Safety features include Bluetooth hands-free calling, rider alerts, automatic incident notifications and pairing with a compatible inReach satellite communicator (not included) Access live traffic and weather, share routes with other riders, and get phone notifications via the Garmin Drive™ app Discover unforgettable rides with MICHELIN Scenic Roads. Easily integrate them into your journey with the visual route planner or ride them spontaneously by selecting the highlighted green route directly on the map.

I’ve used this Garmin for thousands of kilometres in a wide range of weather conditions, and have yet to encounter a serious issue that I could blame on the GPS. If I do, I’m sure I can suss it out with advice from the forum/Facebook experts. The Zumo XT is powerful, and has proven extremely helpful in my travels already this year—and I’m sure it will prove even more useful as COVID-19 restrictions ease up, and I’m able to travel farther from home. It’s here to stay now, after all—the Zumo XT proved so useful that I asked Garmin if I could buy the unit. More adventures lay ahead! The Garmin zumo XT can be paired with a compatible Garmin inReach satellite communicator e.g. Garmin inReach Mini 2. Once paired this feature enables two-way messaging, location sharing and, in case of emergencies, SOS capabilities via the compatible Garmin inReach handheld device and the Garmin zumo XT motorcycle sat nav. The gpx file records your position, time, elevation, speed, course / direction and if you are moving there is one point recorded every few seconds - often every second. Any ideas? I'm not likely to use the feature and could well turn it off but I want to make sure every works as it should.These maps can be updated FREE for the life of the product, when you register your zumo XT with Garmin UK. Then hold in the power button until the screen asks you to confirm you want to turn it off. Yes you do. Forget what it says in Basecamp, telling you how many Via Points you have. It is lying. A Via Point is an alerting route point. A Shaping point is a non alerting route point. Personally, I use MemoryMaps - as I have a full set of the high quality Ordnance Survey maps for the whole of the UK. If you mount the unit to the cradle and the lower pin is bent upwards, no power is fed to the unit.

Until - I positioned the bike about a quarter of a mile from the original route and Closest Entry Point ignored that and went heading off down the road, missing out important routing points and re-joining the original route 100 miles or so later. The only thing I can think of is that part of the route involved a vehicle ferry. (I had no avoidances set). There was a Via Point at the ferry. There were shaping points, but it took a 22mile longer route to get around the estuary. I don't understand that given that it had to go through the nearest point of the original route a few hundred yards up the road. here maps provide high quality detailed street level maps, which in addition to street information include features such as route calculation, Points of Interest (POI), Estimated Time of Arrival, and more. If you have paired your XT2 with the Tread® app via your mobile, this will then allow you to have access to live weather, storm alerts, animated weather radar, smart notifications and music services through the XT2.Before these tests, I had carried out some tests on the behaviour of the Closest Entry Point. I had created a route which went from A to Z. The direct route from A to Z is a main road, but my route zig zagged its way to route points which alternated from one side to the other, repeatedly crossing the main road to get to the next route point. MUSIC - Stream music from your smartphone through the zūmo XT navigator, or play MP3 files stored on the navigator — all to your connected helmet or headset. I felt it is my duty to inform you all, that this is, in my opinion, is a serious quality/durability oversight of the Garmin Zumo. You can even control many of your apps using a bar-mounted Bluetooth controller from Carpe Iter(I bought myself the excellent Adventure Control), which allows panning and zooming in a wide range of software from Google maps to Locus and many more.

Live traffic can plot a faster route, or at least prepare you for a delay, as long as the Tread app is connected on your smartphone. A motorcycle GPS screen – like those fitted to the current TomTom and Garmin products – is even more sensitive than a phone as it must be able to sense your finger through even winter gloves (which the XT2 does fine). The problem comes when rain hits the screen at just the right angle and triggers a ‘button’ (this is also a problem on phones though).

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The description you gave matches what happened with one of my earlier tests, which it would not repeat after the upgrades. You can also switch between normal and topographic maps and even use satellite imagery to generate off-road routes if that’s your thing. And you can pre-plan routes using a combination of methods and share them with the wider community (or get routes from other users) using the Garmin app and record your rides for analysis later. It will do that and like any decent sat nav will connect to your smartphone and use its data to plot a route that avoids the worst of the traffic, for example. Like the other major motorcycle sat nav, you can set different route parameters, including a direct as-fast-as-possible route or dial-in Garmin’s ‘Adventurous’ routing. Now you've done it. I'm going to have to play - and I've only just got my replacement XT having 'broken' my first one. It just died. Froze on the bike at 3mph and would power off, but could not be revived.