Pretty much zero. I've not had any issues over the past few years. Purists from my motorcycle club wire it to a switched live or add an extra relay, but I've always hard wired.

No. It has to be done directly from the Internet.

Anytime Stephen. Thanks.

Made it so much easier as the Garmin instructions are frankly rubbish

Anytime.

Bluetooth is your only option really. If you Bluetooth to your car you'll get the the instructions through your speakers but then you won't be able to play music. It's a shame the speaker isn't louder, my phone speaker is better. The Zumo 550 had a pretty decent speaker built into the cradle. I've got the Latest Zumo but I've not got it out of the box yet to test if it's louder.

@@JosephByrne totally agree. LM595 car mount had an external speaker with volume and sound being OK. The wifes Garmin Drivesmart 76 actually has good sound / mic performance. So Garmin CAN make this happen when they want to... I understand Garmin had to use a waterproof mylar speaker on the bike gps, and the tradeoff is sound quality. But i think we would all pay more for a powered base with a speaker and mic for dedicated car use? (they would prefer to sell us anohter gps for our car...) The requirements for the car kit are not that different to a helmet bluetooth. I have read that the car handsfree needs to use the correct handsfree protocol. It appears this is not that common? Could also be internet fud? I am about to go down the aliexpress rabit hole of cheap-arse car handsfree kits to see if i can get this premium XT2 GPS to do a basic requirement. No wonder BMW Motorrad dumped them Disapointed... again... Garmin.

No worries. After having powered cradles with the previous 3 models there was no way I was going back to messing around with cables. The solution works great. I've been using it regularly since I made this video 3 years ago.

A few called that out in the comments. I'd be happy with 20 degrees and 12 hours without rain just now.

Yes you can pair whenever you want. Just go to Bluetooth, add device. The setup wizard just helps make it easier the first time you power up.

I've not had an issue in 3 years of use.

So post a video. Use your phone to film it. It'll take less than a minute.

That's strange. What happens if you specify a country in Europe when setting a destination.

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Sorted problem was with the formatting the Sd card before installation. you need to make sure on the mac that you choose the correct option for formatting needs to be fat 32 regards D@@JosephByrne

This video is 8 years old. The latest Garmin devices are WiFi enabled so can be updated directly and don't require a smart phone. Also ease up on the excessive punctuation.

I had no issues in 10,000 all weather miles. Garmin are also great with their warranties. I've had a 550 replaced and 2 cradles that failed.

@@JosephByrne Most of the users don't use media player on 590 at all as it's a bike satnav and they're happy with silent mode but in a few years, warranty expires and then it's too late. Factory reset helps in some software based glitches. Factory battery was flawed as well, wasn't holding a charge... there's plenty reports web wide. I'm glad it worked for you. You were lucky!

@@Helloverlord everyone I know used the audio. The battery will lose performance after about a year typically because it doesn't cycle properly as the device is almost permanently connected to power. Replacement batteries are cheap and effective. During the period I had the 590LM I rarely had software issues and I used it in the UK, Europe and the US. I miss having the option of wired audio which the XT doesn't have.

Good luck if you go anywhere remote. Google maps is fine for built up areas but outside of that the quality declines.

Anytime. Thank you for the feedback.

So if you go off route the device will keep harassing you to get back onto the route. The best thing to do in that case is to stop the route, then ride off piste for a bit then when you want to get back on the route again, relaunch it and choose, "closest point of entry," as the start point. Saving routes to the SD card is easy, it appears in Basecamp as a location you can save to. I normally save to the decice though. You can absolutely create multiple custom routes with the same start end end points in Basecamp. Then you can do useful things like join them together in Basecamp to create a new combined route.

Thanks. Great feedback.

Thanks Tony

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Use this video kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kNFgadCfx7jWj3U.html

Thanks for the feedback.

Because it's dangerous. Our test was ok but their is a more skilled operator on KZfaq who cut an Almax Series 5 on the floor in under 90 seconds. If you search you can find that. He'd destroy this chain in 30 seconds I think. The Oxford Boss can also be cropped. I wouldn't use it as your primary device.

@@JosephByrne The almax 5 is 22m so too heavy to carry on my bike and 3 times the price. The 12mm is the most I want to carry with me so better than not locking at all which I'd have to do with an almax that would have to stay at home

@@jamie123b Buy some Xena alarmed disk locks. If you have two, one for the front and one for the rear disks your bike will be fairly well protected. They are easy to carry and fairly light.

@@JosephByrne I was going to get an Oxford Screamer 7 disc lock for the front wheel. Is that as good as the xena?

@@jamie123b I don't know to be honest. It looks like a similar design.

Thanks for the feedback. I want to make some videos on Garmin Explore but I have some other projects to finish first.

Thanks for the feedback.

Anytime Alex. Thanks for the feedback.

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

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.

That's just the way it works. You can change the symbol on the device after you transfer it. I think it works this way because the symbol set isn't standard across all devices.

Contact Garmin and get it replaced under warranty. You need Garmin express to update some of the older devices and also to install some of the bigger updates on older devices.

Anytime. Thanks for the feedback.

Thanks for the feedback. I did approach Garmin at a trade show but they weren't interested.

Hi Bunter. Unfortunately not all maps are supported for download.

@@JosephByrne thanks for the swift reply, montana has a genuine garmin topo 1:50 map installed

@@misterbunter yes it's known that it doesn't work for certain devices and certain maps.

Not really. If you search for Almax Series V cut with Angle Grinder there is another chap who cut through a much tougher chain in 90 seconds. If you have the right cutting disk and some skill you can destroy an Oxford Boss in under a minute.