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AgTitan

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  1. It is very frustrating that when I am in a "no service" area, that the Geocaching application does not work, even though I have downloaded "offline lists". It appears when you first launch the app, it tries to access the internet, and it never lets me access offline lists, it just sits there keeping trying to get to the internet. Please let me use offline lists when I am in a no service area!

  2. I installed this on my Oregon 450 last week, and today ran into some problems. I went caching, turned my Oregon on, and it immediately shut off after 1 second of the main screen coming up. I would turn it back on, and then it would freeze at the black bootup screen, forcing me to take the batteries out. After putting the batteries back in, the exact same thing would happen. These were fully charged eneloops, but just in case I tried another set of fully charged eneloops..Same problem. It was so frustrating. Anyways, I came home and loaded back v3.51 and I haven't had any problems since (crossing fingers), but I did lose all my settings and everything, which was extremely frustrating.

  3. Shhhh, be very, very quiet QC1PQ3K is an awesome night time cache bring a bright flash light and a friend.

    You will love it!!!

    This was the best cache I've ever done!!!! Thanks for telling me about it! It scared the crap out of me, but it was awesome!! THANKS!

  4. Shhhh, be very, very quiet QC1PQ3K is an awesome night time cache bring a bright flash light and a friend.

    You will love it!!!

    It will just be me in San Antonio...I won't have any friends with me until next week when I head to the hill country. Can it be done alone?

  5. Amazon is down to $314 with free shipping.

     

    Kinda wish I'd waited in February when I bought my Dakota. Who knew Garmin would be playing pricing games and competing with themselves by pricing their "upper end" handheld (Oregon series) far lower than their "mid range" handheld (Dakota series).

    just remember amazon.com purchases do NOT qualify for the rebate.

  6. I am a total noob and would like to enter the world that you all know and love.

     

    I do have a question, I will be primarily Geocaching urban areas (starting with Toronto).

    I will probably not be traveling to back country any time soon as my friends are all scaredy cats.

     

    I was wondering if there were any suggestions from people as to what GPSr's work better in the city (if there are any).

     

    Seems like the PN-40 and Oregon 450/550 are the standards right now. I have found the Oregon in Stores for a reasonable price in my area, does anyone know where to find Delormes in the Greater Toronto Area (I prefer a non touch screen, touch screens are my arch nemesis).

     

    The Lowrance's seem to be a good compromise (touch screen and buttons), I also like the size (looked at one in the store today) for those that own them, are they still as buggy as before or has the firmware been improved?

     

    As for price the best I've found for the Oregon 450 is $400. Anything around there would work for me. I'm not looking at the 550 because I will always have my phone with me, no need for the camera.

     

    One more thing, I do travel at least once, usually twice a year so I guess that will make a difference. But again, usually urban areas.

     

    Thanks for all your help in advance, I know I have a lot of questions, I've been lucky in that many of the other questions I had have been answered in the past few days!

    you can get it for $287 here

    http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=245690

  7. pocket queries should be your best friend.

     

    Pocket Queries are custom geocache queries you can have emailed to you on a daily or weekly basis. They are in a format you can bring along with you on cache hunts on your GPS and/or PDA. You can select a GPX or LOC text file that works with supported software applications. Because of the detailed queries, each search can run only once per day. Each pocket querie can contain up to 500 (1000 starting in may) detailed geocaches with all pertinent information (description, hint, size, difficulty, terrain, etc, etc) You have up to 5 pocket queries run every 24 hour period.

     

    I would not geocache if I didn't have pocket queries. It would take too long to download caches individually. ok, that's a lie..i still would, but it would definitely be more cumbersome.

  8. Can someone explain how the birdseye works please..what do you mean by unlimited downloads for the year? How are the files organized? Let's say I want to get all birdseye for the city of houston and surrounding areas? Is that easily possible to do ? THANKS

  9. Hey guys,

     

    Thought I was pass along this GREAT deal. As you know (and someone else posted), there is a $50 rebate from Garmin right now. I found the Oregon 450 on sale for $341 at PCNation.com. There is NO TAX, and FREE SHIPPING (Fed Ex 3-day). PCNation is an authorized retailer of Garmin. I verified this this morning directly from Garmin. See the e-mail I received back.

     

    Price $341.00

    Tax $0.00

    Fed-ex 3-day $0.00

     

    Total $341.00

    Less Rebate ($50.00)

     

    NET PRICE $291.00

     

    Here are the links you will need.

     

    http://www.pcnation.com/web/details.asp?item=2432AA

     

    rebate

    http://garmin.blogs.com/files/dakota_oregon_rebate.pdf

     

    FREE MAPS:

    [i will update the post tonight when I get home..Link is at home. These are free user-created topo maps that are better than the ones Garmin sells.]

     

    Good website on using the Garmin with GSAK:

    http://garminoregon.wikispaces.com/Geocaching#FAQ

     

    Dear Valued Garmin Customer,

     

    Thank you for your email and interest in a Garmin rebate. PC Nation is a Garmin dealer and will qualify for the purpose of the rebate promotion.

     

    If you need further assistance please reply to this email. Thank you for choosing Garmin.

     

    Andrew B.

     

    Garmin Rebate Dept.

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