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my impression (i'd love to find out i'm wrong) is that you can't get the active track to the pc but must save it first. the saved tracks do have time, elevation, etc. $PMGNTRK,4118.547,N,10533.446,W,02217,M,174828.81,A,,230306*61 $PMGNTRK,4118.526,N,10533.321,W,02221,M,174846.80,A,,230306*6C $PMGNTRK,4118.281,N,10532.437,W,02250,M,175001.81,A,,230306*6A $PMGNTRK,4118.191,N,10532.281,W,02255,M,175014.82,A,,230306*61 $PMGNTRK,4117.610,N,10531.758,W,02271,M,175113.79,A,,230306*66 $PMGNTRK,4117.375,N,10531.705,W,02274,M,175135.80,A,,230306*6F $PMGNTRK,4117.339,N,10531.666,W,02274,M,175140.81,A,,230306*60 $PMGNTRK,4117.284,N,10531.470,W,02279,M,175155.81,A,,230306*6B

Did anyone check to see what the version was before the update? Sometimes they will post the original shipping version so that its possible to go back to that if a future update causes problems.

You can also go to the Garmin press release or product description.

The iQue series from Garmin uses SC cards, although some would argue they are not really a GPS. Also, the eXplorist 400, 500, 600 and XL from Magellan.

Definite no on the SiRF question. Relative to the press: microSD card slot: Allows for storage of most MapSource products including BlueChart, City Navigator, U.S. TOPO 24K, U.S. TOPO and Recreational Lakes with Fishing Hot Spots ™. I remain optimistic.

I had wondered about that at first, but in the press release they mention using mapping products which at least have not been announced as preloaded cards.

Garmin has announce the Venture Cx. Looks a lot like a yellow Legend Cx without a bundled memory card.

On my digital postal scale (w/2500 mah nimhs) it comes in at 13.5

More information in the PressRoom. Also microSD cards preloaded with topo maps.

My 210 did the burn in test just driving to lunch last week. I didn't even have to push any buttons. Does that make mine more advanced?

Some of that would depend on your point of view. The iQue 3600 has been out longer than the XL, has a slightly larger screen with twice as many pixels, but is smaller and lighter overall. It does cost more, but comes with maps for either US/CAN or Europe, does auto routing and much more. Seems like much nicer product than the XL (I do have one of each).

When the eXplorist appears on the desktop you can simply navigate to the right folder and open the cache file in a text editor and add caches to it. The format is a pain, but its not really difficult.

You can load both, but only see one at a time. Where they overlap the topo maps will be covered by CityNav. Somewhere on the map page there will be an option to show one or the other.

Realizing that large regions are problematic, I just dragged a rectangle from the northeast corner of Montana to the southern boundary of Colorado and then west. This covers all of Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, Idaho and Utah, most of Colorado and Nevada, and California north of Monterey Bay. This gave a total size of 122 mb in DirectRoute and 390 mb in Topo 3D.

Results with USB units and VPC have not been encouraging. Currently MacGPS Pro seems to be the best bet for Garmin USB and a Mac. Although the Edge doesn't appear to be on the supported list it can't hurt to ask. That and hope that Garmins promise of Mac support comes early.

I had been holding off on this, but since I have a couple that aren't on the list yet I must reply. Garmin GPS 12 Garmin GPS III+ Garmin eTrex Vista Garmin GPSMAP 76S Garmin GPS V Garmin eMap Garmin Rino 110 Garmin Rino 120 Garmin StreetPilot 2610 Garmin iQue 3600 Magellan SporTrak Pro Magellan RoadMate 700 Magellan eXplorist 210 Magellan eXplorist XL Sony Etak

Don't get your hopes up. I checked that box when I first got my SporTrak Pro, again when I got the RoadMate 700, and yet again when I got the eXplorist 210. They haven't called yet.

I think we all did when we bought one of their products. Is there a way to do it officially?

Support is a relative thing. Using NMEA v2.1 GSA I was able to get real-time tracking with MacGPS Pro and my eXplorist 210. Screen dumps and waypoint transfers use a new version of the Magellan protocols which aren't supported yet, but things NMEA things seem to work, and it does recognize it as an eXplorist 210 with firmware 1.75. Also, the waypoint files are in a format which is not recognized, though it wouldn't be too difficult to convert the file into something which worked.

One thing you might try is the current beta version of GPSy. I don't know what it does with USB, but the download is free, and while its in beta would be the time to bug the author. I know that MacGPS Pro does support the Garmin USB units, I'll check over the weekend to see if it works with the eX 210. I know that in the USB file transfer mode you can access the POI files as text and edit them easily. Just use the existing file as a template and you can create new waypoint or cache files in your favorite text editor.

Thanks for the additional info. I've just subscribed to the iFinder group with the hope of learning more, but when the manufacturer doesn't give details on their own products its a bit difficult. If I do learn anything I'll certainly pass it on.

That would be great news, but I can't find any mention of it on the Lowrance website or in the owners manuals for those models. There was a press release a couple of years ago about using the SiRF IIe set in some models, but nothing about the III chipset. Where did you find your info?

mine has always been very quiet.

Realistically, just Magellan.

There is an archive of older GPS60 firmware at http://www.gpsinformation.org/perry/gps60/