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Anyone have the Garmin Zumo 590LM Motorcycle GPS yet?
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<blockquote data-quote="BigOgre" data-source="post: 1239198" data-attributes="member: 8712"><p>I've had the 590 for just over a year now. No problems for me with the sunlight. What I did find though is a bad reflection from my hi-viz jacket which makes it unreadable. Loosening the mount and turning the angle helps there. (I'm also finding the screen a bit blurry but I can't find a way to blame Garmin for that. <img src="https://www.fjrforum.com/forum//public/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />)</p><p></p><p>One glitch which I found annoying was when connecting the unit to my PC and trying to work with it in Basecamp. BC wouldn't always see the unit, even when Explorer would. Usually disconnecting the USB once or twice would solve the problem but not always. (I think Ed even referred to this in his BC tutorial thread.) Then about a month or so ago I couldn't get it connected no how and walked away. Next day it connected but it was enough that I got on the phone with Garmin. After several transfers a tech had me switch out of one protocol(?)/setting into something else, telling me it would now act simply as a mass storage device instead of how Garmin had it set, making it cleaner and quicker. I tried to remember how he had me do it, I know it involved holding a corner like a hard-reset to get into a menu, but I can't figure out how to duplicate it for you. In any case, it's been working great ever since.</p><p></p><p></p><p>During the same phone call as above, I asked about upgrading the maps in a very old Streetpilot I had laying in the closet. I was told they didn't support that unit anymore but they'd give me a trade-in discount on a new Nuvi. (59LM for 65 bucks.) I did have to send the Streetpilot in to them though and the Nuvi didn't ship until they received it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BigOgre, post: 1239198, member: 8712"] I've had the 590 for just over a year now. No problems for me with the sunlight. What I did find though is a bad reflection from my hi-viz jacket which makes it unreadable. Loosening the mount and turning the angle helps there. (I'm also finding the screen a bit blurry but I can't find a way to blame Garmin for that. [IMG]https://www.fjrforum.com/forum//public/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif[/IMG]) One glitch which I found annoying was when connecting the unit to my PC and trying to work with it in Basecamp. BC wouldn't always see the unit, even when Explorer would. Usually disconnecting the USB once or twice would solve the problem but not always. (I think Ed even referred to this in his BC tutorial thread.) Then about a month or so ago I couldn't get it connected no how and walked away. Next day it connected but it was enough that I got on the phone with Garmin. After several transfers a tech had me switch out of one protocol(?)/setting into something else, telling me it would now act simply as a mass storage device instead of how Garmin had it set, making it cleaner and quicker. I tried to remember how he had me do it, I know it involved holding a corner like a hard-reset to get into a menu, but I can't figure out how to duplicate it for you. In any case, it's been working great ever since. During the same phone call as above, I asked about upgrading the maps in a very old Streetpilot I had laying in the closet. I was told they didn't support that unit anymore but they'd give me a trade-in discount on a new Nuvi. (59LM for 65 bucks.) I did have to send the Streetpilot in to them though and the Nuvi didn't ship until they received it. [/QUOTE]
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