Garmin Zumo

[Nick B]

Just bought a garmin zumo 400, great except it comes with a lead which one end goes to the unit but the other is just two bare wires and no instructions!!!!!
Do i wire it straight to the battery or does it go somewhere in the fuse box.
Advice would be most welcome.

 

[Nick Marshall]

I have the same

Fitted a couple of ring terminals from halfords or maplins and connected to battery.

 

[Septimus]

Hiya
This is (should be) a link to a similar question on the ADVrider site Linky.

As the unit had a fused supply I wired my 550 directly to the battery and so far so good (is there a touch wood smiley anywhere?).
With the GPSR now being permanently live I've just gotta remember to turn it off.
I did think of splicing it into a switched live supply, but thought I'd try the easy option first....being a lazy git

Hope this helps

 

[Powermel1]

BM 1100

Nic,

Don't know what you ride, but I wired mine int the power outlet on the GS1100. All tidy and away, not a problem when you need to change teh batery and not dependent on the ignition.

Mel.

 

[trotsky]

Or you can chop the cable down to remove the fuse (or not, your mileage may vary) add a DIN plug and plug it into the accessory socket. Handy if you have the forward socket on the 1150GSA and means you don't have to leave the mount attached to the bike since the power adapter screws into the mount.

 

[mylovelyhorse]

Or wire into the battery (or elsewhere into an unswitched +ve) and put a waterproof cable connector just behind the Zumo mount so that if you want to, you just undo the connector and take the whole kit and caboodle with you.

 

[A Bike that Fits]

All I can say is "BEWARE THE RAIN!" - I'm on my second base unit in 2 weeks !

Click here for more info...

It's probably just me - but then again, check out www.zumoforums.com for more fun.

It's a simple mod, gumming up the input for the computer and 4 little pin holes at the back of the BASE unit, not the Zumo itself...

Happy Hunting !

 

[Nick B]

cheers mate did just what you said and it's sweet. Runnin same as you a R1100gs
Thanks for help.
Nick

 

[Nick B]

Also a design fault! the zumo may be protected by the very small secruity screw but the whole unit plus the base unit can simple be removed by unscrewing the ram extention arm!!!!!! an amazing flaw in the system me thinks. What do you think Mr Garmin!?!

 

[trotsky]

What do you think Mr Garmin!?!

Mr Garmin thinks you will buy this expensive replacement for the butterfly screw. Having spotted this design problem I bought one of those from ebay for about £14. Works, should have come as standard. I also bought a replacement screw from migsel.com to make getting the zumo out the mount easier, but I draw the line at doing it every time I stop for petrol unless it's a loooooong walk to pay.

 

[A Bike that Fits]

cheers mate did just what you said and it's sweet. Runnin same as you a R1100gs
Thanks for help.
Nick

No worries - unfortunately I found out in the middle of Germany - luckily it was my last day...