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Two_buells
| | Posted on Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 12:39 pm: | 
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I heard, with the 550, that the XM over bluetooth is mono, that would suck! |
Froggy
| | Posted on Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 12:58 pm: |
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My Bluetooth headset is mono anyway, so it dosen't matter. You can downgrade to the crappier Zumo 600 series if you want A2DP, but you also need a A2DP heatset. You can plug in directly into the Zumo cradle to get stero. |
Ratbuell
| | Posted on Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 06:17 pm: |
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Sorry...but on a motorcycle (and I used to do concert sound and lighting for a living) with earbuds, how the HELL can you tell stereo from mono anyway??? I can tell if I have a wire going bad in my headset because an item that I know is there (drumbeat, vocals, harp, whatever) is gone because it's only in one channel...but if it's 2 channel mono, with all the ambient noise...I just don't see the issue.
Now, for the XM question...does the subscription go with the Zumo? Or with the add-on antenna? I'd think it would be the Zumo and it would behave like our dock-n-play Sirius' - each "head unit" has a subscription (she has one, I have one), and we can bounce them from car to car to garage to living room, wherever there's a cradle, and the subscription lives in the head unit. |
Two_buells
| | Posted on Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 07:03 pm: |
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with the Zumo 550 the antenna is where the subscription lives. Its a big antenna and the guts of the radio is in the antenna case.
I can tell between stereo and mono + I'm very fussy and want it to sound great.
Maybe its just me, kinda like a ham radio operator pulling a weak CW signal out of a lot of noise, or having a HF rig tuned to one freq listening to a contact and another 2 meter fm radio contact at the same time. |
Skinstains
| | Posted on Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 10:30 pm: |
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I have a 1998 Rand McNally "Ultimate Road Atlas" that works ok for me.
I will be looking to get into the GPS thing sooner or later and I thought the Garmin 660 was the cat's meow not the 550 any more ? What the hell do I know about this stuff anyway, I'm a digital retard. |
Froggy
| | Posted on Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 10:50 pm: |
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When the 660 came out, it pissed off a lot of 550 owners, as it eliminated XM radio and many other features. Only thing the 660 has over the 550 is a bigger screen. The 665 comes out soon with XM support. |
Two_buells
| | Posted on Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 11:02 pm: |
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Draw backs with the 550 are the price.
there are many other deals out there.
I like the Zumo 550 and wanted it.
Street prices are: The Garmin Zumo 550 is about $580.00, if you want the XM/nav and weather the antenna is another $199.00 + another 150.00 for the xm subscription-1 year.
the atlas is looking good now.....
The Zumo 550 is really easy to learn and use, even for the digital challenged |
Oldwesterncowboy
| | Posted on Monday, April 26, 2010 - 07:05 am: |
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the zumo 665 will have xm navweather with nexrad weather radar overlay.
I have the 550 w/ xm and love it. |
Mattmcc00
| | Posted on Monday, April 26, 2010 - 11:52 am: |
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Most of the guys around here (Canada) swear by the Garmin 60csx. It has the added advantage of beeing cheaper. Also, it maps, has an SD card slot, doe on-road and off-road, topo maps, and is really light. THe Dakota 20 is also decent but i am told that the screen need to be pluged in all the time to be able to see it in the light (not an issue with the Uly 12v plug in the dash). Not sure about weather proofing thopugh? |
Oldwesterncowboy
| | Posted on Monday, April 26, 2010 - 02:30 pm: |
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my zumo 550 is stereo in my nolan ncom bluetooth helmet
its been a while but I think there was a garmin firmware update
(Message edited by oldwesterncowboy on April 26, 2010) |
Nadz
| | Posted on Monday, April 26, 2010 - 08:35 pm: |
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Nuvi 500 factory refurbs can be had for $150 and are nearly identical to the $600 Zumo 220.
Being a dual-purpose hiking/biking model, the 500 isn't as dumbed-down as the other Nuvi's- you get full multi-waypoint route planning, even an optimizer for rally use. The track features work just fine. It's visible in sunlight, glove-friendly, and ruggedized (same chassis as the 220). In fact, the only real feature the Zumo gets you is Bluetooth.
I reccomend RAM RAP-274 as an unobtrusive quick-release mount. It's intended for bicycles, but works pretty well.
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