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Holistic Guidance - GARMIN 010-00567-05 Zumo 450 GPS Receiver
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List Price: $799.99
Our Price: $384.80
Your Save: $ 415.19 ( 52% )
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Garmin
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Batteries Included: 0
Binding: Electronics
Brand: Garmin
EAN: 0053759068050
Feature: Display: 3.5-Inch Diag. 2.1-Inch H X 2.8-Inch W, 320 X 240 Pixels
Includes Mp3 Player: 1
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: Garmin
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Manufacturer: Garmin
Model: 0100056705
Native Resolution: 320x240
Platform: Not Machine Specific
Publisher: Garmin
Studio: Garmin
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Features
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Display: 3.5-Inch Diag. 2.1-Inch H X 2.8-Inch W, 320 X 240 Pixels
High Bright Sunlight-Readable, Uv-Resistant, Touch Screen Display
Supports Optional Fm Tmc Traffic Alerts
Preloaded Maps For All Of North America
Look Up Addresses & Points Of Interest
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Editorial Reviews:
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Rugged and ready to ride, the z?mo 450 is your faithful guide to the open road. With glove-friendly, left-handed controls, preloaded street maps and a sunlight-readable screen, this waterproof navigator is made for motorcycles. The z?mo 450 includes many of the 550's motorcycle-friendly features, minus Bluetooth wireless technology, text-to-speech and XM Satellite, at a price that won't break your budget.The z?mo 450 comes ready to go right out of the box with preloaded City Navigator NT street maps and a hefty points of interest (POIs) database, including motels, restaurants, fuel, ATMs and more. Simply enter a destination, and z?mo takes you there with turn-by-turn voice directions. In addition, z?mo accepts custom points of interest such as school zones and safety cameras, and lets you set proximity alerts to warnyou of upcoming POIs.Monitor traffic tie-ups with the addition of an optional FM TMC traffic receiver. By adding traffic services and a receiver, your 450 notifies you of upcoming accidents or road construction ahead on your route. Simply touch the screen to view traffic details or recalculate your route to avoid traffic.The z?mo 450 makes it easy to plan your next trip and share routes with your riding buddies. Plan trips on your computer before you start. Search for food and fuel stops and local attractions. Then, transfer your route to z?mo and go.At the end of the day, share your favorite places and rides with other z?mo riders and review your travels in Google Earth. SD card expansion makes it easy to store data and share routes. Download routes to share with your riding buddies - even load Mp3 files to your unit to enjoy tunes on the road. In addition, JPEG Picture Viewer lets you share photos of your adventures with friends and family.z?mo 450: the navigator that's born to ride.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: GPS for motorcycles
Comment: Garmin Zumo 450 Portable GPS Motorcycle Navigator
A friend of mine has the Zumo 550, but I didn't want the XM Radio so I picked the Zumo 450. I have used it for over 7000 miles and am very glad that I have it. I take pictures on the road and being able to import them into the Zumo and then to a seperate SD card is a real plus. I don't have speakers hooked up to this Zumo yet so I don't know what the sound is like, but you can play MP3's through it. The screen is viewable in all but the most intense sunlight, the buttons on screen are large enough so that when you are riding and want to type on the screen to find something it is very simple.
The low gas feature is very nice also. You set the mileage that you can go on a tank of gas and it warns you 30 miles prior to that mileage. When you do get that warning, you just touch the fuel pump icon and the GPS gives you a list of the closest gas stations. The key to this is that you must have it on all the time when you are riding. I found that the speedo on my bike was off by 3-7 MPH, so I go by the speed shown on the GPS.
Installation was a 5 minute job. The longest part of the installation was lifting the gas tank up to run the wire to the battery.
The lock device leaves a little to be desired, but it works. I won't go into detail on that here, because it is a mechanical type lock and I don't want some thief to find out how to steal them. The good part about the theft deterent is that you can set a security point that the GPS will recognize as your home location so that if you forget your lock code, you can take it to your home location and it will unlock.
If your Zumo is stolen and the theif doesn't know the code or your home location they will have to send the unit to Garmin to be unlocked and it will be sent back to you.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent motorcycle gps!
Comment: The Garmin Zumo 450 was easy to install. I installed it directly into the extra power wires located in my bike's headlight. The gps mount is very stable and with the power plugged into the headlight power, the Zumo turns on and off when I turn the bike on or off. I just used it through a hard rainstorm last weekend and it was perfectly fine. The display is nice and bright for any conditions I've encountered so far. If you don't need audible directions or bluetooth connections, then this gps is perfect.
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Zumo 450 OK but hard to update
Comment: The Zuom 450 is a great product and works easily and intuitivly. However, the model being sold through Amazon has out of date maps which are hard to update. I have not yet been able to get this update working as yet and the download takes a very long time. The other problem is that it send you the most direct route and uses interstate highways when ever possible. This is ok for most travelers but motorcyclists often are looking for the less traveled route and the senic route and the route which is the most fun to ride. This is dificult to do with the Zumo 450.
Customer Rating:
Summary: GPS Perfection
Comment: I've been kicking around the idea of getting a GPS unit for the motorcycle for a couple of years and finally decided to take the plunge.
I only wish I'd puchased it sooner. The Zumo is fairly easy to wire to the bike and the mounting system is superb. The day after I mounted it we went on a long weekend trip, so it got a good test. The unit performed flawlessly and was very easy to use. We ran through some heavy rain the first morning and I can attest to the fact that the Zumo is waterproof! The routing is easy and with a few tips from friends I became very adept at setting destinations with multiple waypoints.
Several friends have adapted automobile units for the bikes, but with the first raindrop they panic. Not having that worry is worth the extra cost, along with the glove-friendly controls.. I will have to purchase a car mount, but with the price I got on Amazon, I'm still money ahead.
Definitely a solid unit.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Solid hardware
Comment: This unit is rock solid in the weather and easy to read the screen in all conditions as promised, great for motorcycles. My only complaint is that I was surprised to find the box and unit without the protectective plastic with the back of the unit cardboard scuffed from shipping. Garmin assured me that this unit was still considered "new" but I have to think it was a return of some kind. Either way, Garmin assured me it would be under the full warranty. In the end, I tested it under Washington/Oregon rainstorms while navigating the coast fot four days and it worked flawless as a GPS, although the motel list was quite out of date!
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