Team Chinook

http://www.garmin.com/garmin/cms/site/us Around the world in 80 days... Can really be played on anything - ipod, pc, certain Nuvi. But not the Colorado (oh I can hear the complaints already!) You have to have a audible account and/or download audible download maangement software...

I'm not sure about the naming nomenclature and I haven't tried to have multiple gpx files loaded, but gathered you couldn't have a local cache list and a remote cache list and toggle between them...based on the wiki. This is what mine looks like. I use GSAK to parse, filter, and transfer the caches files over to the Garmin. Main Garmin folder (J drive for me) Shot of the caches gpx file and current folder Shot of the current folder Basic folder structure, current, cache, etc. what you also see is a screen shot folder and what is missing is the finds.txt which I deleted the other day. You can use that to upload via GC.Com field notes method, or import into GSAK (although I've been having some issues with that Macro for some reason).

What is a hybrid rechargeable? What battery setting do you use with this battery? Perhaps that is the problem...

I would imagine if you used a standard naming nomenclature for your waypoints it would make searching easier and by inputing the first couple of letters you'd get a list of the waypoints your looking for. starxxx for various starbucks locations xyzxxx for another setup of waypoints, etc What are you doing/using it for?

IADiscGolfer; On my Colorado 400T when I find a cache it's symbol changes to a open treasure chest and it is removed from the cache list and put into a found cache list, which you can toggle with one of the soft keys. When I use GSAK I filter the caches that I want and then choose to filter out my found caches so I get a subset of caches that are then downloaded to the Colorado. Not sure this helps you with your question, anything else should be covered on the Oregon Wiki. Good luck.

I guess I was already doing what you are doing w/ another file I likely picked up off of google earth forums. www.gearthblog.com/kmfiles/topomaps.kmz agreed very cool to see what you have in store w/ walks, hikes, caches, etc.

There are a lot of good reviews on the net on various receivers and chipsets, showing accuracy, track comparisons, etc. Take a look at a couple of online retailers, find a few units you like and research those. For about $50.00 you should be able to get a very good unit. This will get you started - http://www.buygpsnow.com/bluetooth-gps_9.aspx http://www.navigadget.com/index.php/category/bluetooth I can't remember which one I bought last year, but have used it w/ my Dell Axim and driving direction software and geocaching software. I pick up 8 to 12+ satellites generally.

I don't think you want to transfer them via mapping software - that is certainly making them waypoints. You should look at other ways to transfer the files to your Colorado. Such as using GSAK, or "send to gps" from gc.com? Pocket queries can be downloaded w/ a quantity of caches listed in a single file and you can choose .loc or .gpx. You of course want .gpx. Manually you could download the pocket query, and rename the file and transfer it into the appropriate folder on the Colorado. More automated you could utilize GSAK to do this for you after importing and sorting the pocket queries and then using the macro to export the subset of queries you want to the Colorado. The Colorado will have a specific folder for the .gpx files. It will have one file called current and another file called caches I believe. Do you see those on your Colorado? Have you reviewed the colorado wiki? http://garmincolorado.wikispaces.com/Geocaching#toc1 From the Wiki: Note: If you use "Send to GPS" every time you click "Send to GPS" this downloads one gpx file to the Colorado. Over time these files can accumulate and result in caches not being loaded if you exceed the 200 file limit. You should periodically delete gpx files in [drive]:\Garmin\GPX that are no longer needed and/or use Pocket Queries as described above.

You've lost me. What does this do for you? How are you using it? The screen shot on that website looks somewhat familar with what I get on google earth already sat as well as topo. Thanks for the clarification.

Currently the best GPS for geocaching (on the market) is the Colorado 400T. It has it's flaws, but if your hardcore at caching and your unit is ok out of the box, then it is by far the best unit around. However the "reference" GPS for backcountry use is still the 60csx. But it doesn't do paperless caching and is +/- on features w/ the Colorado.

Stats generated by FindStatGen3 3.2.18 by rutson and lignumaqua, running on GSAK v7.2.2.23 No errors.

11 finds, 1 DNF today along the Sonoma coast after abalone diving. The DNF turns out was due to the cache being pulled due to muggles. Eventually I got a battery low message and the last find took awhile. At what point do you give up due to error associated w/ battery? 11 finds on a colorado 400T...btw. T/C

you should be able to transfer directly from gsak to the legend. Have you tried setting that feature up in gsak? You can have multiple sources of gsak, but you'd end up w/ multiple databases on different machines, so maybe that wouldn't be so slick.

stumbled on a nice popup feature that the colorado veterans may be aware of already: mini compass. choose a cache from the closest list and you get the basic description, difficulty cache size, etc, overlayed on a map. mine shows distance to, a red arrow, and time to. Now here's the part I didn't know about. push the rocker down (6am) once and a mini compass pops up w/ distance and time to destination. Kinda slick. Push rocker up (noon) and it goes back to the description, etc. It doesn't appear to work with waypoints, just caches.

My Colorado gives me a proximity alert on Caches. Heed Red90's advice and checkout the gsak macro forum. Very creative things being done you can take advantage of.

My Colorado 400T is functioning fine. Sorry to hear your sky is falling.

<rant on> Twolpert, Can you get that image on a 60csx? Not to pick on you, but some of the complaints on the Colorado/Oregon series are really borderline trivial. No wonder people are scared off from them. My 400T is working just dandy, I've not run into an issue w/ reading information (paperless) and don't find the writing (paperless) any less onerous than on other gps devices. But come on people, aside from feature requests, or major technical glitches, the Colorado/Oregon series are pretty damned good and cutting edge devices that so far no other manufacturer has come close to duplicating. If you've got a 60csx (the reference gps) and don't mind not having the notes embedded in the device, then by all means hold on for a while, the 500 or 600 Turbo will be out shortly no doubt. If you've got an older device and/or hate paper caching, search for the best price and grab yourself a Colorado/Oregon unit, check it out, return/replace if necessary, or use it and I think you'll enjoy it. I know I am. There are very few things in life that are perfect. The first PCs sucked, the first cell phones were bricks, the first cars were slower than horses and most of today's cars don't support mp3 players - but they are/were all good solid performing solutions or they were repaired/replaced/returned and people moved on. Time to move on people. Or go back to horse and buggy, and bring a compass along with you next time you go out for a cache. <rant off> I agree with g-o-cashers. However, you do need to watch out for caches that have important clues in images instead of text. It takes some handsprings (and pre-planning) to get the relevant images onto the Colorado. You don't automatically get them when downloading the .gpx file. And even if you transfer them manually, they may or may not be useful on the tiny Colorado screen. For example, we recently attempted a cache for which all the text was in an image which looked like an old-style typewritten page. Couldn't actually read it on the Colorado, so we ended up printing it out and carrying it along.

My take is that those who are on web sites tend to be more vocal than those that aren't...fanatical...fans so to speak. You also would tend to seek the boards when your a newb or looking to solve an issue vs. happy as a clam in sand. You're off hiking, biking, caching, versus tied to a computer commenting, investigating, complaining and/or helping others answering questions. The 60csx has been out for awhile. Prior to the csx there was the now discountinued 60c and the 60cs. I contemplated the 60csx for quite awhile but really enjoy geocaching and paperless at that. Ergo I am happy I purchased a Colorado 400T. My 2nd unit is working fine and taking me right to the caches. It has more features than the 60csx, but is lacking a few power features that the 60csx has. The 60csx is a work horse, but is not capable of paperless caching. The compaints are legit no doubt. I had my own and wrote Garmin and have assurances from Garmin that they will keep making improvements...if you have patience then wait out the next 400T sw rev, if you don't mind a second unit or paper to go along w/ the 60csx, then go w/ the 60csx.

From my experience w/ Ipods I don't think you would be able to get any detail even if you could export the logs and import them into the ipod. Perhaps w/ contacts somehow? Not sure you'd be able to read all the description and notes though. You might try searching for apps for the ipod and see if one might be a fit. Likely an iphone app is more appropriate. If they don't already have them, I'm sure they are in the works.

Update from Garmin. I sent the VP a note stating my 2nd unit has been received and is working flawlessly. Dowload and upload with it so far; caching 2 days; used the field note option to upload directly to gc.com. This Garmin Colorado 400T seems to be working quite well!!!!!!!!!!!!! Note back from Garmin VP: "Clayton, thanks for the positive feedback. We are committed to continued improvements. Dan"

have you read the mapsource pdf in the folder? Also, have you reviewed the extensive amount of information on the Colorado wiki?

You will need a few basics to go paperless. You will need a premium account for pocket queries, which it appears you have. (You may want to also get GSAK to manage your queries and filter specific lists of caches to download to your device). You will need a device to hold that electronic data - a PDA, cell phone or like device which can run one of several applications. You will need the application that runs on the PDA there are a number of them. PDAs are generally of the Palm or Windows Pocket PC variety. However you may be able to use the Apple products nowadays depending on how you output your cache details. You are using a GPS already, so this is just to be able to read the cache description, logs, hint, etc. Yes? www.geocacher-u.com/resources/paperless.html is another good source of information. Also, Google "paperless geocaching" and you will get a whole list of sites w/ information. Good luck!

Lov'n my 2nd Colorado 400T that I received yesterday. No USB connectivity issue w/ my last one. Caches loaded up and back no problem into GSAK. 3 finds were dead on today. I'm a happy satisfied Garmin camper. Awaiting further updates/upgrades that come out in the software releases! Thanks Garmin.

Martillo, I believe I read somewhere when you use mapsource to upload you, by default, write over previously uploaded files. But I just got my replacement 400T and have not used mapsource to upload anything yet. This 400T w/ 2.6 is working just fine! :-)

Ok. I'm back in the Colorado 400T ownership again. Just got the Walmart.com $400.00 unit from fedex this afternoon. USB connection seems much better now, updated software, registered, got another month credited on GC.com (yippee!) Fingers crossed I've passed to the other side of happy Colorado users. ;-)