sanramonhunter
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wow, lots of views but no interest. i felt i posted a reasonable price, but am i priced too high for what i'm offering or is no one interested in a package deal?
Your price is high. I just listed my 60csx with power adapter, bike mount, City Navigator, and screenshield for $350 and didn't have many bites here. Considering you can get New 60csx for $310, and topo for $80, power adaptors are $20. So your basically throwing in a car mount and saving someone tax. Not a horrible price, but not a steal either. Especially since mine with more expensive software and a screenshield didn't get too many bites at $350.
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Depends on what make and model GPS receiver he is using. The DeLorme PN-20 can display aerial photos. I think Bushnell also makes a model that can do this.
Both the DeLorme PN-20 and the Bushnell can do this. Here's a link for the bushnell http://www.bushnell.com/gps/gps_features_s...n=General%20Use
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not a deal if you need one, but if you need 3 it gets a little better since the 5.00 shipping covers all 3. Too bad not Micro SD.
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Somebody correct me if I'm wrong but I believe the 300 offers a "worldwide" basemap, which should include U.S. and Europe. I think the 400 only offers a U.S. road basemap, again could be wrong, but I think I read that somewhere. The hardware is exactly the same with the caveat that the 400 has more internal memory so as to load the topo on. If I was in your shoes I would buy the 300. Although if you had the cash to throw around you could get the 400 and erase the topo then you'd have alot of internal memory free. Then again kind of a waste since you get an SD slot with the unit.
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i just called the 1800 number again to see if they could adjust the quantity on my order so i could pass them on to other members, but they said it's now out of stock "due to high demand".. i hope some of you were also able to get the units at the same price.
That's what they told me also. I just hope you actually get the unit and they don't cancel the order on you. I've had that happen to me before. The price was like $50 less than it should have been and I got an email saying computer error blah blah this blah blah that and we are canceling your order. So I'll be crossing my fingers for you.
i hope they don't cancel it, if they do i suppose i will just get a different used one off ebay.. this will be my first unit. i'll keep you updated on the status of the order
Any status yet?
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I was just in Park City, UT this weekend to do some skiing. My friend needed a new pair of boot so we went to the Sports Authority in town. While he was trying on his boots I was browsing around and found thier GPS section. They had the explorist 100 on clearance for $109, I thought that's not clearance that's not even a good price. Then I looked at another explorist, the 210 I think. Again $109. They also had the explorist 300 for $109 and they had one triton 300 for $109. Don't quite get the pricing but apparently all magellans cost $109 at the sports authority in Park City.
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They probably expect you to return the broken unit. And they might expect you to keep your charger, battery and USB cable, and not send you new ones. Not sure, but that would be reasonable.
I'm getting a refurbed 500 sent to me and they do want the old unit. If I don't send the old unit back they charge my CC $170. I could understand where confusion would come in though. I had to have the magellan rep in India repeat just about every third sentence.
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Costco.com has the explorist 500le which is color and came out between the meridians and the tritons. They are $120 plus tax and shipping. Don't know if your a costco member, but you might check that out. Also have to concur with cacheoholic, once you get used to a nice color screen the monochromes are really annoying.
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it's a nice idea, but I can fly 3 of us to florida for that....
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Doesn't the airline system work on the same dollar for points system? So your buying $500 worth of tickets for $500. I haven't seen too many 400T's for $480 shipped.
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100,000 Amex points can also get you 4 airplane tickets to some interesting cache locations.....
Doesn't the airline system work on the same dollar for points system? So your buying $500 worth of tickets for $500. I haven't seen too many 400T's for $480 shipped.
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I'm on the fence about getting the 400T. I am fine with them working out the bugs with the software, I'm fairly confident that will be worked out in the next few months. My concern is if the Hardware itself will change considerably. From reading the forums so far I guess the 400 has had one change, less memory. Just wondering if I wait a while longer if they will make improvements to the actual hardware over the next 6 months. I wasn't into this stuff when the 60csx released, did any big hardware changes happen with that?
Thanks.
Why not use the GPS you have now and wait for the bugs to be worked out, In some cases the prices of new items comes down afer a few months.
That's what I originally intended to do. Then I got an Amex Rewards brochure. So I went online and there I saw the 400T. 96,000 points, which works out to $480 shipped, since I cold use 100,000 points to get $500 cash instead. The problem with the AMEX rewards system is that some stuff comes and goes, so in 3 or so months it might not be there.
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Just saw the 400T on the AMEX rewards page for 96,000 points. In the points scheme that works out to $480 including shipping and taxes. I base this on the fact that you can get $100 cash for 20,000 points. I was going to wait a few months, but this really has me tempted. So if you have some AMEX points go check it out.
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I'm on the fence about getting the 400T. I am fine with them working out the bugs with the software, I'm fairly confident that will be worked out in the next few months. My concern is if the Hardware itself will change considerably. From reading the forums so far I guess the 400 has had one change, less memory. Just wondering if I wait a while longer if they will make improvements to the actual hardware over the next 6 months. I wasn't into this stuff when the 60csx released, did any big hardware changes happen with that?
Thanks.
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It will work fine. you may find it to be a tighter fit though.
Can you recommend one that will fit the correct way? Or is the magellan oem one the only battery that fits the unit correctly?
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i just called the 1800 number again to see if they could adjust the quantity on my order so i could pass them on to other members, but they said it's now out of stock "due to high demand".. i hope some of you were also able to get the units at the same price.
That's what they told me also. I just hope you actually get the unit and they don't cancel the order on you. I've had that happen to me before. The price was like $50 less than it should have been and I got an email saying computer error blah blah this blah blah that and we are canceling your order. So I'll be crossing my fingers for you.
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After reading some of the threads about the Li-Ion battery I think I have the correct one http://cgi.ebay.com/Motorola-OEM-Extended-...p3285.c57.l1288
Does this battery fit perfectly, or is there a better battery out there? Don't mind spending more $ if the battery fits/works better, but if there really isn't a difference $5.94 seems like a good price.
Thanks.
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Just tried to order by phone and they said no go. I hope the person that got an order in ordered at least 10.
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Hello everyone,
I have been geocaching one time with a buddy who has a gps. I was hooked instantly, the only problem is.. I don't have a handheld gps. I just moved to a new state and I thought geocaching would be a great way to go exploring my new surroundings. I am wondering if anyone has a gps that they are looking to get rid of that has great reception under a canopy (high sensitivity) and is easy to use (can download coordinates from CPU). My budget doesn't allow me to get a new gps, but I can go around $70 for a unit. If anyone can help me out please let me know, or if you have any suggestions for what kind I should be looking for that would be helpful as well. Thanks!
Your going to be hard pressed to get a High sensitivity GPS with data cable for $70 even used. The cheapest High sensetivity your going to find new is the garmin etrexH for about $85 w/o cable +tax. Cable going to run another $10 at least. To be realistic your going to either need to raise your budget or get a non High sensitity unit. You can get a regular etrex + cable for $70, but with some patience and searching you could probably find a garmin legend with cable for $75 or so.
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Is there such a thing as mapsend topo 4.02? I found someone selling 4.02 on ebay and was wondering if he made a typo. The price is right, just wondering if it's 4.2 or not, and if there is such thing as 4.02 would it be ok? Can't find any version history on Magellan's site.
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Topo US 2008 is definitely worth updating to. The v3.02 uses over 30 year old USGS data and the street data is also over 30 years old. The Topo US 2008 USGS contour data is basically the same since that is only what is widely available but the street data and some other topo data has been updated. You can view the Topo US 2008 maps and CNNA 2008 maps here on Garmin’s MapSource Map Viewer.
He's already got City navigator, why would he care about the street data on 2008 topo?
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I wasn't sure just how much improvement over previous software each update provided, I know around the St. Louis area there is alot of street/highway improvement in progress. I was just wondering if Garmin's maps get the updated information , previous to new construction being done ??? Just a thought ...
No actually even the newest street data is a year old. The 2008 disk came out in late 2007 from data that was probably a couple of months old. I'm sure in the future "real time" street updates will be a possiblility. Garmin will probably put us all on a yearly map "subscription" for $100 and we can update our streets every week if we want. Not that I would want that. I was using City Navigator v7 (came out it 2005 or earlier) until October of 2007and it was doing fine for me.
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I have a Garmin 60 Csx with City Navigator version 8, and Topo version 3.02 and was just wondering, On the current updates for each, is it really worth the effort ? Or should I wait a while ? Can there be that many changes since I purchased them ? ( one year ago). The City Nav update for the regular (non N T version) is $75.00, only through Garmin. I'm just trying to keep from getting into a yearly investment to update software.
Depends on where you live with City Navigator. If you live in an area where lots of streets are being built then you might want to get the newer maps, if not wait. I would just use what you have until you find you are going to areas where the streets aren't on your device. The maps on my Honda Odyssey are 4 years old. every once in a while it will not work because of a new area, but not very often. Look around craigslist and ebay and the forums here for the updates as well. There is a guy on craigslist right now selling the update disk new in shrinkwrap for $40. I have never used topo. but I would think that you could easily go a few years without updating that. The only caveat would be that someone mentioned topo 2008 contains DEM data and 3.02 doesn't, so if you wanted DEM data than you would want 2008. That wouldn't make much difference on your GPSr, but would look different on your PC.
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E-Bay is for selling, not for buying
It would be kinda hard to sell anything if nobody is buying.
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For future reference: Mapsource are Garmin maps, Mapsend are Magellan maps.
With the meridian color you can use the older mapsend topo 4.20 which has no unlock sceme what so ever. These maps aren't much different than the newer mapsend topo 3D & are also VERY cheap if you can find them.
Sorry, got garmin on the brain. So topo 4.20 no unlock topo 3d requires unlock. Does directroute require an unlock as well?
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Thanks for the info. Do you know if the software can be purchased elsewhere or only through magellan?