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  1. LOL... gummy bears for dogs...

     

    sorry its not funny at but for some reason I couldn't stop laughing about it.

     

    u know whats worse, your downloading geocaching points,maps in your computer room only for someone to knock on the front door, then the dog tears off to see what it (that was sitting at your feet), on to take the wires,usb cable, gps unit with him and maybe the laptop. :P

  2. Edit: First a change list, and now an email notification in my inbox of a new firmware! They've got a long ways to go to woo me back into contentedness, but two marks for Magyllyn.

    I was thinking the same thing, I was impressed with the e-mail , wonder how they got it, off here? or from techsupport e-mail.. who's cares they sent one out...

     

    they seem to be trying.

     

    hum..

     

    can't wait. going to upload mine tomorrow night...

     

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  3. someone I know has the tomtom700 unit for the car. the road directions are excellent. but it would not be good for geocaching. its main purpose from how its built is for driving directions. the voice is very nice also. he has the sd unit with out the harddrive and has a 3 or 4 state radius for 512 card.

     

    just my 2 cents

  4. was searching for a 12volt battery connector for my energizer ni-hm charger and ran across this digital camera battery recharger. has 12/wall plug plus has plug adapters for several countries.it would be nice to use when on cruises or flying over seas.

     

    its on crutchfields site. here's the link

    fuji film battery kit

     

    if the link doesn't work the item number: is 072XL05

     

    price is 39.99

     

    thought it looked like a good post for us battery users ;)

     

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  5. I have the explorist 600, u should try the solar power method. look on line for solar powered hats. people use them to charge their cell phone when walking, might sound dumb as all. but it could charge your unit on the move. i think you will need a solar unit that has at least 1000milla amps for the amperage drawb to chargit. coleman makes a nice solar powercenter for on the move. it has a removeable battery pack with a 5v usb connection on it. charge it up on the move during the day. use it at night for charging up the gps.

  6. i noticed a packaged explorist 400 on tigergps the other day, its called the wilderness bundle and is exactly what you were talking about. it is going for $299 on there, which i thought was a awsome deal. also notice that the 400 isnt the white one, is a forest green version.

    wilderness bundle

    thats very interesting forrest green, I wonder if they have the new firmware on those models compared to the grey ones.? hummm , but that is a good deal.

  7. target has the garmin etrex for 79.00 no mail in rebates either . 2 day sale only.friday and saturday. not sure if its online deal and/or in store deal. in store for sure.r

     

    rei has a few on sale, the garmin new forerunner 301 on sale 199.00

     

    amazon has the etrex on sale for 88.00 but if you apply for the credit card get 30.00 instant

    so 58.00 not bad.....

     

    if u get it.also the explorist 200 is on sale

     

     

    thought these were worth a post.

     

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  8. I work on computer alot and have heard of this happening from hitting the eject button. sometimes a superfast cdrom drive will drop the cdrom on the drive tray before its completely stopped there by letting it spin in the carrage and getting it scratched. I haven't figure out what causes it, but I think its in the cdrom itself.

     

    my option try another cdrom player or computer to verify the problem and I'm betting it goes away. or try using the eject command up the drive in "My computer" , they do the same thing but differently on how it slows the cd down to eject. the button on the front being the worst in cases like this.

     

     

    just my 2 cents

     

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  9. I had the same problem while using it with my sportrack color. as in the previous post. its off a old info. the wildest part if you have not noticed yet is lots of the highways are only marked going onway on the highway.

     

    I just order direct route and will soon see the new additions. If I should have waited for the new directroute cd that some have mentions with all the software on it . and all you do is just activite it over the net.

     

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  10. its helped me numerous times, like go 60mph then hitting a fog bank with 20% visibility. a quick look and I'll know my position on the road zoomed in all the way. with a 7 foot accuracy reading, which is was.

     

    but if I get a lock up while doing this you could seethe possiblities of the danger.

    :P:P:D:D:D:D:P:huh::cry:

     

    Uh, you might want to slow WAYYYY down and use your senses to drive in a situation like this and not rely on an electronic device that can fail. If not, you don't need a GPS but you might need a physician!

    I do slow down but if you can't see anything when it rolls in from the side your screwed either way

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