Dale said:
Where are all those early adopters???
is there anyone who can answer some questions for us...... I'm keen to know if you can do the following on the Zumo:
1. Can you set the frequency with which track points are recorded? either by time or distance?
2. can you load a track (not a route) from the PC (Mapsource) to the GPS? I know you can get one from a mate's SD card, but can it be done from the PC?
3. If you can load a track, can you see it clearly? (tracks on the 2820 are a small dotted line and damn hard to see)? and,
4. If you can load it and see it, can you follow it using trackback or similar?
TIA,
Dale
Received mine from the good man Dutchman yesterday, but due to work only been playing with it this morning.
Q1: No, not that I can see.
Q2: Yes, (the track log is on all the time, can't turn it off). You don't see a bread crum though on the unit. See Q3.
Q3: When you transfer the track log to mapsource, its the same as on the 276c etc, a dotted line. When you transfer a track log to the Zumo, it is converted into a route, which can be clearly be seen on the screen. Its also possible to save a track log on the Zumo its self, again it coverts it to a route.
Q4: As above, it become a route which will guide you (the added bonus to this is you can modify it on the Zumo by adding or removing points.
Hope this has answered your questions.
So far I have mixed feelings for my new gadget, there are many +, but there are some - points as well.
Positives:
Compact, bright screen, great mounting system, mp3 and bluetooth, (bluetooth seem to work nicely, hooked my phone up to it in the car and was able to receive and make calls directly through the in car mount, no need for any further micro phone or speakers, it works straight off the mount.
) Large memory capability. there's probably more but its been a long night at work.
Negatives:
While transferring my numerous route I have, I found you could only transfer one route at a time, which you then had to "eject" the Zumo from your PC, restart the Zumo and "import data". This was quite frustrating as I had a load to do, but there maybe a better way (if someone knows, please do tell).
After owning a 276c, I find the Zumo lacking in its adjustability and options. But many of the positives out weight this and hopefully Garmin will be adding some more useful things as firmware updates in the future (Garmin, if you are reading this, please sort the Auto zoom off option, Auto recalc off option, Track log off option and a GPS status page and elevation would be nice
).
My impression is, most will like it once they have learnt to use it to its full (the manual that comes with it is pretty basic). The guys that want more adjustability will probably find it lacking, but I am one of those guys that would like more adjustability, but I still like it.
Garmin, I look forward to getting those firmware updates soon.
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