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From: Colin Irvine on 7 Nov 2009 18:26
On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 22:39:50 +0000, mark squeezed out the following:

>In message <VA.000003e8.0e5ba7af(a)nospam.invalid>, Kevin Weller
><Spam_Not(a)nospam.invalid> writes
>>The OP said he has a Zumo which has a 4 hour battery life so he doesn't
>>need the ignition turned on.
>
>Ahem. I will have soon :)
>
>>
>>I have mine wired to the ignition. When I turn the ignition off a
>>dialogue box appears on the Zumo asking me if I want it to turn off. If
>>I want it to stay on I press "No". If I'm happy for the Zumo to be
>>turned off I don't answer at all, the dialogue box disappears after a
>>few seconds and the Zumo turns itself off.
>
>(Adds Tiger gps cable back to the list)

Of course if you have the Zumo wired independent of the ignition you
can switch it on and have it find the satellites, look at routes and
so on before you start the engine. I find that very handy.

--
Colin Irvine
ZZR1400 BOF#33 BONY#34 COFF#06 BHaLC#5
http://www.colinandpat.co.uk
From: mark on 7 Nov 2009 18:41
In message <ud0cf5d3sc5ilb0626r40rh6rhheqln0ce(a)4ax.com>, Colin Irvine
<look(a)bottom.of.home.page> writes
>Of course if you have the Zumo wired independent of the ignition you
>can switch it on and have it find the satellites, look at routes and
>so on before you start the engine. I find that very handy.
>

I may well buy a 660. Its battery life is a claimed 6hrs so I guess it
just needs switching on and it will get on with it anyway.

What about security? I guess I ought to have the thing easily removable
as well?
--
Mark Roberts
From: Lozzo on 7 Nov 2009 19:51
Kevin Weller wrote:

> In article <Xns9CBCC3713DA51wtymmmsas(a)188.40.43.213>, Wessie wrote:
> > you have to have the ignition switched on to use the satnav
>
> The OP said he has a Zumo which has a 4 hour battery life so he
> doesn't need the ignition turned on.
>
> I have mine wired to the ignition. When I turn the ignition off a
> dialogue box appears on the Zumo asking me if I want it to turn off.
> If I want it to stay on I press "No". If I'm happy for the Zumo to be
> turned off I don't answer at all, the dialogue box disappears after a
> few seconds and the Zumo turns itself off.

Mine's wired direct to the battery so I don't have these problems. When
I take it out of the cradle I let it switch itself off when it's put in
the case.

--
Lozzo
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RD400F (somewhere)
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From: Colin Irvine on 7 Nov 2009 20:14
On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 23:41:37 +0000, mark squeezed out the following:

>In message <ud0cf5d3sc5ilb0626r40rh6rhheqln0ce(a)4ax.com>, Colin Irvine
><look(a)bottom.of.home.page> writes
>>Of course if you have the Zumo wired independent of the ignition you
>>can switch it on and have it find the satellites, look at routes and
>>so on before you start the engine. I find that very handy.
>>
>
>I may well buy a 660. Its battery life is a claimed 6hrs so I guess it
>just needs switching on and it will get on with it anyway.
>
>What about security? I guess I ought to have the thing easily removable
>as well?

It will be anyway.

--
Colin Irvine
ZZR1400 BOF#33 BONY#34 COFF#06 BHaLC#5
http://www.colinandpat.co.uk
From: Higgins on 8 Nov 2009 07:27
Colin Irvine wrote:

> Of course if you have the Zumo wired independent of the ignition you
> can switch it on and have it find the satellites, look at routes and
> so on before you start the engine. I find that very handy.
>

Surely you can do all that using the internal battery?
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