Zumo XT and Basecamp - Everything That You Need to Know

[jfheath]

Welcome to the forum John.

Thanks for the comment

I do have my own pdf version, but it is not up to date and I am not prepared to let it out. The online version is what I use - I keep it updated when new info becomes available.

[Stu]

@wildonthepath

Welcome to the forum

It might be worth just directing people to the resources within this forum

[wildonthepath]

Thank you. I will just direct others to the website forum if that is ok!

[ic0n]

I've just acquired a refurbed XT, my first motorcycle sat nav. I registered with this forum to to say thanks to @jfheath for the youtube videos and the incredibly detailed guide at the head of this thread. How one would get this information otherwise, I have no idea! Garmin owe you a debt of gratitude, and so do I.

[jfheath]

I'm working on a section 6b app.php/ZXT-P54a
It's to do with using the Traffic informtation.
Just a few pages with screen shots and explanations. Not complet yet, but there's nothing wrong with you seeing it grow !!

I will follow this in the next week with descriptions of how to set it up.

I've also been dabbling with making the pages responsive - ie make them better for viewing on a portrait screen.
So for these pages only - the pictures are side by side with the text, but on a tall narrow screen, the pictures drop underneath the text.
It's not pretty, its not polished. Its sort of clunky but it works (sort of).

[jfheath]

New Section 20 Posted. Videos.

I've been letting this new section to the 'Everything you need to know' go unattended for far too long. Today I plucked up some enthusiasm to get it posted. Section 20 - here


It is a series of videos showing how the Zumo behaves when various route points are missed in different circumstances.

Automatic Recalc: On/Off
Behaviour of types of Point : Via/Shaping
Routes:Imported/Saved
Skipped a point sometime ?: Yes/No
Disappearing route points: Via / Shaping

These are videos that I have created using specially constructed routes, filmed with a camera and the Zumo mounted on a purpose built block of mahgonay - facing away from me on the passenger seat of the car.

The last one I think is particuarly informative - One complete test run of about 5 miles 15 minutes onto which I have added illustrations and edited in some commentary. That page is here.