Zumo XT2 and Cardo Spirit - bad combination

[gwilki]

I'm back after a long winter, asking again for the collective wisdom of the group.

I made mistake of buying a Cardo Spirit so that I could hear turn by turn instructions from my basecamp routes playing through an XT2. The "mistake" was in believing the information in the Spirit manual, which I actually read online before buying the spirit. Specifically, the manual says that pressing the up volume or down volume buttons will produce an increasing or decreasing beep tone until max loud or max soft is reached. This does not happen. The beep never changes volume. I have confirmed with Cardo two things: the unit is operating as designed, and the manual is wrong. (no apology offered.) The only way the volume of input from the XT2 can be altered is to be pressing the buttons on the Spirit as the XT2 is actually talking. This is possible, but not very practical while riding.

I am finally getting to my Zumo-related question. Is there a way to control the volume via the touch screen on the Zumo? I can't seem to find it, but I would like to believe that it's possible.

Thank you
Grant

[jfheath]

I am finally getting to my Zumo-related question. Is there a way to control the volume via the touch screen on the Zumo? I can't seem to find it, but I would like to believe that it's possible.

On the main screen, tap volume - middle icon (speaker), right hand side. That gives access to a slider control for the combined output from the XT2.

Click 'Mixer' and you get a number of sliders (3 ?) which control the volume for different features -Navigation, Media, Proximity alerts. I think I have seen another as well, depending on what devices are linked - so check the up and down arrows on the left of the screen to check whether or not there is another slider. Turn them all up to 100% and work from there.


The XT2 can take full control of your headset so best results are obtained if you pair the headset to the XT2 and pair your phone to the XT2.

If playing music, using the XT2 mp3 player tends to be more reliable. Put music in an MP3 folder on an SD card inserted into the Sd slot on the XT2. You can use Internal storage MP3 folder instead if you wish. If you use both, the music player will find both.


Music files can be organised into folders and subfolders - eg I put mine into Artist/Album folders and put the all of the tracks for one album into each. The XT2 finds any mp3 files no matter how they are organised and uses the tags contained within the mp3 file for the info on the XT2 screen. It takes no notice of your folder/subfolders that you have used. That just help you o find your mp3 files !


Try adjusting the volume of the Sprit when you have a track playing from the mp3 folder so that you know what the volume button presses on the Cardo actually do.

[gwilki]

Tks much JF. I should have seen that without having to ask. I saw "mixer" and didn't go further. I'll start playing.

The buttons on the spirit work OK for music since there is a continous sound coming through the speakers. They just don't work a damn with turn by turn directions. Playing music through the spirit using a phone, for example, works but only for the music level. It does not affect the GPS levels.

Your solution is the way to go.

Thanks again.

g

[jfheath]

If you are getting music from the phone through your headset, you have the headset paired to the phone.

The headset 'must' be paired to the Zumo.

The Zumo 'must' be paired to the phone.

Other people have it paired with the headset as the hub. That method gives eg voice control - hey google - but it sacrifices some other functionality. I have tried this method, but I cannot get everything that I want - mainly phone calls from home 'Hey John, where are you?', and navigation.

Music ,if I want it, comes from the Zumo. I can make it come from Spotify, but I find that it gets fragmented doing it like that.

[gwilki]

Tks again, JF.

[gwilki]

It works a treat changing the volume using the Zumo. The only thing is that it resets the volumes to max each time I shut it down. It's not a big deal. I simply need to remember to reduce it before I start a ride.

A question: Is there a way to get into the volume control screen without stopping the navigation? Today, when I started the ride, I lowered the volume too much. I stopped mid-ride to increase it. However, to get to the volume screen, I seem to have stopped the nav. So, I had to select the route again and choose a start point. I was hoping that I messed up and that there is a way to change the volume without halting the nav.

Thanks again.