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GPS info - Garmin zumo 660 vs 590
Paco Bulto:
Hi Steve,
Yes, mine is front and center for me, using the Ram replacement bolt for one of the handlebar mounts and a short Ram arm. As you say, right in line with the speedo and easy to see with a glance and easy to reach if I want to make a change or adjustment. Works for me.
stevegrab:
Well the QWERTY keyboard is much better, a bit small but not much smaller than on my Nuvi. Not sure why they had the other one as the default.
Paco/Fred,
OK, that is a different spot than I thought you were describing, I was thinking of the bolt on the clip on, I've seen some of those and the GPS moves a lot, and has clearance issues with the screen or other controls. Your way is pretty much in the center and doesn't move much, not that different from my setup on sport bikes (mounts are using the tank bolt near stearing head). This would work on my Ninja 650, it has similar handlbar setup and I have not yet put a GPS on that bike (not used for trips much).
Anothre question for those with Zumos and the special connector with the pins in the cradle, if you use it on multiple bikes, do you just order additional stuff from Garmin (another wired cradle, and the plate with ball that connects to it)? I'm assuming you're not swapping the cable from bike to bike. The bikes I use my current GPS on already have a cig light adaptor in place for power, I may leave that in place to provide power options for other things. And I move the entire RAM mount setup (cradle and connectors) from bike to bike as needed. Each bike just has the ball.
I noticed the car cradle has the mini USB jack on the back, I tried to use it to provide power to the unit and that didn't work. I wonder what it is for, quick skim of the manual doesn't say. Maybe it is for a traffic receiver, similar to the connection on the MC cable.
I got lots of learning to do... last night I went through all of the settings and cleaned some things up.
RIDEMYST:
You can also pick up some good information on the Zumo on this site:
http://www.zumoforums.com/index.php
DirtFlier:
[...I'm assuming you're not swapping the cable from bike to bike....Steve]
The 660 has a huge mass of cables, most of which I don't use! Fortunately, my plug-in for 12v is under the plastic so I can also hide all that cabling down there but if I had to use a plug-in on the handlebar, it would be a real bleeping mess. :-\
ps. Jim - thanks for that tip on the Zumo Forum. I joined this morning. ;)
touringman:
You're right about the spider web of wires with the 660 Tosh! I was only interested in the GPS function, so I weeded through the wires, got rid of the excess, shortened the whole mess, and simply wired the pos. and neg wires to a two prong sae plug. Every bike (and Scooter) are pre wired and ready to go. It's relatively simple, and works very well! Syd :D
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