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Peobody wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2024 8:05 pm Yup, but a female British or Australian voice can be so much more appealing.

Try a female French voice. "A la prochaine sortie, tournez à gauche". Oh yes!

jfheath wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2024 3:05 pm The other way is to email them to your phone and let the Explore App on your phone send them to the XT and save them.

Do you mean Garmin Drive?

Hi @Neilsson. I live in Washington (the original one) and have owned several Zumos, currently an XT. I use Basecamp a lot, and find it unbeatable once you've learnt to avoid its quirks!

Heh. That's impressive!

jfheath wrote: ↑Thu May 23, 2024 3:04 pm You can use Explorer to update the maps on the computer. I do it every time I update the map on the Zumo - as a separate process.
You may have to update your Zumo first, then update the computer.

Do you mean Garmin Express? Moderator: Yes I do. Thank you. Corrected.

Two good suggestions, thanks.

I've used the normal Posi Locks a few times - they work really well. I've not come across the Posi Tite in the UK. I'd track them down if I needed a waterproof connection.

I'm due to host a seminar on satnavs on Tuesday for my local club, initially concentrating on Basecamp and the relatively ubiquitous XT. The room has a large wall-mounted TV, which will show ('cos I've tried it) my laptop screen simply by connecting the two with a long hdmi lead. Demonstrating Basec...

I split my XT power lead to instal a dashboard switch, so that I could switch the XT on and off independently of the ignition. Definitely just the two leads.

Put the route in a separate list, export that as a gpx then email it.