transfer from phone to zoom xt
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@Peter-Zehentreiter in my opinion unnecessary complicated. Just connect the XT to your computer. Wait until the device and sd are recognised then use the connector in MRA to export the route using the 1.2 format. Works like a charm
@Marinus-van-Deudekom Well, that's not exactly complicated...
I'm simply describing the standard method for transferring GPX files to a Garmin device.I realize there are different ways to do it, and I know how they work.
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@Peter-Zehentreiter in my opinion unnecessary complicated. Just connect the XT to your computer. Wait until the device and sd are recognised then use the connector in MRA to export the route using the 1.2 format. Works like a charm
@Marinus-van-Deudekom MRA connector and XT with sd-card. I wish you lots of succes, most of the time it will not succeed with a sd-card.
Save the route(s) and drag them, in case of more routes, to the XT itself (I use good old Total Commander for it), de SD is in my case only for music. In case of emergency (XT has to set back to factory settings or hard reset) you can put them on your XT with your phone and the Drive app.
I agree with the 1.2Met andere apps maak je een route, met MRA componeer je een route!
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@Marinus-van-Deudekom MRA connector and XT with sd-card. I wish you lots of succes, most of the time it will not succeed with a sd-card.
Save the route(s) and drag them, in case of more routes, to the XT itself (I use good old Total Commander for it), de SD is in my case only for music. In case of emergency (XT has to set back to factory settings or hard reset) you can put them on your XT with your phone and the Drive app.
I agree with the 1.2
@Travellexxie What I meant was if you want to tranfer using the cable connection wait for Windows to recognise both the XT and the SD card. Don't trafer the export to a SD card. You're completly wright about that.
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@Marinus-van-Deudekom Well, that's not exactly complicated...
I'm simply describing the standard method for transferring GPX files to a Garmin device.I realize there are different ways to do it, and I know how they work.
@Peter-Zehentreiter There's alway more ways to get where you wanna go
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@Peter-Zehentreiter in my opinion unnecessary complicated. Just connect the XT to your computer. Wait until the device and sd are recognised then use the connector in MRA to export the route using the 1.2 format. Works like a charm
@Marinus-van-Deudekom What do you mean by "use the connector"? What connector are you talking about?
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@Peter-Zehentreiter There's alway more ways to get where you wanna go
@Marinus-van-Deudekom sent you a PN
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There are a few posts referencing SD card here. I'm not sure if some of the advice given is to use it to store routes on your XT, or not.
My advice is to use the SD card you place in the XT slot. Simply create a Garmin/GPX folder on the card and copy your GPX file directly into it. The XT will recognize it existence, import/recalculate it, and store it for execution. The advantage is that if your route ever gets corrupted, you can quickly re-import it from the SD card and be on your way. If you import into Garmin internal storage and corruption happens, you have to go back to MRA and perform the transfer process from scratch. Admittedly, this a rare occurrence, but the one time it happened to me was at the worst possible instance. As always, plan for the worst, but hope for the best.
In any case, a direct wired file copy (manually performed by you) from your PC/Mac to your Garmin is always the safest method. Anytime you use a transfer intermediary (Drive app, Tread app, MRA Connector), there is a possibility that the process can break. For reasons totally out of your control.
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@Travellexxie What I meant was if you want to tranfer using the cable connection wait for Windows to recognise both the XT and the SD card. Don't trafer the export to a SD card. You're completly wright about that.
@Marinus-van-Deudekom read my post again...
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@Travellexxie What I meant was if you want to tranfer using the cable connection wait for Windows to recognise both the XT and the SD card. Don't trafer the export to a SD card. You're completly wright about that.
What I meant was if you want to tranfer using the cable connection wait for Windows to recognise both the XT and the SD card. Don't trafer the export to a SD card. You're completly wright about that.
If you want to learn about the use of the SD Card for routes, reference the following from user "jfheath", the moderator of the Zumo XT Forum out the UK. If you don't know of him, he's probably forgotten more about the XT than most of us know. Anyway, here is some of the documentation he's compiled:
First, the master list of topics:
https://zumouserforums.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=3361
And the specific 3.08 section on using the SD Card for GPX Files:
https://zumouserforums.co.uk/XT2-P338
From the link:
**You may notice in older posts about other Zumos that I have recommended using Internal Storage for GPX files. Not any more. For the XT2 I always transfer my GPX files to the SD card. The files cannot get altered and nothing gets deleted.
More than anything - the behaviour is predictable. And if your Zumo Collections get messed up, you can delete the lot and import them again.**
He's talking about the XT2, but from my personal experience, it also applies directly to the XT and XT3.
That forum is a treasure trove of Zumo XT/XT2/XT3 information. If you ever decide to give the XT's a try again (hopefully an XT3), following the teachings in that forum will give you a fighting chance of success the next time around.
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@Marinus-van-Deudekom read my post again...
Travellexxie maybe you misread what I was saying. Not meaning at all to write files to the SD card. Just simply Windows things. Wait until Windows had found all of the connections. That's al
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