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by woodyflyer
Sun Apr 11, 2021 10:36 am
Forum: Garmin Zumo XT
Topic: Tyre GPS navigation errors with Zumo XT
Replies: 12
Views: 3309
Great Britain

Re: Tyre GPS navigation errors with Zumo XT

Useful feature in Tyre is that you can launch Google's Street View, it's very handy when you plan a route, you can checkout what the road looks like to give some idea of the bends, surface .
Also places for parking, what a cafe or hotel looks like, all visual clue help especially while touring abroad.
by woodyflyer
Tue Mar 30, 2021 8:41 pm
Forum: Garmin Zumo XT
Topic: Tyre GPS navigation errors with Zumo XT
Replies: 12
Views: 3309
Great Britain

Re: Tyre GPS navigation errors with Zumo XT

Thanks jfheath for your reply I hope I have resolved the problem. I tried my XT on my other PC running Windows 7 32bit and all was good able to open or delete routes from within Tyre, my main PC runs windows 7 64bit and this had the problems. I install the 32bit version of Tyre on the 64bit PC and i...
by woodyflyer
Fri Mar 26, 2021 6:18 pm
Forum: Garmin Zumo XT
Topic: Tyre GPS navigation errors with Zumo XT
Replies: 12
Views: 3309
Great Britain

Tyre GPS navigation errors with Zumo XT

Hi I've used Tyre to create routes for some years Untill the recent firmware update to 6.10 everything worked ok with the XT, now I cannot open or delete routes from the XT when using Tyre, I get an error message and the info windows shows no details of the routes on the XT, the Tyre program then fr...
by woodyflyer
Sat Dec 12, 2020 2:58 pm
Forum: Garmin Zumo XT
Topic: XT Does Not Pass Rain Test
Replies: 30
Views: 11501
Great Britain

Re: XT Does Not Pass Rain Test

Thanks XIK029 Garmin did not ask what type of screen protector . There reply was- Thank you for contacting Garmin, if you are using a screen protector this may cause an issue as it affects sensitivity and allows water to pool on your device. My screen was unusable not sensitive to the touch and as i...
by woodyflyer
Sat Dec 12, 2020 1:24 pm
Forum: Garmin Zumo XT
Topic: XT Does Not Pass Rain Test
Replies: 30
Views: 11501
Great Britain

Re: XT Does Not Pass Rain Test

While riding in the rain my XT screen went wild and not responding to my glove inputs and total unusable, had to stop and complete dry the screen, but as soon as the screen became wet again it went wild again. I contacted Garmin and they replied asking if a screen protector was fitted ? My XT has te...
by woodyflyer
Wed Oct 07, 2020 4:22 am
Forum: Garmin Zumo XT
Topic: Locking device for the XT
Replies: 55
Views: 27662
Great Britain

Re: Locking device for the XT

Re my DIY lock for the XT
Thanks for the comments.
I'm away up to Scotland till next week , so on my return the lock would have been put to the test .
On my return I'll post how I made the lock to help others who are interested in making one
Woody
by woodyflyer
Mon Oct 05, 2020 10:30 pm
Forum: Garmin Zumo XT
Topic: Locking device for the XT
Replies: 55
Views: 27662
Great Britain

Re: Locking device for the XT

No happy about my XT not being very safe and secure while on the bike ,ie at petrol station /paying for the fuel, all it needs is a quick press of the mount clip and it's off and away by some vilian ☹️ To act as a deterrent and make it harder to be stolen, I decided to make a simple and cheap soluti...