Garmin Zumo 550
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Cruiser
Joined: Apr 2009
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From: Creola, AL.
Garmin Zumo 550
Also known as a Road Tech as sold by Harley.
I have placed some music on a memory chip in a MP3 format and installed it in the Zumo. The problem I have is the Zumo doesn't recognize it. When I press the music selection icon it will not show me the selections I have recorded. Any thoughts on this will be appreciated.
I have placed some music on a memory chip in a MP3 format and installed it in the Zumo. The problem I have is the Zumo doesn't recognize it. When I press the music selection icon it will not show me the selections I have recorded. Any thoughts on this will be appreciated.
Tourer
Joined: Sep 2005
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From: pittsburgh
How many songs? How big is your SD Card? I had about 800 songs on mine and it takes about 10 minutes to load before the icon will work.
I assume that you formatted the SD card first, so that your Zumo knows it's there, right?
I assume that you formatted the SD card first, so that your Zumo knows it's there, right?
Tourer
Joined: Jul 2009
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From: Omaha, NE
The Zumo 550 cannot read or play a playlist with more than 1,000 songs. I have a 16GB card in my 550 and had no problems with it. Ck zumoforums.com.
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Road Master
Joined: Feb 2009
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From: COLD Country Connecticut
A play list with 1000 songs oh ok make sense now. I havent messed with it in a year or so. 16 gig ?! Wow no messin around huh? Got the big guns LOL
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It works great and is easy to use. Give it a try. Free download.
Yes, the song limit on the Z is 1000 songs.
When I copy songs to the Z I create a "root" folder on the Z called Music.
I put all songs organized by Album under the root music folder.
This also helps because I can see how many files (up to 1000) are in the music folder.
The music root folder structure also really helps speed up the boot up process when turning on the Z.
Garmin says that the Zumo 550 supports up to 4Gig cards.
I have used 8GB and 16GB, but whatever SD card you use, the 1000 song limit is still there.
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They way Karen says it is so nice I just want to keep driving around the block over and over.
I also have a small collection of Z splash screen if you are interested.
Here are a couple of samples.
