Looking for a good GPS - Touring, no off road. Considering Garmin Zumo XT - thoughts?

Sagebrush said:

I must be doing something wrong with my Garmin XT. When I import a route, either from Base Camp, Google Maps, or other sources, the XT will display the route but will not give turn by turn directions. Can someone explain the full procedure? Maybe I'm missing a step, or maybe I need to load it through the Garmin Drive App, which I haven't tried yet. I've had Garmin products for decades and this is the only one where I've never been able to get the turn by turn directions to work on an imported route.

Thanks in advance.

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Snoking1127 said:

I have Cardo Spirit HD intercoms. I can get T-by-T and/or music from the Zumo XT or the Android phone directly or activation via the carplay/android auto display. My Cardo unit is bluetoothed to Pixel 8 Pro and the Zumo XT, and linked to my passengers helmet for intercom. Zumo has my music on a micro SD card and music is stored in phone memory. Cardo will mute Zumo or phone music when T-by-T directions come from either source.

There are a combination of settings in the devices to get this all working correctly. My latest project is to learn voice control over navigation, like continuing to next way point via android auto. I gave up most routing via the Zumo and use it as an easy way to select to navigate to HOME, other saved favorites, and to play music. And I like that it shows the speed limit on the map screen and gives warnings.

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1. If turn instructions are shown on the top banner, then the problem is with the mixer/volume level, or with the BT sound connection.
2. If you load a track, rather than a route, and select Go!, then no instructions are given. You can load a track, convert it to a route/trip and then load the converted route or trip. That will give instructions.
3. You load a route or trip, but no instructions are issued. This situation may arise if you do not allow recalculations and you stray from the plotted magenta line or if you have bypassed a via point. This often happens if you set off and the start point is behind you - as is likely with a group of riders - you cannot all be at the start point. You are on the magenta line but the navigation is wanting you to pass through the start point. With recalculation disabled, the satnav goes into a sulk and stops talking to you. To avoid this, always plot your start point some way up the road that you will definitely pass through. The Zumo will plot a route from your current position to the start and continue to navigate from there.