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LOL, Thanks for the work everyone.

Thanks, Think I messed up on the frist three digits. It was suppose to be in France. . Thanks foir the help though.

Hey all, Not sure where to post this so I thought I would try here. I need to find a city close to the following area. The coordinates were given to me in MGRS. I hope someone can help me out or point me in the right direction. Thanks and here are the coordinates. I belive the first three units are 30U but could be wrong. 30Uxv323753 30Uxv550696 Anyone who is up for the challange thanks for the help.

I saw a link somewhere for a how to on paperless caching. Could someone link it to me please. I am thinking of trying this, but need a PDA first. I am looking for a basic model under 200 dollars. Any suggestions? Once again thanks.

Once again Thanks so much. This will really help with the map download time. Thanks for the link also. In fact it is already bookmarked hehehe.

Thanks all for the help. Now for one more question. How do I save maps through the card reader so they show up on up my GPSr. One more dumb question if I have a region loaded and I leave that region while the GPSr is on will it load the next region I have saved or will I have to load the region I am in manually. Thanks for all the help again. The manual was not real helpful in these areas.

I went out and purchased an SD card reader to help cut down on the time it takes to save waypoints and regions to my GPS. I own a Meridian and have Map Send Streets Europe. I tried saving the way point directly to the card and that did not work I tried to export it and that did not work. My GPS would just say "No Data Found" Is there another program I should use to transfer my waypoints? I also like to build routes for the town portions to make sure I make the correct turns, becuase there is no Direct Route for Europe yet, is there a way to send these to my SD card through my card writer? Thanks sorry if this is a bit jumbled just losing my mind

Moved this to Getting started topics listing

Hey all, I went out and bought a SD card reader to load regions and waypoints faster. I come home and plug it in I tried saving my waypoints to the card which worked fine, but when I tested them on my GPS it said that no data was found. I am curious how should I save the waypoints to my SD card so that my GPS will show them. BTW I am using a Meridian Color and Map Send Street Europe. Thanks

I know My Meridian came with a hand strap that attaches to the back and covers the power/data contacts. If ya dont have this it might help.

Thanks, I think I got the Nimh, but the sack is still in my car, but knowing my luck I got the Nicad by mistake.

I have just used the standard alkiline AA batt. I picked up some Nicad batteries to try and if those dont work as well as I would like I am gonna try the Lithium.

Excellent point Leatherman. I had not thought of all the rewrites that would be needed to make this happen. As I said earlier I am new to the GPS field and I am learning as I go. I noticed that you also own a Color, do you have any suggestions for a SD card reader, some suggestions on the batteries, and alternate programs. Thanks

I probaly should clarify. I did know about the lack of USB before I bought it, but I am still in shock. USB has been around for a while now and I am amazed to only see a couple GPSs with USB support. Good idea on the SD card reader do you have any suggestions. Thanks

Hey all, I recently purchased the Meridaian Color GPS I decided to give my quick review so far. Cons: 1. Battery Life: I read the manual and most of the posts before purchase. I knew the battery life was going to be short, but this is just sad. If you have one of these models or are thinking of getting one carry exrtra batteries. Also after you intilize the unit change the backlight settings, this helps but does not solve the problem. 2. No USB connection: As a mild computer geek I was amazed at the lack of a USB connection. The standard cable is a serial port cable. I rubbed my eyes in amazement at this. You can buy a cable adapter that is a serial cable to USB adapter but that cost about 30 more dollars. 3. European Support: This is a big issue to me becuase I live in Europe. The Meridian series has only one Map Send Streets for Europe, No direct Route, no Topo. Granted these are nice things and extras, but they are extras I would like to have. Of course if you do not live in Europe or don't plan to come here any time soon this is not an issue. 4, Battery Life: I can not stress this enough. Carry extra's, use the car adapter when possible, change the backlight settings, or you may be in the middle of no where and have your battery alarm go off after only a couple hours. Pros: 1. Color: The Color is amazing. Pure and simple 2. Ease of use: I am new to the GPS thing and after 2 hours I felt comfortable using this model. I may not know all the cool features by heart by I can get from A to B. 3. Map Send Streets Europe: Ok this product can not auto-street route and that did disappoint me, but the level of detail of the maps makes up for it. I work on a small Army post here and every road was in the software. Even the 200 meter road that is there for no good reason. 4. Expandible Memory: My unit came with the 64 MB card. I have not even came close to filling it yet; although, I am gonna try. Overall I do like my new toy and I can not wait till this weekend to play with it. I have several caches already waypointed. If you are thinking of this model be aware of its limitations. I see this GPS being much more usefull when I go back to the states and I can use TOPO USA, and Direct route. Also any tips or cool features you came across while using this model please post them. I am always up for some new tricks.

I was afraid of that, Thanks for the help. I leave Europe in 8 months and can not wait to get stateside so I can use use the topo maps and direct route.

I recent purchased a Meridian Color, MapSend DirectRoute, and MapSend Streets Europe. I was wondering if there is anyway to import the maps from Mapsend Streets Europe into DirectRoute so I can use the automated street routing. If anyone has any ideas or if this can even be done I would appriate the help. Thanks

Thanks, I was thinking I was ok, but would hate to find out the hard way it would not work.

Hey all, I am a little worried right now. I just ordered a Magellan Meridian Color. I was wondering if this would work in Europe. I did not think much about it till I saw coverage listed on the technical specs and it listed North America or Europe. I read through the on-line manual and it showed on the start up screen where you can change your location. Does this mean I can use this GPS in other places other than North America just by changing my location in the menu? If this GPS will only work in North America could you please list some models that will work world wide. Thanks