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Fresh Zumo XT: problem whit country at startup

Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2024 6:55 pm
by mavvy
Hello everyone,

i have a strange problem with a brand new Zumo XT. When I turn off completely the Zumo, when i turn on again the device every time asks to select the country. No problem if simply go in standby. All the personalization are saved too without problem. I see another Zumo xt with the same firmware that i've installed (6.60) and not figure this problem. Did you see this problem before and how can be solved?

Tnx!

Re: Fresh Zumo XT: problem whit country at startup

Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2024 7:22 pm
by jfheath
Welcome to the forum @mavvy

The problem may be that you have yet to put it on the bike or in the car and take it for a ride.

It knows where you say that you are, but it doesn't know for itself where you are until it has got some reliable data from the satellites - and for that you need to be driving around. Walking around doesn't fool it.

Re: Fresh Zumo XT: problem whit country at startup

Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2024 9:34 pm
by mavvy
jfheath wrote: Tue Jun 04, 2024 7:22 pm Welcome to the forum @mavvy

The problem may be that you have yet to put it on the bike or in the car and take it for a ride.

It knows where you say that you are, but it doesn't know for itself where you are until it has got some reliable data from the satellites - and for that you need to be driving around. Walking around doesn't fool it.
Hi @jfheath and thank you for the welcome. Your solution worked fine! It's incredible that i have installed and configured two of this device for friends effetively every time on openspace and worked fine. Arrived my turn and i configured inside house and don't know about this "feature" :lol:

Tnx again for your support!

Re: Fresh Zumo XT: problem whit country at startup

Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2024 5:58 am
by jfheath
Glad that it worked.

That feature surprised me too. I got mine during Covid and use of cars was limited to a single trip to the shop every two weeks. But we were allowed to exercise every day. Walks. So it came walking with us. 3-6 miles every day. I plotted the route - but it wasn't playing - all sorts of weird behaviour. Clearly it was ignoring small changes in location within a given time frame. You might remember the hundreds of tracks plotted around your house, and the icon that wobbled around onthe screen ? The XT doesn't do that. After only small movements in the same area - it stops updating until it gets a bigger movement. Clearly 3mph on footpaths isn't good enough to trigger the Satnav to wake up to the fact that it isn't still in the shop.