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| GARMIN 010-00567-00 Zumo 550 GPS Receiver | 
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| Brand: Garmin
Category: CE
List Price: $964.99
Buy New: $635.00 (On sale from $655.00)
You Save: $329.99 (34%)
New (85) Used (1)
Avg. Customer Rating:  146 reviews
Sales Rank: 1130
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Native Resolution: 320x240
Display Size: 3.5
Includes MP3 Player: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 11
Dimensions (in): 4 x 9 x 6
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: 010-00567-00
Model: 010-00567-00
UPC: 053759061754
EAN: 0753759061753
ASIN: B000H2W4E6
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Wonderful product April 13, 2007
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
What a great product !!! Well designed , fast response times, all the items you need are included( bike & car mounts etc) A wider screen ,and hard buttons on the right side for direct mp3 control would make it perfect( you have to go through a few screens to get to the mp3 controls) , but this is their first generation motorcycle GPS(I guess a Zumo 650 will be next) . Over all, a fantastic and usefull addition to my bike & car . It's kind of like a IPOD, very easy to use but very sophisticated.
Wow. April 8, 2007
32 out of 32 found this review helpful
All the write-ups suggested this Zumo 550 was going to be impressive. They weren't wrong. The BIG positives, from my perspective:
1. Satellite acquisition must be seen to be believed. In my basement it took less than 15 seconds, out of the box, first power-up. That performance has been repeated every time since, with the exception of first-power-up after upgrading the firmware to 3.2. Thereafter it went back to sub-20 second acquisition.
2. Its built like it should be, like you wanted it to be. Solid. Its going to spend time on my Harley ElectraGlide and in my Corvette and I wanted someting that matched their image. I got it.
3. Firmware upgrade was a 5 minute affair, no hassles, no fuss, no tears. Several nice new features were added, for my 5-minute investment.
4. Interchangeable top and bottom plates, in contrasting black, are a nice little extra. They even included the Allen wrench for the 3-minute task.
5. There's no need to buy extra (read, "expensive") accessories. This was the biggie, for me. This unit ships with a bike mount, complete with hard-wire power connector, AND it ships with a car-mount, with its own power connector. The fact that Garmin includes BOTH mounts with this unit was the deciding factor for me. The fact that both docking cradles with each mount are thoughtfully designed to allow super-quick, super-solid on and off mounting of the GPS unit itself, is a nice added plus. Also, the voice quality and volume of the built-in speaker in the car mount is impressive.
6. Bluetooth pairing of both my Blackberry 8700 and my Jabra BT800 was simple and flawless. Thereafter, when the BB and the Jabra were on and the Zumo was insereted into either the bike mount or the car mount, the Zumo automatically paired back with each unit, within 30 seconds of being mounted. I love technology that works. The real zinger was that the Zumo synched the 400-odd contacts in my BB8700, inside of 45 seconds.
7. For me, simply put, Garmin hit a BIG homerun with the design, execution and packaging of their new Zumo 550. Is it expensive? Not really, considering I didn't need to go out and scrounge up the expensive extras Garmin included for free. And the little things, like designing a magnetically-positioned weather cover for the bike's connector pins, is just icing on a big, well-decorated cake.
Bravo, Garmin.
Great Dual Purpose GPS Navigator April 7, 2007
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
I own two vehicles with factory installed GPS systems. Both are over $[...] options but work great. The Zumo 550 holds it own in a car. with the factory models plus it works great on my motorcycle. Blue Tooth connection to my phone and headset were as simple as paring the devices. Neither were listed on the web site as tested models but both are full featured. It's everything I was looking for and it's portable/transferable.
 Garmin Zumo 550 April 5, 2007
3 out of 26 found this review helpful
Excellent GPS goes from car to bike to handheld easily. Easy to use I wish I had this on my last crosscountry trip.
Broke down in 3 weeks April 4, 2007
10 out of 17 found this review helpful
Product just quit working 3 weeks after I got it. Sent it back to manufacturer (Garmin) who said they would have it fixed on a priority and over-nighted back to me. That was almost two weeks ago and have not gotten it back yet. Still waiting.
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