How many of us on here have a Zumo 660 and have experienced glare or poor visibility in bright sunlight of the screen? What have you done about it, is there a simple fix?
Me ......
I bought a clip on shade which works ~ a bit...... however on my previous TomTom GPS I had a Glare Stomper which worked well, seen here, I think the Stomper is a better proposition and can be fitted to a Garmin 660
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=glarestomper&tag=googhydr-21&index=electronics&hvadid=9710129288&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=790928&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11257087131342196343&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_1ctg773lzc_e
I can't lay my hands on the info regarding the clip on shade, but will post a link when I find it :yes:
EDIT : found it Steve...here ya go
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Shade-Glare-Shield-Visor-Garmin/dp/B002BY602A/ref=sr_1_4?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1367821986&sr=1-4&keywords=garmin+sunshade
QuoteHow many of us on here have a Zumo 660 and have experienced glare or poor visibility in bright sunlight of the screen?
Where did you go to experience bright sunlight?
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Quote from: Ros on May 06, 2013, 09:58:27 AM
Where did you go to experience bright sunlight?
:popcorn:
The beautiful North Yorkshire Countryside. :cool:
Quote from: Ros on May 06, 2013, 09:58:27 AM
Where did you go to experience bright sunlight?
:popcorn:
:mfr_lol: :mfr_lol: seriously Ros bright cloud/overcast can be just as bad :yes:
Heheh! Yeah I know. Although to be honest, I have more difficulty squinting at the text to find out if it's a mobile or fixed safety camera alert. Also, I started riding in 'automobile mount mode' because it displays the speed limit. I know they're not right half the time, but you just can't tell from the road signs here in Italy. Sometimes you have no idea what the limit is. No-one seems to give a toss anyway...
Ros
Quote from: olde coney on May 06, 2013, 07:32:49 AM
Me ......
I bought a clip on shade which works ~ a bit
EDIT : found it Steve...here ya go
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Shade-Glare-Shield-Visor-Garmin/dp/B002BY602A/ref=sr_1_4?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1367821986&sr=1-4&keywords=garmin+sunshade
Got one.. Better than nowt.... Just...
You know the most annoying thing for me? Speed turning red when over the limit... And then you can't read it at all :hammer:
The 660 does have some quirky ways about it ...and it always seems to want to take a different route to other Sat Navs
Yes it does! Last week i set it to take me frm here to the South of France. I set fastest route and rather than taking the Tangenziale (basically a ring road) it took me through the centre of Milano... Like a complete berk I followed it and I was stuck in there for an hour battling with traffic and lights etc. Grrrrrr!
I'd just updated the maps too, so I thought that some of the newer roads would feature... And maybe it knew something I didn't.... NO.
It did the same thing to me in The Netherlands last month too...
Ros
Mine did the same to me when we were returning from the Somme last September, it wanted to take me into the centre of Brugge for some strange reason....I ignored it and stayed on the main road
I found one today on the Touratech site which I've ordered. They assured me it worked so I'll give it a go.
My garmin 660 is also quirky about routes. I recently got mine and went to Oulton Park from Peterborough area this weekend just gone and it took me down some single track country lanes for the first 20 or so miles!! Leaving Oulton Park after the BSB round it's quirkiness paid off as it took me from the circuit completely in another route than all the main traffic.
I am off to Imola in June for the WSBK and can't imagine the route it will take me. I will take some crib notes so if it starts trying to take me through any cities I will know to stay on the particular autoroute.
If you plot a route, i.e. A to B via ....you won't have that problem.
A couple of things about avoiding those 'quirky' routes:
1) Switch from motorcycle mode to autmobile mode (there is an icon at top centre of the start up screen) - automobile mode will tend to stick to main roads ie motorways, dual carriagteways, A roads etc rather motorcycle mode which will take you down the more country/twisty motorcyling type roads.
2) Plan you route in Basecamp first and transfer to the sat nav, you can tweak the route to suit your preferences.
and Finally................
you don't have to follow the sat nav directions - apply common sense if the road doesn't look suitable ie its a narrow road or it takes you through a city centre which you want to avoid.
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I am not the most 'techy' of peopel with computers etc, and am sure there is a lot for me to learn about getting the best out of my 660
There is a zumo user forum here
http://www.zumoforums.com/
which no doubt has all the answers to any question you can think of regarding getting the most from you sat-nav
One tip I have learned already, when using basecamp. An easy way to begin using custom routes is to plot start and finish points, calculate the route, then bend the route to include places you want to vist or go via.
Quote) Switch from motorcycle mode to autmobile mode (there is an icon at top centre of the start up screen) - automobile mode will tend to stick to main roads ie motorways, dual carriagteways, A roads etc rather motorcycle mode which will take you down the more country/twisty motorcyling type roads.
I'm afraid I don't agree... As I said earlier, I had mine in car mode and it took me through the centre of Milan....
I think the different modes are just a change of display and saves custom settings such as avoidances and such.
Ros
My 550 does the same sometimes. :cry:
One time it led me straight into Brussels even though I wanted to go from Zeebrugge to Luxembourg.
And believe me that is not the fastest way! :nono:
And last month when I was near Reims it got totally lost and wanted to direct me onto roads that didn't exist.
There seemed to be a hole in the map because the display was nowhere near to the real world.
Once I moved on the display started to match the road I was on again, though.
So I think it's not so much the device but dodgy maps. :embarrassed:
Good service from Touratech, the part was ordered on the 8th & delivered on the 9th. Only just collected it from the Post Office today as we've been away. I just need to get the bike booked in now so I can get the shade fitted to the Zumo.
I tried changing from bike mode to car mode and it definately made a difference. I asked it too take me from Peterborough to Channel tunnel and in the biker mode it took me through the centre of London, i then changed it too the car mode and asked it again and it the went around the M25 all via the motorways.
So for my model it does seem to make a difference?
Quote from: Deepingdj on May 11, 2013, 07:52:51 PM
I tried changing from bike mode to car mode and it definately made a difference. I asked it too take me from Peterborough to Channel tunnel and in the biker mode it took me through the centre of London, i then changed it too the car mode and asked it again and it the went around the M25 all via the motorways.
So for my model it does seem to make a difference?
Another here that didn't know there was a difference... Bike through centre of London has got to be slower than the M25 in a car though :shocked:
Does the Garmin measure distance as the crow flies? Swansea from Newquay,Cornwall is only 65 miles but the ETA is almost four hours. The only way it could be 65 miles is across the sea!
Quote from: Ubertours on May 12, 2013, 09:33:56 AM
Does the Garmin measure distance as the crow flies? Swansea from Newquay,Cornwall is only 65 miles but the ETA is almost four hours. The only way it could be 65 miles is across the sea!
Even by the crows flies it would be far more than 65.. By road its 230. I would say it needs connecting to your comp and getting the lastest updates..
I wonder how many of you actually do that? I always do it every few months to keep my TomTom up to date. :yes:
Quote from: Debs on May 12, 2013, 11:51:53 AM
Even by the crows flies it would be far more than 65.. By road its 230. I would say it needs connecting to your comp and getting the lastest updates..
I wonder how many of you actually do that? I always do it every few months to keep my TomTom up to date. :yes:
Monthly, and Tom Tom had a big update just last month.
Alan
Shouldn't need an update. Swansea to Newquay was probably the same a 100 years ago :mfr_lol:
Yeah I keep mine up to date, albeit not using the 'official' channels.........
My thoughts exactly
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Quote from: Rossendale Rider on May 12, 2013, 11:39:53 PM
Shouldn't need an update. Swansea to Newquay was probably the same a 100 years ago :mfr_lol:
This is the sun shade I bought, seems to work fine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuQ20vdzNgM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuQ20vdzNgM)
It did say in the instructions that it should be fitted by a qualified person but I thought I'd risk it, thankfully I sucessfully managed to peel back the two self adhesive strips and apply them to the Zumo :wacko: Phew, that was a relief! :sweatdrop:
Quote from: Lonewolf on May 15, 2013, 12:07:21 AM
This is the sun shade I bought, seems to work fine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuQ20vdzNgM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuQ20vdzNgM)
It did say in the instructions that it should be fitted by a qualified person but I thought I'd risk it, thankfully I sucessfully managed to peel back the two self adhesive strips and apply them to the Zumo :wacko: Phew, that was a relief! :sweatdrop:
That will most probably invalidate your bike insurance :mfr_lol:
Quote from: Debs on May 12, 2013, 11:51:53 AM
Even by the crows flies it would be far more than 65.. By road its 230. I would say it needs connecting to your comp and getting the lastest updates..
I wonder how many of you actually do that? I always do it every few months to keep my TomTom up to date. :yes:
There is a nequay in wales about 60 miles from Swasea