Garmin Zumo 550 Motorcycle GPS Navigator - 3.5" Touch Screen Display, USB, Voice Prompts, Bluetooth, MP3 Music Player

What is Bluetooth?
Bluetooth wireless technology is a short-range communications technology intended to replace the cables connecting portable and/or fixed devices while maintaining high levels of security. The key features of Bluetooth technology are robustness, low power, and low cost.

It’s more than seeing. It’s believing.
Before wires, everything was wireless. Nature found ways to connect it all—often on a very mysterious frequency. Bluetooth wireless technology takes its prompt from nature: harmonious, intuitive, seamless. Products with Bluetooth wireless technology communicate with a sense of purpose and elegant efficiency. Today, Bluetooth wireless technology can eliminate wires. In the future, it may make the word “wireless” entirely obsolete.  By then, Bluetooth freedom will be second nature.

Designed to make connectivity invisible and reliable. A perfect convergence of extraordinary technology and elegant simplicity. Hundreds of companies are on board. Thousands of engineers have contributed. Standards have been set. Specifications have been approved. More than one billion devices are in use. And people are experiencing just how far they can go. 

It’s integrating every dimension of productivity.
Where do we work? Desk. Sofa. Car. Hotel. Kitchen. Plane. Yard. It’s not one location; it’s everywhere. It’s not one application; it’s many. With Bluetooth wireless technology, our options are endless. It’s where we’d most expect it and where we’d least expect it—and everywhere in between. It adapts to how we work and how we live, transforming everyday tasks into everyday solutions. Surprising, nimble, ubiquitous. Seeking new applications and finding new opportunities—everywhere we turn.

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IMPORTANT: Each GPS Manufacturer has its own terms, conditions, and availability, for map updates, beyond our control.  This may or may not include a fee for map updates - please visit the manufacturer's website, or review your product manual for more information about downloading and updating your pre-loaded maps.

GPS - Global Positioning System (Device) - Is a device that works with the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) developed by the US Dept. of Defense. It is the only fully functional GNSS in the world, and uses a constellation of between 24 and 32 Medium Earth Orbit satellites that transmit precise signals allowing GPS receivers to determine their current location, the exact time, and their velocity.  Also known as a Personal Navigation Device, Navigational System, GPS Receiver, or GPS Navigator.

System - The GPS Device itself.

Navigation - Is the process of locating your current position, establishing your destination, and controlling the direction and movement of a vehicle from one place to another.

Compass - A device or feature of a GPS receiver that shows your current direction.

Map - A map (or chart)  is a visual representation of an area, showing different objects or landmarks; such as: streets, buildings, locations, and points of interest.

Trip - A trip is the travel from point A to point B.

Point of Interest - A POI is a recorded location within the GPS Device, either pre-defined, or that can be end-user entered.  Usually these are accessed to speed setting a destination, or a detour.

Trilateration - This is how a GPS device knows its location.  It uses three GPS satellites to trilaterate its position.  GPS units operate on a common clocking system to use the variation in radio-frequency signal arrival time to calculate their position.

Automotive GPS - A GPS Receiver typically used in a car or truck.  Depending on the design, can also be used on motorcycles, boats, or as a hand-held GPS, but is not designed specifically for these uses.

Mounting - Dash or dashboard mounting usually involves a suction mount holder, that can easily be removed for storage when not needed.

Traffic - Traffic can be: the display or information provide about real-time traffic conditions; about historic traffic conditions at different times of day; or the ability to route around typical congestion points on your Trip or route.

Voice - Voice features can be: spoken information that the GPS provides, including spoken directions, street names, or alerts; or can be voice commands that the GPS owner gives to the GPS device.

Touch Screen - A covering over the GPS display allowing control of the features or map of the GPS Device.

Bluetooth - This is a wireless technology allowing different devices to communicate.  In GPS systems, Bluetooth usually allows the GPS device to act as a hands-free speaker phone.

Geotagging - This is the saving of a GPS coordinate to other information, such as a photo, point of interest or other location.  Using a GPS you can usually obtain exact coordinates that may be used with other devices, or other devices, such as a Digital Camera may have GOS built in for that purpose.