Garmin Zumo 660: Guide for bikers

Finally Summer! As surely itch every motorcycle rider, the gas-hands… If then there is finally the holidays, is the little machine to pack mule, and get going in the distance. That you arrive, it now provides a very fine navigation device from Garmin:
The Zumo 660.
What a motorcycle Navi fundamentally different from a car-navigation? Clear, it puts, as the driver, in Schutzklamotten. And the Zumo is so waterproof, that you can keep a hose on it (IEC-Norm 529 IPX-7).

The first is the large widescreen display with 4,3 Duty on. It can be adjusted so the contrast, that even in sunlight (and we expect on the tour!) read off. Glove-friendly is the operation of buttons on the left (Gas remains in the hand grip) and touch screen buttons. Once on the road, It is quite helpful, that we learn soon enough, in which track you must be categorized (Fahrspurassistent). Traffic signals and intersections are shown very real reality; But the highlight is a 3-D representation of important buildings. So the driver can intuitively navigate.

The default: In addition to the map (40 Countries pre-installed) Individual data are shown: Estimated time of arrival, Height above sea, Average speed, etc.. Die POI (Points of Interest) such as gas stations, Accommodations and more are of course saved.

New: The map preview is now launching three different itineraries – fastest, shortest and, for comparison, the distance. By clicking the desired route selected. “Geotracking” is the magic word, score with the many current digital cameras: With the photo, the data stored, where it was taken. The Zumo 660 can use the: Bluetooth (Radio) or USB cable recorded, used the images as targets, which are controlled automatically. No own Geo-Images? Visit the Garmin Web site on the Internet, there are more than enough… By the way, the entire routing via software on the PC are prepared and transferred. The routes (on MicroSD) can later be exchanged with other driving – because if the Zumo also have.

Speaking of Bluetooth. This is not only for data transmission, but also for controlling, for networking and entertainment. Thus, provided the navigation instructions with street names to a Bluetooth helmet (or headphones) given and / or a connection to our phone in your pocket. So you can take calls on the way. Bluetooth stereo in the way. What price Garmin being stolen, is nothing other than a code such as a car radio: If the device is stolen (which is of course possible), it must be unlocked with a PIN. In addition to the PIN to unlock the device can also – and that sounds a bit like Fantasy – an einen programmierten “sicheren Ort” be brought. By the way: It is not summer all year round. In order for the Navi in ​​the winter with the machine in the garage is, Garmin provides in addition to the fairly stable, a motorcycle mount for the car with.

Dimensions: 13,5 mal 8,4 times 3,2 cm. Weight: 270 Gramm Beim Preis werden sich vermutlich die Geister scheiden: It is usually slightly above 600 Euro. But motorcycle riders often anyway because different standards…