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And you can have a white map background AND have shaded relief also. Iv'e been playing around with TopoFusion taking away all of the color from a topo map and leaving just a plain white surface with the shaded relief turned on and then uploadeding it to my Oregon with a 0 draw order. The results were my 24k Garmin maps with shaded relief and a white backgound instead of the very hard to see Garmin brownish/green shaded relief. This is so much easier to see while out on the trails. I don't have any Garmin maps loaded, only the default basemap that came with the Oregon and some custom maps from the gpsfiledepot. But, no matter which map is enable or disabled, it always shows that creamy color. Does anybody know if this creamy background is a file on the garmin that creates that color, so that it could somehow be replaced with a real white color?

Is there also a way to take that white background and install it onto the actual map screen. The best one can get now, is that creamy color, but would be nice to have that same white screen on the map page as well.

Just uploaded 3 IMG maps to the SD card and renamed them, 937 tiles total. By default, my MapSource would choose the internal memory instead of the external SD card memory, so I just changed the target drive and now everything works as expected. Thank you for your input.

You can have a gmapsupp.img in internal memory and on the card. You can load directly to either. It seems, that by default, the IMG maps are loaded from MapSource straight to internal memory. Could you please tell me how to change that to the Micro SD card? Thank you very much. Never mind, just figured it out! Thanks to everybody for their input and patience !!

You can have a gmapsupp.img in internal memory and on the card. You can load directly to either. It seems, that by default, the IMG maps are loaded from MapSource straight to internal memory. Could you please tell me how to change that to the Micro SD card? Thank you very much.

Is there a way to load the IMG file from MapSource straight onto the Micro SD card in the Garmin Folder on the Oregon 300 or does it have to go through the internal memory where be default the gmapsupp.img file resides? Right now, even though it has worked before, MapSource tells me when trying to upload a 1.3GB IMG map that only 881.4MB is available at the destination. So, is there a way to surpass this and load it straight onto the SD card? As I said, it has worked before without a hitch. Not sure why it does not anymore.

Sorry for the confustion, I thought all maps which are NOT from Garmin, that have been made by the GPS mapping community are custom maps.

Well, I got one 0.5mb map and another 1,034MB (Ibycus USA 2.0) downloaded from the GPSFileDepot, both work just fine. Also if I have a New England Topo which takes 329MB. Having both the 1,034MB USA and 329MB New England Topo on the device causes not problem at all, but if I add just for instance a small 0.5MB map of the Yucatan peninsula, it will add that one but will replace the one whichever is at the top of the list, off. Maybe I need to do something in MapSource or change my settings on the Oregon ... I'm not sure.

I just got off the phone with Garmin in regards to the limitations of uploading of custom maps to the device. Garmin has no answer for my following question and said they will "research" the problem and get back to me. Through MapSource, I have uploaded already 2 custom maps and they work perfectly, also the Garmin Basemap shows on the device's list. Now here is the problem, whenever I try to upload a 3rd custom map, the custom map which is listed at top on the Oregon 300 will be replaced by the new one, so that there are always only 2 custom maps available on the device, no matter how big or small the maps are. I have a 8GB Micro SD Card (SanDisk) in the Oregon, so size is not the problem. Is there a way to have more than 2 maps stored on the device? Anybody out there that knows more than Garmin's customer support? Thanks in advance !!

I just picked up an Oregon 300 from REI and I'm in the process of checking it out. Walking or driving the same route several times, gave me accuracy differences of up to 30 ft. Is this a lot? 60CSx owners, what do you notice in regards to track differences? I heard, the 60CSx is hard to beat in accuracy. I will eventually decide between the Oregon 300 and the 60CSx. Your input is greatly appreciated.

I guess it comes down to whether you value paperless caching or accuracy/durability more. I had the same decision back in May. Accuracy and the electronic compass were my two priorities so I went with the 60Csx. I have North American Navigator downloaded on mine for auto directions. I love it. I figured I'd use my cell phone for paperless caching later anyway. Well, I don't care so much for paperless caching, it's more accuracy, durability and great mapping. For paperless caching and car navigation I'm using my iPhone which works just great.

I actually went to our local REI here in Boston and had bot units side by side, they offered me to take the Oregon 300 outside to see about the "sun issue", unfortunately, the weather in Boston is lately less then mediocre. But inside, they both looked very nice, for me it was a toss 50/50.

As most of you know, the Oregon 300 is currently on sale at REI for $249 and the 60CSx is selling right now for $248 at Amazon and Walmart. Currently I'm using a Magellan eXplorist 600 and like to upgrade to one of them. My main use would be for hiking, backpacking, snowshoeing and maybe an occasional cache. Now, the 60CSx gets excellent reviews, though some people mentioned that accuracy with the new devices has suffered due to changing the chip set. It is also older technology and the maps are not looking as nice as in the newer devices. Screen is excellent to read in any lighting conditions. The Oregon 300 on the other hand is using the newest technology, the maps are great, capable of custom maps. A number of people complain about that the screen is way too dim in sunlight and therefore very hard to read. Also accuracy might not be quite as good as the 60CSx and track logs are not as accurate as the ones on the 60CSx. So, at this point, both are excellent devices, both have their strength and weaknesses but since I don't own yet either one of them, I would very much appreciate some input from the community, form people who own either one of them, or preferably both of them, what they think about these devices when compared to each other. I'm looking for a very accurate and reliable device with good mapping capabilities that will work under any outdoor conditions. Thank you for your help in this matter.

As we speak, Amazon is selling the 60csX for $248. Anywhere else cheaper?

Has anyone come across any further information on the "high-sensity receiver" used in the Colorado units ? ..... or maybe someone may be able to make an educated guess as to who the actual manufacturer may be and in which country it is manufactured ? You'll find the answert to your question at http://www.tmcnet.com/ce/articles/17755-ga...g-sarantels.htm Hope this helps.

My PC and Laptop with XP SP2 do not even recognize that there is anything attached when plugged into the USB. So, the hardware wizard won't work since it can't see anything new attached. You know, you hear all the stories from so many people about the Triton series and one thinks that these are just single cases and you think it aint gona happen to me ... I now they are not "perfect" yet, but thought I will deal with it since I was sure that future firmware updates would solve all the issues, but if your PC does not even recognize that anything new is plugged in, then all the firmware updates won't do you any good.

After months of waiting, I finally picked up a Triton 500 at REI. The very first thing I wanted to do is to update the firmware, but my PC and Laptop would not recognize the Triton 500. I have the latest version of VP installed, changed the settings on the Triton 500 under USB connection to "VantagePoint". Nothing worked! Now am I missing here something or which I do not hope, is this an issue with my brand new GSPr? Has anybody else experienced the same issue? Any suggestions, besides returning the device? Thanks in advance!

I've got a 600 NA, upgraded to the new firmware 2.57 (EU), I didn't backup the base map. After the upgrade, the NA base map was still there with all the Interstates, US Roads and State Roads on it. When I scrolled over to the EU however, there were no roads available. I even took out my SD card, just to make sure it does not read any data from the card. I conclude, if you have a 500/600 NA version you can safely upgrade with the EU firmware and you will retain your US base map.

eXplorist 500/600 Version 2.57 (EU) has just been released! Download it at: http://www.magellangps.com/support/softwar...00_600_4257.asp

I think, there is a good chance that within the next 5 - 6 years there will also be a NA update for the 210 and then you'd wished you would have waited. (Sorry, couldn't resist)

I just noticed on the Magellan website, that the link for the eXplorist 600 firmware update is again available. But it seems, it's still the same version 2.03. Wonder why they have taken it down in the first place and then putting it up again without changes ... or am I missing something?

I guess that answers my question, that GPX files can not be manually entered into the receiver. Bummer ...! Thank you Embra and Geonerd for your replies!

I have entered cache coordinates manually in my eXplorist 600 and stored them in the Geocaching folder. But when I hit "Go To" the folder is empty and the cache does not appear on the screen either. So, if it's possible, how do I do that or is the only way to accomplish that through downloading caches from my PC, using GSAK, Map Send Manager, etc. ? Thanks for your input.

Does anybody know how to transfer tracks from an eXplorist 600 to DeLorme Topo 5.0? Has anybody done it before? Anybody's input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Well, I have an eXplorist 600 with a 2GB SDcard. I have loaded the entire US (incl. PR, HI, Canada, Mexico) and most of Europe on it with MapSend Direct Route. But no matter what size your card is, the GPS will only hold 56MB sections at the time. If you move out of a region, you just have to switch from that map to another one, takes you 2 second to do that. This might seem somehow inconvenient, but has also its reasons, e.g. if you would look for lets say "Main Street" on the whole database, it would take you a very, very long time to come up with a result, just imagine how many "Main Street" there are in the US. So, what I have done, on the MapSend Direct Route software, I have cut the entire US Map into 56MB pieces, one map, just slightly overlaping the other, so when I move to another area and switch over, I have all the details on the GPS'r. from the new region. Back to your question, yes, 1GB sould cover the entire US, incl. HI, AK, PR.