Poetry Archives: Garmin 550 Zumo forever

วันอังคารที่ 3 มีนาคม พ.ศ. 2552

Zumo 550. Zumo replaces a Street Pilot III for on road motorcycle use and occasional use in the 4-wheeler. The Zumo is considerably lighter and smaller, Garmin Zumo 550 computes routes much faster, has good on-screen data arrangement, is easy to use and operate on the fly, and is fairly straight forward in operation and learning its use. There is no power or audio cord unplugging required to remove the unit from its handlebar or dashboard mount, as Garmin Zumo 550 snaps right out, but is held securely in place during use. I am not interested in the Blue Tooth feature, but there are slightly better voice prompts with the 550 over the 450. I'm definitely happy to have made the switch. Great with a helmet headset too!. I use the Zumo 550 on several motorcycles, and even my car. When on the motorcycles, I use the EdSets helmet headsets and their specialized Zumo cable so I can ride with voice prompts, MP3 music, XM Radio and even my Blackberry cell phone paired with it. The coolest feature is that Garmin Zumo 550 gets my address book from the Blackberry and makes Garmin Zumo 550 available for TOUCH SCREEN DIALING, and with the EdSets headset from edsets.com, and their cable, I'm making calls, listening to music and voice navigation prompts, all inside my helmet. How cool is that? Zumo rocks. GPS for the motorcycle. You can't go wrong with the Garmin Zumo. Add the XM receiver and you have not only the GPS, but sat. radio, MP player, and use of the phone through Bluetooth. It is easy to use and definitely lives up to the waterproof claim. The only reason Garmin Zumo 550 did not get a 5 is because the cradle for the motorcycle is NOT waterproof and any moisture shorts out the antenna (and other) contacts. They need to supply a rain cover for when the GPS is removed from the cradle.