FiveNines
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You can buy an AAA to AA battery adaptor that will allow you to use those same AAA batteries in your eTrex.I am a back packer. For my use, I NEVER want a rechargeable battery in my unit. I want the same batteries as other equipment in my pack. In my case, I use AAA lithiums in my headlamp, and my GPS (Garmin Foretrex 101). I want the safety and redundancy of matching power sources for my equipment when I can do it. ...
I have an E-Trex Vista HCx, with 2 GB of maps loaded into it, including the 1:24,000 series. But, it will never be with me on a back packing trip. It's batteries don't match my Princeton Tech headlamp and it is heavier than my Foretrex 101.
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In a topic debated extensively, which seems to be the most successful software / GPS software version to use on the Vista HCx?
2.80/2.80 seems to be the best.
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In my on-going email exchange with Garmin tech support, I asked regarding the chipset used in the Vista HCx.
It's the MediaTek MT3318 GPS receiver.
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w/o being picky, could you provide a direct proof that Vista Hcx contains a MTK 3318 chipset?it's the MediaTek MT3318 GPS receiver chipset.
View the chipset update rgn file in a hex editor. Its plainly stated right there in the code.
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After a restore of the GPS chipset firmware to version to 2.3. It says that there is an update for the GPS chipset Type M2 (region file)
Question : Is the M2 chipset a mediatek or bravo ??
Greetzz
Ed
It's the MediaTek MT3318 GPS receiver chipset.
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Update: I just found out how to access the status page. My unit is using the Bravo Version 2 chip set with FW 2.60
What chip sets are in the other units that are locking-up. To get to the status page, push in the joy stick while powering up the unit.
"Bravo Version 2" is not the chipset. The GPS chipset in the Vista HCx is the MediaTek MT3318.
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Is it possible that all Etrex have the Bravo chipset, since all I've seen is Bravo 2 under the listings people have put here, and the Meditek copyright on the start up is just a red herring?
Sure makes ya' wonder... They removed the MediaTek from the copyright in the startup splash screen as of Unit Software Version v2.40 I've never seen any real proof the there is a MediaTek chip in any HCx unit.
Look at the firmware for both the GPS and the software for the unit with a hex viewer. "Mediatek" and "MTKGPS" are all over both along with chip ID numbers (it's Mediatek chip MT3318). The eTrex Vista/Legend HCx does have a Mediatek chipset. What I've not seen is any proof that "Bravo version" is anything other than Garmin's way of specifying a particular hardware revision. I've seen no picture of a chip labeled "Bravo" or any actual documentation anywhere that Bravo refers to a chip unlike with the Mediatek MT3318 chip in the eTrex Vista/Legend HCx.
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On today's walk I've seen a significant (300m/1000ft) drift, as well as smaller ones with the new unit. As usual power cycling restored the accuracy.
1000 ft drift? Post a screenshot of your track log. The maximum error I've ever encountered is a 150 ft difference between starting and ending locations.
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Why can't I install this software?
This has happened to me before with some versions of POI Loader too.
I click to launch the setup program and I get a screen saying click NEXT to proceed.
Well there is no NEXT button!
It just stays like this...
Anyone have this problem?
Any Fix ?
I've had this problem before and it was a screen size issue. The program doesn't resize the program window based on your selected screen size so the button isn't displayed in the window frame. Try resizing your screen to to a standard 1024x768 or even 800x600 and rerun the program and see if the "next" button shows up then.
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Odometer bug is fully back - 11.4 mile hike about 50% in heavy deciduous woodland - odometer reading 9.96 miles
Of course it is -- you downgraded. What did you expect? Upgrade to 2.60 and that bug will be fixed, as it is for the rest of us with 2.60.
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My problem is there is no disc drive and my Garmin Mapsource program is on CD and has to be running to do any close viewing of sites.
Three choices:
1. Get a USB optical disc drive and use it tethered to a USB port.
2. Copy your Mapsource program and maps to a USB thumbdrive and use that.
3. Copy your Mapsource program and maps to an SDHC card and use that.
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It is almost impossible to read my Legend HCx without the backlight on. Is there a way to increase the contrast on the unit, so I don't have to use so much battery life?
It uses an LED for the backlight so the current drain with it on is negligible.
Just leave it on.
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I have the Vista cx, It's starting to do a strange thing, I'll be driving with a cache in mind and it all of a sudden it will shut down, So I tried walking with it and it did the same thing, I checked I've got 2.60 in it, Any ideas now???
Low battery?
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I ordered and received the Vista HCx bundle from REI this week. While the sale price is fantastic, the member discount is not available for this sale.
Yes, you are correct. I didn't read the fine print. "What the big print giveth, the fine print taketh away."
With overnight shipping to Florida, total cost of Vista HCx sale bundle was $288.98. Hope this helps in your decision.When I bought mine before Christmas, I used the "ship to store" option and got free shipping. Picked it up locally after waiting about a week.
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REI has the Vista HCx with Topo maps for only $259. That is a good deal.
And REI has a coupon good for 20% off for members through the 11th.
That brings the total to $207.20! That's an awesome deal for both.
Especially since REI offers a lifetime warranty.
The coupon code is ANNV20 if anyone wants to use it and doesn't have a copy of the catalog.
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Is there another way I can install the drivers on my HD (Incase they are corrupt) and retry pointing device manager in the right direction????
Try this:
Use the Device Manager to scan for new hardware. Follow these steps:
1. Click Start, click Run, type Devmgmt.msc, and then click OK.
2. Highlight one of the "Universal Serial Bus Controller" items.
3. On the Action menu at the top, click Scan for hardware changes. This causes Windows to recognize new devices.
4. Repeat for each USB.
5. Close Device Manager and Control Panel.
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... suddenly shifted about a hundred yards east. ...
I am also on 2.60/2.60
Same here except shifted to the west. Looking at my track log on mapsource, wife was pretty impressed that I hiked substantially into the lake while still managed to stay dry.
If you were beside a lake, the problem was multipath errors in the high-sensitivity chipset caused by the satellite signals bouncing off the lake surface.
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Ok feelin really stupid at the moment--I'm usually pretty good with gadgets but I can not figure out how to cancel a goto on my Garmin Legend HCx? How do I do this? I thought maybe canel route but there are no routes. I know it's there and I am missing it. Help
On map page: Menu button on left -> Stop Navigation (should be the first one on the menu).
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I have noticed that the compass on mine does not work correctly either. It can't seem to find a direction, and flips from north to south, back to north, back to south, north, south, etc, etc, and all of this while walking due north.
You are not supposed to hold it vertically or it will do that. Hold it horizontally, flat with the ground.
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Following your leads, I tried pushing it in *all* the way - as far as goes when inserting it before it pops it up a bit as it clicks, and now I can at least see the card. I may just have to find a temporary solution with a strip of rubber glued into the little slot on the battery cover.
Update: Yep, that little strip of rubber does the trick. I'll send it in to Garmin once I get back from my backpacking trip to Guatemala. Now to load up on some free maps ...
You push it in until it clicks, it will pop back out to where it sticks out about 1mm.
That's the proper way it should be. You should NOT glue anything onto it to hold it
in or to keep it recessed below the surface. To remove it, you push it in again and
it will pop all the way out. To re-insert it, push it back in until it clicks and again
shows about 1mm exposed.
This shows what it should look like before putting the battery cover back on.
I hope you didn't void your warranty by gluing rubber to the slot!
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Anyone else notice this?
Not here.
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Don't worry, it's not.
Sorry. I can't help you, but I have a question. Where did you find out that the update is bad?I know the GPS software can be undone but can the chipset upgrade be undone? If so, how?
I was thinking of possibly buying this model and I would like to research this further.It's a great unit, better than anything else in its class. Go ahead and get it.
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Hmmmmm... I can't seem to get this to work! The only send option I have in Google is email.
Click on the "send to email" link on the location result and you'll get the pop-up shown
in my previous post above.
In that pop-up you can select GPS from the menu on the left.
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After you do a search in Google Maps and get the result, one of the options is "Send to GPS."
Pretty cool.
Now if my Vista HCx only had Bluetooth I could lose the cable.
Do you mean MapQuest?
No, I mean Google Maps.
Satellite going down
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No, sorry. This is a military date/time group (DTG) as used in military messages.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date-time_group
http://www.js.pentagon.mil/doctrine/jel/do...rm/d/00379.html
"FROM 111302Z - 111323Z SEP 09" = "13:02 UTC - 13:23 UTC, SEP 11th, 2009".
The 09 is the year, not the day.
DDHHMMZ OOO YY = DD-Day, HH-Hour, MM-Minute, Z-Zulu Time (UTC), OOO-Month, YY-Year