my zumo is a useless crock of shite

[Lamble]

Originally Posted by andyclift

Now I just need to find my hearing aid so i can hear the knock.

"Mother was right. You are hard work"
I'm leaving you, you deaf, geographical and spacially challenged, low retention memory man you. I'm going back to where people will appreciate me".

Hope you can read this in such small type size?

I once knew a guy who had a hearing, seeing and doing, capucin monkey that helped him get through life. Not sure garmin stock those though. Plus, I think he lost it and capucins are crap at adding via points on a 550 anyway.

Is any of this helping the OP with his problem?

[Brewers Whoop]

I'll give you senior gentlemen £30 each for your 550's, and £50 for the monkey.

C'est bon?

[Dahoum]

GPS not working?

There's a map for that.

[andyclift]

A sensible post

My 660 has just taken me through Belgium, Holland, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania, back to Hungary and Austria, Czech Republic and home.

A with my previous 550 and 2720 it did not let me down (small glitch as below) In addition to faultless navigation it provided me with music, located fuel stops, cash machines, hotel and, with Archies Camping POIs, some great campsites. Oh and it answered the phone a couple of times. It also kept an accurate log of the route taken which was downloaded onto a laptop every night so I now have an exact record of the route, mileage, speed and elevation. The Garmin software on my Mac links with Google Earth which lets me "fly" some of the more interesting parts of the route. Great for memories of trips over the Transfagarasan Highway for example.

The small glitch. The ON/OFF switch stuck a couple of times. No big deal but when I got home I phoned Garmin to ask if it could be lubricated. They immediately said "send it back and we will send you a new one" even though it was out of guarantee. New one arrived four days later free of charge.

To complain that a satnav takes 20 minutes or 140 miles to find satellites is not a complaint about the satnav, it is an admission that the way it works is not understood.

- No satnav has ever been capable of reliably and quickly locking while moving. As quick as it works out the co-ordinates of a sat someone moves it!!

- Satnavs are designed to lock on a lot quicker when they are started at the same location where they were last used. That way they can short cut the location process as they know where they are already. Starting it at a different location can greatly extend the lock on time.

Taken from 660 manual

Acquiring Satellites
1. Go outdoors to an open area, out of garages, and away from tall buildings.
2. Stop your vehicle, and turn on the zūmo.
Acquiring satellite signals may take a few minutes. The bars indicate GPS satellite strength. When one bar is green, the zūmo has acquired satellite signals. Now you can select a destination and navigate to it.

If all else fails read the instructions