Great to hear Gary. Thanks for the feedback.

Thanks for the feedback.

Thanks for the feedback. Yes checking your via points is really important so you don't end up doing random detours.

Thanks for the feedback. It took me a while to find the setting to save the map to the computer and I only happened upon it by chance.

Anytime Jim. I think these seminars are going to be useful because they also show up some of the idiosyncrasies of BaseCamp that aren't as obvious on an edited video.

Anytime Chirs. Thanks for the feedback.

Anytime Jonny. Thanks for the feedback. It's great to hear.

Thanks John. I really appreciate the feedback. Basecamp can be very frustrating / infuriating at the start so great to hear this helped.

Excellent news. That is great to hear.

Thanks Tony

Yes the Google method is a bit of a faff but it's something people always ask about. The XT is great. The display alone is a reason to upgrade.

Hi David. Yes if you drop a via point on the wrong side of the motorway by accident it will take you off at the next junction and send you backwards to get it. That is a really easy mistake to make when plotting zoomed out. I've done it before. Or worse dropped a via point in a housing estate next to the motorway. Dropping non alerting via points can help there as they are easier to ignore and stay on the route. If it is an alerting via point and you realise out on the road you'll need to use the *Skip Via Point* function on the device to stop it relentlessly sending you to get it.

Yes I've seen that. I didn't find it very useful and the playback tool bar kept stacking on top of the others.

Thanks for the feedback Nick. Yeah I'm the same, I have to write down or record everything as I forget pretty easily.

@@JosephByrne Hi, just planned two 100 mile routes (Out and back) from Derby to Horseshoe Pass last night after watching your tutorial. Ridden it today and worked a treat, many many thanks.

@@nickfry7705 Anytime Nick. That's great news. When it actually works it's great. I have to get back out soon. Have few things to sort first though

I don't think you can install the Topo maps. I've not seen any option to do that.

Hi Gary. Sometimes that just happens. It's a "satnavism," I've been routed off the motorway before, then round a roundabout and back on to the motorway for no apparent reason. If you've checked the route afterwards and not left any rogue via points it's most likely down to the software not being perfect and the device making a mistake. With regards to using the driving activity profile vs motorcycling, I used to suggest that because the driving profile had less route avoidances by default. It's actually better to make sure the activity profile on your device is aligned to the profile in Basecamp to get the best results. I've stopped recommending using driving instead of motorcycling now because the latest Garmin devices like the Zumo XT have collision detection built in and it's a lot more sensitive for the driving profile than the motorcycling one. If you set the device to Car mode and use it on the bike it thinks you've crashed every 3 minutes because of the vibrations. So to be useable on the bike it has to be in motorcycle mode. And for that we should be plotting routes using the motorcycling activity profile in BaseCamp.

Yes absolutely. I liked the old devices but the XT blows them out of the water.

@@JosephByrne Here's one for you, How can you change the path of the install of the maps to PC from C drive to another drive as ive bugger all left on my C drive (win 10)

@@r13gbs I think if you were to uninstall BaseCamp and then when you reinstall specify the install location on your external disk then when you install the map to the computer it should install the map in the same location as BaseCamp on the external disk. If you've already built up a load of routes and tracks you can save the BaseCamp Database you are using and re-import it to the fresh install.

I think on non navigable roads it's best to follow a track. I'll get a look soon.

Yes you should be able to. If you convert the route to a track and then back to a route again using the direct profile you can specify an number of via points when it's converted back to a route. Then you can manipulate it. You can send the route to me (email is in the about section of the channel) and I can take a look or we can do a skype call if it's not working.

Yes as far as I'm aware you can't change the speed settings on the device. GPS simulator is locked into being a realistic simulation. I'm doing livestream seminar on the Mac version of BaseCamp this month. In some ways the Mac version is more user friendly.

@@JosephByrne i heard you'll be holding Basecamp seminar for MAC users. you or somebody might be interested. Website newenglandriders.org has few tutorials on this subject (learn basecamp) as well. It's been updated in 2019.

@@kristaps2010 Hi Kris. I've read over both of their guides and didn't find them particularly useful although the community rave about them. They are not written in the style of a manual and ramble a lot.

Yes it is very clunky but when you get past the learning curve it is useful. Importing from Google maps works well but is not without it's own unique set of issues.

Ok so in BaseCamp you can select both routes by using control + click, then right click and click *Join selected routes* and it will create one route based on the two individual routes. The activity profile for the route will appear as *Mixed Travel.* Open the route and change the activity profile to the one you want to use, it doesn't really matter if you choose Driving or Motorcycling so long as the avoidances on your device match those you have set up in BaseCamp. Transfer the route to the device and preview it to see how it turned out. If the route has enough via points then leaving the recalculation mode in Automatic is fine, plus then the device will help you get back onto the route if you deviate from it. If you are concerned that the route doesn't have enough via points and that if it re calculates it'll be completely different then change automatic recalculating to either *prompt* or *off.* With these settings you'll have to find your own way back onto the route but the trade-off is that it'll stay fixed and won't recalculate.

I'll get a look at that in a future video. I've read up on it but it always seemed to over complicate things so I just made individual routes. It'd be worth revisiting though.

jobybyrne It is a mixed blessing, but I use it now for most of my long trips. I make a couple long trips a year (10 days or longer) and an extended trip every 2-3 years (21 days or longer). For trips of a few days, its utility is questionable.

Maybe they changed the software. Perhaps if you can get hold of an earlier version of BaseCamp it will be possible. I know I've done it on a Mac before.

The route has to be selected so select the route in the list then click the *Insert* tool, then hover the pointer over the final point. It's a tricky move as you have to hover the pointer not on the point but really close to it, then a dark circle will appear around it and you can left click to carry on the route. If you can't get it to work find my email in the about section of the channel and we'll set up a screen share.

Yes open the route and select the second via point then hold shift and click the 2nd last via point to select them all then right click --> Don't alert. And yes it's normal to get a mix when plotting a route as if you click on anything the map recognises, such as a shop or address, it created an alerting via point. If you click on an area where nothing is in the database it create a non alerting via point.

@@JosephByrne Wow -- thanks for the quick response and this is really good information for us newbies.

@@sttraveler2593 Anytime. Best wishes.

@@JosephByrne I do have another question about departure time set up in basecamp at the time of planning your trip. Lets say you set it up to depart at 7:00 AM but you actually don't leave until 8:00AM. Is the time you put in to depart arbitrary and Zumo XT will make the adjustments automatically to the arrival times at various stops? Lets say you have a 20 minute gas stop set up and you start your trip an hour later than what you had set up in basecamp, will Zumo make the adjustments ? or do I have to reload the trip with the new start time of 8AM? Thanks....

@@sttraveler2593 As far as I'm aware the timings are just a guide for convenience. Once you set off it will be calculated for the actual trip on the Zumo.

Hi Trevor. When you deviate from the route, it will recalculate to take you to the next via point whether it is alerting or non alerting. An example is shown in this video here. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mNZ0jMpmnZbeomg.html You'll see that when I drive off the route it re calculates. Then when I pull over and stop and look at the remaining route on the track the non alerting via points are still in place and in fact the next via point it is navigating us to is a non alerting one shown by a blue dot. If you experienced this in the field what may have happened is that the setting *Strip Shaping Points when transferring to the device* was enabled as described here. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mNZ0jMpmnZbeomg.html. When that setting is enabled the route transfers to the device and all non alerting via points are removed. The route will still follow the correct shape because it is held together with the alerting via points and Garmin route point extensions as described at 1:22:17. In this scenario if you deviate from the route all of the Garmin Route Point Extension data is discarded and it creates a new route to the next alerting via point as you described. I'd highly recommend un checking the box for *Strip Shaping Points when transferring to the device* if that is selected in BaseCamp.

@@JosephByrne Thanks for clearing this up.

@@trevorbutler9278 Anytime. I took me a while to figure it all out and I read everything I could find on the internet in the process. I've had fun with vanishing routes in the past too.

Yes do whatever works best for you. I'd always recommend doing a sense check in Basecamp before sending it to the device.

Hi. I'll do some research and see what I can figure out. I've not sent a mixed profile to the device yet so I'll see how that works. You should be able to navigate off road even with the motorcycle activity profile on the device. I know this because I've created routes before where the end point was in a grass car park and the device simply said, "Navigate off road" and kept tracking to the final via point.

Thank you. I would very much appreciate your expert opinion in advance. Best regards

Is the device plugged in to the computer?

@@JosephByrne sure it is connected to my pc

@@JosephByrne pls watch this video kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y5ZmjJaUyb_QhH0.html

@@byemrahozd you may need to try it on another USB port, using a different cable or trying another computer.

@@JosephByrne I tried it with both different pcs and cables but still same.

That would really help when checking routes. I've looked and can't find any settings to change the simulation speeds so far.

jobybyrne Me neither.

Mac seminar scheduled on the 25th of July. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p5NzjciknrGXnHU.html