Garmin zumo 550 GPS Receiver - Answered Questions & Fixed issues

It might not be compatible you'll have to find your instruction manual and investigate this

The 550 relies on the car base for audio as it has no speaker. If the base is not powered up it will not amplify the sound out of the GPS unit, Check the in-line fuse on the power cord, it is usually located in the tip of the cigarette lighter adapter. twist off the tip and this should expose a fuse.
HAve you tried connecting to it with a bluetooth headset, this should work regardless of whether or not it is on the base.

Hope this is of some help.
Ed

I have the same problem. Seems to happen when I get a photobox warning in a tunnel an after that loose satelite connection in the tunnel. This has happened two times at the same place, The only solution I`ve found so far is to take out the battery and start again. Hopfully there will come a software update for this soon!

It may be a resistive screen rather than a capacitive screen which is not as sesitive to touch. You may need to use a stylus as it may need slight pressure vs just touch if it is a resistive screen.

Try updating the firmware and map data, some times something goes bad in the soft and it just needs a new fresh install

Possibly does not have bluetooth available on this model. Some Garmins have Bluetooth and some don't. If you have used it before with bluetooth, check your systems settings to see if you have turned off the bluetooth function.

Have you tried recalibrating the touchscreen?To calibrate the screen of the Zumo 550, press and hold the power button for about a minute until the screen calibration appears.

You may download the manual and more here.

Turn on Zumo. Select WHERE TO. Depress ARROW DOWN beneath ROUTES icon. There, revealed, are 5 additional icons, one of which is COORDINATES. There are more different choices of ways to enter coordinates than you're likely to learn what they are in a lifetime.Happy motorcycling. Keep the shiny side up.Patrick

There seems to be a problem with the 550's. Review some methods on this thread and see if anything suggested helps, otherwise a return to Garmin might be in order. Sorry I couldn't help you better.http://www.fixya.com/support/t196108-garmin_c550_will_not_turn

You might have a different code set for your phone. The nuvi's code is 1234 but you need to find out what the code is for your phone.

Hi tkfranks331,

Press the power key and hold it if the screen of your Zumo is frozen. Keep holding the power key while pressing the key that has a plus symbol ("+") on it. This will reset your device and unfreeze the screen. You can also try calibrating the screen by pressing the power key for one full minute.

If this does not work, please follow these steps.

1. Update the internal disk software. Download and install WebUpdater on the computer. Please visit this link to download the WebUpdater.

2. Open WebUpdater on the computer.

3. Connect the Zumo 550 to the computer with its USB cable.

4. WebUpdater will automatically search for updates.

5. Follow the prompts to download any pertinent updates for the Zumo 550.

Hope it helps.

Thank you for using FixYa.

Hi,
Welcome to Fixya. The problem that your experiencing is caused by a bad mouth piece on the device. The mouth piece is the the device that allows people on the other end of the call hear you. I would like to know if you still have a warranty on the device because this is not a software issue but a hardware one. This also happens on other cellular phone.
Thanks

Hello
Windows-7 won't recogonise most of the external devices like XP do. I've updated my system with Windos-7, and felt so many problems, and reverted back to XP itself. When I tried with Windows-7 CD with XP, and made a compactablilty check, which says that, all the external components, including USB stic, must be pluged in when you install Windows-7. In fact I don't feel smooth Win-7 as WinXP.
Your problem can't be rectifed unitl you revert back to XP again. Most of the older softwares are not compactable with this operating system as I feels.
Try your Gramin with an other computer running on XP SP3. OK.

Hello,

The internal rechargeable battery in most electronic only has a life expectancy of about 3-4 years so it is common for then to die over time. It may be the same scenario with your GPS's antenna. You may be able to find a replacement battery for your GPS at a local battery outlet. But otherwise it may have to be sent in for warranty or repair.

Hope this helps!

Hello
In its oweners manual all are described how to use XM in chapter "Using XM Radio" . In that section all are desccibed including the process you have done now; and to save XM channels in the device. There is no chance to get all XM screen out. Some adjustment mistake will be there. If it is not, the XM receiving section inside your Gramin have some fault.
Just do one thing. Set the device to its Factroy defaults. The proceedings are given in it user manual. Anyway, I'll type it here for you.
[1] From the main page, touch [Tools]
[2] Touch "Restore" and then touch "yes". This restores all of your Zumo setting to factory defaults.
CLEARING ALL USER DATA
Caution: This deletes all the user entered information including favourites, routes, trip, logs, settings and recent finds.
To do this:
[1] Hold your finger on the lower-right of the Zumos' screen while "Turning ON" zumo.
[2] Keep your fingers pressed until the pop-up window appears.
[3] Touch "YES" to clear all user data
Then retune all you want to do with the device. If you haven't it user manual, send your email address to me by Fixya. I've the manual, and send it to by return mail. It is a large file, which I can't send to you by this site. OK

have you tried adding a 2gb sd card to your garmin?

Hold down on and + button together for a while, that will reset all.

master reset: with the Zumo off, press andhold the lowest right corner of the touch screen while powering it on, keep the touch touch screen pressed until it says something like are you sure. then press yes and follow the onscreen instruction

yes it can be replaced, quite cheaply too you just need to be very careful when removing the old one as it is glued to the lcd so there can be a risk of breaking the lcd. use a scalpel or craft blade to prise the touch screen up and gently score inbetween the two to remove it