Zumo 660 V's TomTom Go App

[pross]

I plug the micro card in a card reader cost about £4 and cut and paste direct from my laptop .
No problem just make sure they are MP3s format I convert them in iTunes just right click on track and
Select MP3 and another one appears by the selected one and just copy and paste to the micro card.
Hope this helps 

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[O.C.]

I plug the micro card in a card reader cost about £4 and cut and paste direct from my laptop .
No problem just make sure they are MP3s format I convert them in iTunes just right click on track and
Select MP3 and another one appears by the selected one and just copy and paste to the micro card.
Hope this helps 

Thanks Pross,  I did much the same exercise  when I loaded mine, but I don't really play music that much through my device, if I'm honest I find it a bit distracting. I guess I prefer to listen to the bike   

[PaulB]

Only vaguely related...

I already have the Garmin 390LM, and noticed one of the quick-access options was "VIRB"...

A bit of digging, and I found out VIRB is Garmin's brand of "action cam".

I just got one for my birthday (thanks to wifey!) and long story short, I can now stop and start recording from the sat-nav screen!

Once I've sorted out the best place on the bike to mount it - not on my helmet - I look around too much!! - I'll upload some footage.

Cheers

Paul B.

[O.C.]

The 390 seems to get good reports, I do wonder if it is 'better' at planning routes than than the Zumo 660, maybe the new 'curvy' route option has improved the latest generation Garmins route planning capabilities....(my 660 chooses some very odd routes)   

[PaulB]

The 390 seems to get good reports, I do wonder if it is 'better' at planning routes than than the Zumo 660, maybe the new 'curvy' route option has improved the latest generation Garmins route planning capabilities....(my 660 chooses some very odd routes)   

No, I think they use the same algorithm for choosing strange routes. It became the standing joke during my last holiday with mates: "we can take the sensible route, or we can take Paul's Garmin route..."

Cheers

Paul B.

[O.C.]

  On a serious note the crazy (not to be confused with curvy) route choices are counter productive to having a Sat Nav

We were travelling in Belgium and the 660 took us to our destination perfectly using main roads and highways, it was programmed with the same route, in reverse for the return trip and the 660 quite literally took us through bloody farmyards   

[pross]

  On a serious note the crazy (not to be confused with curvy) route choices are counter productive to having a Sat Nav

We were travelling in Belgium and the 660 took us to our destination perfectly using main roads and highways, it was programmed with the same route, in reverse for the return trip and the 660 quite literally took us through bloody farmyards   

I read on another forum if you select the car it doesn't do the crazy route thing .
I have not tried it yet but for me there are no problems with the 660.
I'm happy not doing the twisty thing if I was green laneing on a suitable bike that would be different.

[O.C.]

glad you said that as I think I heard that too....I'll give it a go .  Thanks      

[Rusty]

The 660 is a great bit of kit old fruit ... Have one with a BM marker on it but its clearly the same and they are I believe worth every penny. Not that I have needed it in the last 2 years but apparently their customer service is excellent ... which is one reason I went with them.
Good luck.

[pross]

glad you said that as I think I heard that too....I'll give it a go .  Thanks      

O.C.
Off the subject I know but I love your quote 

[STX1300man]

The best way to use a GPS is to PLAN your route, then use the GPS to guide you along it like a scrolling course map/notes. Auto-routing is only really useful over shorter distances once you reach a town/city and are trying to find a hotel etc.

If you do pre-plan don't forget to turn off the re-calculation function, or answer NO when asked. This will avoid all your hard work being ignored if/when you take your first wrong turn. NB. This doesn't apply to most TomToms up until recently. They'll just keep taking you round in circles until you do ride through that waypoint you missed! 

The big thing people forget though is that you still need to have some idea of where you are going. Blindly following a GPS will only lead to disappointment.

[beegee]

I need such wifey too

Only vaguely related...

I already have the Garmin 390LM, and noticed one of the quick-access options was "VIRB"...

A bit of digging, and I found out VIRB is Garmin's brand of "action cam".

I just got one for my birthday (thanks to wifey!) and long story short, I can now stop and start recording from the sat-nav screen!

Once I've sorted out the best place on the bike to mount it - not on my helmet - I look around too much!! - I'll upload some footage.

Cheers

Paul B.

[O.C.]

I need such wifey too

I heard this poem the other night...which seems appropriate 

A satnav is a driver's friend, it tells you where you are.

I have a little satnav, I've had it all my life

It's better than the normal ones, my satnav is my wife.

It gives me full instructions, especially how to drive.

"It's thirty miles an hour", it says, "you're doing thirty five."

It tells me when to stop and start and when to use the brake

And tells me that it's never ever safe to overtake.

It tells me when a light is red and when it goes to green

It seems to know instinctively just when to intervene.

It lists the vehicles just in front and all those to the rear

And taking this into account, it specifies my gear.

I'm sure no other driver has so helpful a device,

For when we leave and lock the car it still gives its advice.

It fills me up with counselling, each journey's pretty fraught.

So why don't I exchange it and get a quieter sort?

Ah well, you see, it cleans the house, makes sure I'm properly fed,

It washes all my shirts and things and keeps me warm in bed!

Despite all these advantages and my tendency to scoff,

I do wish that, once in a while, I could turn the flipping thing off.

[PaulB]

I heard this poem the other night...which seems appropriate 

A satnav is a driver's friend, it tells you where you are.

I have a little satnav, I've had it all my life

It's better than the normal ones, my satnav is my wife.

It gives me full instructions, especially how to drive.

"It's thirty miles an hour", it says, "you're doing thirty five."

It tells me when to stop and start and when to use the brake

And tells me that it's never ever safe to overtake.

It tells me when a light is red and when it goes to green

It seems to know instinctively just when to intervene.

It lists the vehicles just in front and all those to the rear

And taking this into account, it specifies my gear.

I'm sure no other driver has so helpful a device,

For when we leave and lock the car it still gives its advice.

It fills me up with counselling, each journey's pretty fraught.

So why don't I exchange it and get a quieter sort?

Ah well, you see, it cleans the house, makes sure I'm properly fed,

It washes all my shirts and things and keeps me warm in bed!

Despite all these advantages and my tendency to scoff,

I do wish that, once in a while, I could turn the flipping thing off.

Brilliant!

Cheers

Paul B.