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[Eqcons]

Can someone who owns a Roadtech Zumo 590 do me a favour and tell me how much internal storage it has?  (RT one only, not the plain Garmin one).

Find it be going:

Settings
scroll down to Device
About

The important line is "Hardware version"

Thanks!

[BigLew55]

Hardware Version: V9 SA3 8GB 256MB DW PR

[Eqcons]

Thanks BigLew.  V. interesting!  I have one here with 4GB, and a standard Garmin with 16GB.  Puzzling.

Anyone else see other than 8GB?

[naitram]

V9 SA3 8GB 256MB DW PR

[Eqcons]

Beginning to look like 8GB is standard on the RT, and 16GB on the ordinary Zumo...

[Twolanerider]

Will look tonight.  That's my tonight not your now.

[Eqcons]

Thanks Don 

[Twolanerider]

Now that it's your tomorrow morning and my almost time for bed I had a chance to look.  In the morning it'll be 8 gig on the Harley version and 16 on the native Garmin version.

[Eqcons]

Now that it's your tomorrow morning and my almost time for bed I had a chance to look.  In the morning it'll be 8 gig on the Harley version and 16 on the native Garmin version.

As expected, then, thanks Don.

The RT one here is 4GB, and no maps pre-installed = a dealer demo version, as much use as an ashtray on a Harley. :-(

[Twolanerider]

As expected, then, thanks Don.

The RT one here is 4GB, and no maps pre-installed = a dealer demo version, as much use as an ashtray on a Harley. :-(

I'd open it up to see if it was a standard notebook DIMM inside.  If so pop in whatever size you want.

[Eqcons]

It's non-volatile, so it can't be an SODIMM, Don. Must be flash memory of some sort, and I'm guessing it's going to be surface mount.  I may well have a look though.

[Twolanerider]

It's non-volatile, so it can't be an SODIMM, Don. Must be flash memory of some sort, and I'm guessing it's going to be surface mount.  I may well have a look though.

Of course.  Duh.   I'd also have to find out if it was something that could be swapped out though.

[Eqcons]

OK, next question on this....

The whole reason for having this Roadtech one, when I already have a normal Garmin Zumo 590 (I've installed 595 firmware for the extra features) is so that it will interrupt whatever part of the boom audio I've got playing with Route instructions - only the RT model does that.

Now as this is a dealer demo model, I want to verify that works!  I got it to load a map of sorts yesterday, put it on my bike, selected another audio source, calculated a route, and waited.  No interruption.     (This was done static in my garage, bike is now off the road for winter)   Bike does have the Audio Jack Jumper installed, and the Boom audio flashed at the dealer so I can hear audio from the normal Garmin Zumo).   Switching to the Aux input (the Garmin) and calculating a route again, Digital Doris does give an initial instruction - "Please drive to Highlighted Route" - but that doesn't interrupt other audio sources.

So, two questions for those with the RT 590 who use it as described as above:

1) Is the tone it sends telling the Boom Audio to interrupt whatever source you are listening to audible?
2) Would you expect that initial instruction above to interrupt other sources?

[BigLew55]

OK, next question on this....

The whole reason for having this Roadtech one, when I already have a normal Garmin Zumo 590 (I've installed 595 firmware for the extra features) is so that it will interrupt whatever part of the boom audio I've got playing with Route instructions - only the RT model does that.

Now as this is a dealer demo model, I want to verify that works!  I got it to load a map of sorts yesterday, put it on my bike, selected another audio source, calculated a route, and waited.  No interruption.     (This was done static in my garage, bike is now off the road for winter)   Bike does have the Audio Jack Jumper installed, and the Boom audio flashed at the dealer so I can hear audio from the normal Garmin Zumo).   Switching to the Aux input (the Garmin) and calculating a route again, Digital Doris does give an initial instruction - "Please drive to Highlighted Route" - but that doesn't interrupt other audio sources.

So, two questions for those with the RT 590 who use it as described as above:

1) Is the tone it sends telling the Boom Audio to interrupt whatever source you are listening to audible?
2) Would you expect that initial instruction above to interrupt other sources?

I've used this set-up on my '15, '18, and the '20 FLHTK, and it has successfully 'interrupted' the other audio sources on all.  I will say that it has fits where it doesn't seem to work 100% of the time, and I've not pin-pointed what's going on with that.  I say that hoping you won't be completely annoyed by it not working right off the bat.

If you can hear her through the AUX setting, it sounds like you have audio routing setup correctly there.  The only thing I don't know for sure is what the 'DEMO' units might have different.

[Eqcons]

  The only thing I don't know for sure is what the 'DEMO' units might have different.

That's why I was asking Lew.  Is the tone it sends itself audible?  It's a bummer the bike is garaged for winter so I can't try it for real!