oddsock
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I guess it won't harm to turn it on then.
Thanks for taking the time to reply to my post.
I have not found any advantage in the UK .it also runs the battery down faster as it frantically searches for the elusive waas/egnos birds!
Dave
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Deleted,wrong forum.
Dave
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Today, I tried to load a Mapsource Topo map or two onto my 60CSx and got this error message:
"The required memory for storing maps is missing from your GPS. If your GPS uses a programmable data card, check to make sure it is inserted properly."
My data card sub-menu shows: 0% Full, Maps 0.00 mb, and interestingly..Free Space 0.00 mb.
I've never had a problem loading maps until now. Think is is memory card problem?
Any thoughts or solutions? Thanks for the help.
Alan
Try putting it into mass storage mode ,if it shows up in My computer and right click to check the properties..then in widows explorer try sending a small text file to it to see if it works.
Dave
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It was already set to Track up. I cant find how to change to it True North.
To change to true North : Menu,menu,settings,heading.north reference.
Dave
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As title,very little used 18 months old ,screen protector from new and complete with manual,Usb lead and a copy of MetroGuide Europe v9 , MetroGold for modifying MG to autorouting just by selecting the maptiles and sending them to the gps as you do with City Navigator or City Select. ..MG has full search functions for streets ,house numbers , Poi's etc and covers UK and Western Europe ..There also a copy of UK Topo ,not the autorouting version.
The GpsMap 60c is £129 inc insured postage, the Maps come free!!
Dave
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I just recently got my Garmin 60CSx, and it worked well yesterday. However, today I can't seem to get any satellite signals. I get an "acquiring satellites" message that lasts for hours.
Yesterday I had signals from about 15 satellites - today I can't get any. I'm in the same place, with the same weather conditions. I am thinking something must be wrong with my unit.
Can anyone give me some advice on what to try next?
I had a GpsMap 60csx for Xmas and also have a queery,..when i am stationary the position icon jumps around and draws tracks all over the place, and the trip page starts updating and shows the max speed and the distance travelled keeps increasing.also when walking the track swings from side to side which my 60c dod not do.....When in car everything seems ok! I have software version 3.50..has any one had similar problems?
Dave
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To the best of my knowledge, the base map that's pre-loaded onto the GPSMap60 doesn't support auto-routing. To use that function, you need the Garmin Topo, MetroGuide or City Navigator software and that will cost a fistful of your hard earned blue drinking vouchers. It does work but given the size of the display and the cost of the extra software, it's probably not the best tool in the box for car navigation.It might be that complicated. You have to buy more maps for it to be ultra detailed (and some would argue "useful"
) but nonetheless your GPS will come with what Garmin call a basemap. A map that has the major roads (as far as the UK is concerned A roads and motorways).
I am fairly sure my Gpsmap 60c will auto route on the base map because if I don't load enough detailed map tiles on a route it will use the major roads from the base map to get across the gaps.
Dave
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Garmin Quest. Simple, small, fairly inexpensive. Plus you can use them for geocaching. Tom toms are not as versitile.
Check Garmins web site to see if they do the voice prompts. I'm fairly sure they do, but check. Just in case.
A Quest does have voice prompts while powered from the cigar socket but the US version only has 115MB of memory,the UK one has 256 MB
Dave
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Looks like my computer crapped out on my when I posted this on my way out the door yesterday... I went the the sporting goods store and messed with the 60CSX and the Vista HCX and decided on the 60CSX. Now I need a map... I didn't find what I was looking for on Garmin's site nor in searching here (Althought I am new and don't know exactly what "key" words to use here). I'm getting the GPS primarily to GeoCache. I will be using it to find clients houses when they ask me to shoot on-site. That being said I want a map that can autoroute. I think the Topo maps would be neat but I thought I read somewhere that they do not autoroute. I guess I want City Navigator North America NT? I just wanted to get an opinion before dropping $80-100 on a map.
Thanks!!
Jason
If you want autrouting City Navigator NT is most likely what you want. Metroguide is a little cheaper, and while it does not autoroute as received, there is third party software (Metrowizz) that will allow it to do so.
From the same people but much easier to use is metrogold only $6..it changes Metroguide and allows you to download the routing data in on hit ..no messing saving files
Dave
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Im considering getting a gps60 standard, but the garmin website doesnt explian what exactly the 'geocaching function' does. Is it just a gloryfied waypoint system, or does it store cache info and logs etc, so i can paperless cache without a PDA.
Pm sent ...I am selling a GpsMap 60c
Dave
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Wouldn't life be good if somebody had the idea to put an output on the gps device so that you could plug it directly into the pda and not have to bother with bluetooth? Would'nt that also save on battery power? Go on somebody, have that idea...
I made a cable that connects an etrex to a 2210 so thats the same thing isn't it??
Dave
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I bought a packet of Belkin screen protectors for my ipac 2210 and cut one of them down to fit my Gpsmap 60c and its been on there nearly a year cost...£1..
Dave
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Hello
Could anyone help me, Not having bought much online, I would like advice as to which micro sd to buy and where from.
I find buying thing on line quite a gamble and I can only find 2 gig cards on line, also I would like to install topo uk and any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks
Martin
I have bought several types of card from Here and they are very good if a fault developes at a late date ..waiting for 2GB stock though!!
Dave
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Hello fellow geocachers/hikers in Greece!
I am wondering if there is already a site where one can upload his/her tracklogs and can download tracklogs created/uploaded by others.
If such a site does not exist (for Greece anyway), I would like to put one together. Of course the new site would have many other features as well, mainly Greece specific.
This would be a good way of mapping the whole country (I am mostly talking about tourist tracks, not roads for cars).
Any thoughts on this subject is much appreciated.
vitya
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Please post your replies in English as - although I have been living here for almost 2 years - I still can't understand everything in Greek - It's all Greek to me!
To include the Greek Islands??
Dave
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My newly aquired 60csx arrived today and it looks good.... first problem I had was unable to do anything with MapSource City Select V6 that I had given to me brand new, but do you think I can get it to load....!! keeps chucking up an error about "Please start this data CD install from the set-up cd." I am using disc 1 of 2
I even tried double clicking on the setup.exe file... but no luck.... same error message...
Does anyone know if road & recreation works with the 60csx as looking on the ad's on that well known auction site and garmin themselves the unit is not listed... if anyone can advise or if there is more than one version of this software that works with the 60csx
Steve
I have City Select V6 that was originally supplied with my iQue 3600. That can only be installed from the iQue set-up disk that installs the Palm Desktop. May be you've been given a similar version.
[Edited to add.... ] You'll also need a valid unlock code too, of course or the 60CSx won't be able to use the maps anyway.
Road and Recreation will work with the 60CSx but you'll not be able to use the address and postcode search functions or the autorouting function as R&R only has the map data and none of the POI stuff. That's why it uses relatively little memory and is much sought after by owners of the old Legend that only had 8Mb. You can load a goodly chunk of map from R&R into 8Mb!!
R & R does have POI........I'm looking at it now.
Garmin don't sell the disc anymore because it's been superceded by Metroguide or one of the others.
A second hand one here.... If you can get it cheap it's worth having till you can get the TOPO.
I notice the seller says he is selling because it is not compatable with his GpsMap 60c...Well I have MG Europe V7 installed on mine...with AUTO ROUTING and Search functions (with the help of The Free Metroguide wizzard)
Edit : Sorry I miss read the listing .. ..thought it was refering to MG not being compatable with the 60c.
Dave
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Try the Garmin Legend Cx, at a tad over £200, I'm sure the extra pennies will be worth spending. If not try the Garmin Venture Cx, at just under £170. Both will be good in the woods, as they use the SiRF III Chipset.
I thought it was only the 60 and 76 in the x series that had the SIRF III Chipset. And x denotes a memory slot
Dave
Just found this : Garmin® Launches “X”-treme Handheld Makeover
The eTrex Legend® Cx, eTrex Vista® Cx, GPSMAP® 60Cx, GPSMAP 60CSx, GPSMAP 76Cx, and GPSMAP 76CSx will all feature the new card slot. In addition, the new 60x-series and 76x-series units will feature a new and highly sensitive GPS receiver that obtains faster acquisition times and lets users determine and track their location in challenging conditions such as heavy foliage or deep canyons.
“The new x-series of handhelds gives hikers, hunters, geocachers, and boaters exactly what they’re looking for – the versatility of a memory card slot for adding highly-detailed maps,” said Gary Kelley, Garmin’s vice president of marketing. “And with the addition of new GPS technology in our 60x and 76x lineup, acquiring and maintaining a fix is easier than ever.”
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Does anyone have any experience of this discontinued model which is still available and would they recommend it?
Should I save up and spend the extra £££££'s and invest in the Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx.
I want the OS type mapping, to be able to mount it on the motorbike and of course for geocaching.
Any advice welcome.
Pat
If by OS type mapping you mean Topo maps(which autoroute on the highways) then the 56mb of memory in a gpsmap 60c will be a bit restricting as the uk takes up over 1.5 gb..If you want to use autorouting with say CN v8 the maptiles are quite large which means you can't get much in the gps if you are travelling away from home as in holidays .I also think the Sat lock on the 60c is cr@p for its original selling price but ok for the discounted price!!
Dave
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Back!
Try here.
http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/subscription.php
Unfortunatly, it's a pay for site, to download POI's now.
I got mine before they made it pay for, and they seem to be fairly correct as to where the cameras are, so may be worth the subscription fee.
I'm thinking of subbing.
G
If you report a new static camera and it is verified you will get FREE LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP, but make sure you have already suscribed or it wont count
Dave
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Hi there,
I've currently a Garmin Venture which has seen me find and hide caches for the last 6 months.But I do have issues with the speed and accuracy of its satellite reception,although adequate.
I have just seen the older Garmin 60 C for £150 for sale on a UK website and am tempted to upgrade.Apart from the extra features etc,it's the satellite accuracy that is most important to me.
Is it worth it or shall I just say no at this time?
I have a yellow etrex and a Gpsmap 60c and if you hold them side by side I would not say that the 60c was better than the yellow in terms of accuracy or speed of lock and under leaf cover they die the same death.
Dave
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Hi, are there any road maps of Corfu available for a Garmin unit? .I am going there at the end of August and my CN8 maps are not very detailed.
Thanks.
Dave
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Have you tried this ?
Looks like it uses sendmap, just the same as img2gps.
Routing is fine on my 60csx its the search function thats hit and miss.
Yes! I have tried this and it does use the latest version of sendmap .what is good is that is competly automates the process of loading both the Metroguide maps with autorouting and it indexes them for the address search .The instructions and software are simple to use as they give links to switch between the wizard and MetroGuide....its superb!!
Dave
Edit: I use this on my gpsmap 60c with MG Europe V7 because the maptiles on my CN v8 are too large ....I made the mistake of upgrading my Quest from CS v6 to CN v8 before I had used the second unlock code on the 60c which meant I could only use CN v8 on it .....I contacted Garmin explaining my mistake and they refused to give me a code for CS V6 ( Garmin give no warning that this will happen) ...So be warned ..If you want to use both versions on two units make sure you unlock both before upgrading.
Dave
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Also would appreciate thoughts on whether City Navigator the right way to go anyway? As I understand it City Navigator gives you essentially the whole of Europe with road autorouting. Topo GB gives the same road autorouting but for the UK only, and provides OS info/contours on top (although paths and similar are not that complete cf os maps!).
Note, you don't need CN in order to auto-route. The cheaper and more easily available Metroguide Europe (which doesn't need unlock codes) will do it just fine if you use third party software (e.g. IMG2GPS) to transfer the maps. You can get contours and other stuff free too - check out some of the previous threads on the subject...
Bambi.
Edit: Speelung
Metroguide seems to work ok, but you will find the search function a bit of a hit and miss.
Try the wizzard on this site ..it indexes the the maps to give you search facilities..... http://www.geodude.nl/gps/index.php
Dave
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Silly question,but have you tried a serial mouse to see if the com port is working? also the cable may be faulty.
have you installed mapsource trip and waypoint manager ??
Dave
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Another site warning of fast 1GB storage cards : http://gpsinformation.info/forum/viewtopic.php?t=762
Dave
) but nonetheless your GPS will come with what Garmin call a basemap. A map that has the major roads (as far as the UK is concerned A roads and motorways).
Garmin GPSMap 60C Repair - HELP!
in GPS technology and devices
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Some one has taken on apart here:
http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?t=163418
dave