Customize your ride with the Zumo 550. Designed by bikers, Zumo’s motorcycle-friendly features make it easy to operate. From backroads to rallies, its high-end navigation features give you the freedom to go where you want. Zumo 550 comes ready to go right out of the box with preloaded City Navigator NT street maps and a hefty points of interests (POI) database, including motels, restaurants, fuel, ATMs and more. A rechargeable, removable lithium-ion battery is integrated into Zumo for up to three hours of typical usage.
Hands-Free Calls and Wireless Voice Prompts
With the zumo’s Bluetooth wireless technology, you can talk on the phone safely without removing your gloves or helmet. Connect the device to your Bluetooth-enabled headset/helmet and cell phone to make and receive hands-free calls. You can even make phone calls to POIs through the zumo’s Bluetooth interface. In addition, The zumo transmits navigation voice prompts to your headset so you can listen wirelessly.
Traffic, Weather, and Radio
With optional XM subscriptions and an XM antenna, you can check the weather, move ahead of traffic and listen to the radio when you travel with the zumo. As an alternative, the zumo can receive optional TMC traffic alerts (in select cities) when used with a compatible traffic receiver. Simply press a button on the screen, and the zumo recalculates your route to avoid traffic tie-ups.
Garmin Zumo 550 Features:
High-sensitivity GPS receiver
Display: 2.8? W x 2.1? H (3.5? diag.), 320 x 240 pixels; high bright sunlight-readable, UV-resistant, touch screen display
Removable lithium-ion battery; up to four hours of use
Bluetooth wireless technology for hands-free calling and navigation audio prompts
Supports optional FM TMC traffic alerts
Supports optional XM NavTraffic with XM weather, and XM Satellite Radio
Voice announces streets by name
Look up addresses and points of interest
Choose 2D or 3D map perspective
Built-in MP3 player and JPEG Picture Viewer
Export and review your travels in Google? Earth with a free account from MotionBased.com
Glove-friendly touch screen with left-handed controls makes it easy to operate
Motorcycle console for trip information, including fuel gauge to warn you when its time to fill up
Motorcycle mount with standard 4-hole AMPS pattern so you can mount it anywhere
Includes Garmin Lock?, an anti-theft feature
Waterproof: IEC 60529 IPX7 standards (submersible in one meter of water for up to 30 min.)
SD card expansion makes it easy for storage and route sharing
Upload custom POIs, including alerts for speed zones and safety cameras
Garmin Zumo 550 Specification:
- Model number: 010-00567-00
- Storage: Preprogrammed with City Navigator NT, providing street-level detail and addresses, plus listings of restaurants, hotels, ATMs, etc. throughout North America, Europe, Australia or New Zealand
- Map scale: Screen-width scale 640 feet to 4,000 miles
- Routes: Automatic calculated turn-by-turn instructions; automatic off-route recalculate; detour function
- Voice: Navigation instructions and warnings with TTS (text-to-speech)
- Traffic: Alerts for traffic, road construction and weather-related tie-ups
- Hand-free calling: Compatible with Bluetooth-enabled cell phones
- Garmin lock: Supported
- Location-based content: Garmin Travel Guide, SaversGuide and custom points of interest (POIs)
- Receiver: SiRFstarIII high-sensitivity GPS receiver
- Interface: USB 2.0 full-speed
- Antenna: Built-in patch; MCX-type connector for optional external GPS antenna connection
- Display: 16-bit LCD with white backlight and touch screen
- Display size: 2.8 x 2.1 inches / 7.2 x 5.4 centimeters (WxH)
- Display resolution: 20 x 240 pixels
- Case: IPX7 waterproof
- Operating temperature: 32 to 140 degrees F / 0 to 60 degrees C
- Power supply: 12/24-volt DC power
- Power consumption: 15 W maximum at 13.8 V DC
- Battery life: Up to 3 hours
- Dimensions: 4.4 x 3.2 x 2.87 inches / 11.3 x 8.2 x 7.2 centimeters (WxHxD)
- Weight: 0.59 pounds / 269 grams
- In the Box: Zumo 550 GPS navigator, Preloaded City Navigator NT North America, MapSource City Navigator NT DVD (full-unlock), motorcycle mount with RAM mounting hardware, automotive suction cup mount with integrated speaker, dashboard disk, carrying case, AC charger, vehicle power cable, motorcycle power cable, USB interface cable, security screwdriver, custom caps (silver and black), Gar min stickers, owner’s manual on disk, quick reference guide.
Customer Review: I hope the second GPS works better than the first one
The GPS worked fine for a couple of days and then it never turned on again. I sent a mail to DIGITECHDEALS and they told me to send them the GPS and they would send me a new one. The new shall arrive this week. Fast response from DIGITECHDEALS.
Customer Review: Zumo lives up to expectations
The Zumo was highly touted in numerous publications, prior to its release. It lives up to the best of these recommendations and then some. I have previous experience in boats and airplanes with use of similar products so it did not take long to pick up the basic functions; needless to say there is not a great deal of motorcycle riding in North Dakota in February but I did utilize the audomobile adaptor (included) on a recent trip to Orlando, Florida to visit the typical theme parks; I have always found the area to be particularly difficult to navigate due the crowed traffic conditions as well as a town that appears to have grown too quickly; nonetheless the Zumo performed flawlessly and saved much time and potential frustation; I did find a predictable flaw when I, through no fault of Zumo, missed a turn and was directed to make an immediate U turn; the problem was that there was six lanes of very busy traffic; the machine did quickly recover and provided an alternate routing, or “recalibrating” to use the words of the very nice lady in the unit; highly recommended; I can’t wait until spring to use it on one of my bikes for cross country trips.
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