[4,000 + caches for The Bolas Heathens]

Well done on your 4000th Cache.

What a milestone

 

Terry and Pat

[snerdbe, we salute you!]

Congratulations Des and Bren on reaching your 3000th

Well Done

 

Terry and Pat

[Can't request friends on Geocaching.com]

Perhaps you should change your caching name to" Billy-No-Mates"

Sorry

[Putting stats on your profile page]

Do you have a link or a url to Itsnot....." I use cache stats but would like to have a look at this one to see how it compares

[mio p360 pda MM gps problem]

Are you trying to run two programs that require gps at the same time? Try closing the Mio Map program then open Memory Map.

[Downloading Google Maps for Navigation]

If you have Microsoft Autoroute on your computer you can download Pocket Streets and export maps to your Mio . Using the push pin function you place the cache location onto the map and follow the arrow just as you would with Memory Map. It isn't as detailed but it does the job.

We have used it many times when caching in other countries.

[Canals & Caches]

Thanks for your work in setting up the cache info along the canals. They will certainly make it easier for us as we move around the Inland Waterways.

Is it possible for you to include The Macclesfield and Peak Forest canals please

[Canals & Caches]

Can we please have the Shropshire Union Canal and maybe the Llangollen Canal

[The Washers clean up with 2000 finds]

Well done Ron and Di on achieving your 2000th cache and it was brilliant to be there on top of the world with you

EYV soon!!

[MIO P550 problems]

You might try disabling your firewall. I run Zone Alarm and despite giving the relevent permissions as per active sync instructions some times my P550 will sync and other times it won't. However by disabling the firewall it works every time

Worth a try

[Suggested Parking]

Can us boaters have mooring co-ords please

[Help - What To Do]

We usually say "Sorry can't tell you, its top secret and if we did, we would have to come back and kill you"

It works everytime

[internet booster]

We use onspeed cause living on a boat we don't have the use of broadband and our dial up via mobile phone is only 9600. Its like biking uphill backwards!! However since using onspeed it increases our speed by up to 5 times.

If we had broadband we probably wouldn't bother with it, but with such a slow connection for us it great and wouldn't be without it

[Help requested - missing person & boat]

We are moving south along Staffs & Worcs, Trent & Mersey, BHam Fazeley, Coventry, North & South Oxford Canals so will keep a look out for Holly.

[PDA Power]

MrBlorenge noted a device which takes 4AA batteries and tricklecharges a PDA throughout the day. He linked to it, let me see if I can find where it was...

 

Here

Yes, that's the same thing described by Rosie's Rangers and myself. It's much cheaper on eBay though. Typical BIN price £3.29.

 

Thanks to all for your suggestions. Have seen the battery extender on eBay per the link from Rosie's Rangers for just less than £3 and placed my order. Hope it comes soon

Again thanks

Terry

[PDA Power]

I bought a battery box from Radio Shack (there should be some electronics stores in the UK) that holds 4 AA batteries, and had a pair of wires for connecting to whatever. I use NiMH rechargeables in it, giving 4.8V. I cut off a USB extension cable, and used the female end to go into the box, allowing a standard USB cable to connect to it. You could use a connector to your PDA, but most people already have a USB cable for it, and that can connect directly to the battery box the way I did it. USB extension cables are widely available and cheap. The one I got was from a 'dollar store' here, and cost US$1, so I didn't worry about cutting it. I get several charges of the PDA from a set of NiMH batteries before I need to recharge them. The entire cost of the box and cable was <$US5, and I already had the batteries.

 

Thanks for that Stan.

When using the usb cable to connect onto the battery box, which two of the wires do you connect onto the box because presumably there are several wires within the cable. Also would non recharge batteries be ok (6 Volt) as the normal charger says 5 volts. Would the extra volt be harmful to the pda

Terry

[PDA Power]

I am using a Mio 550 together with Memory Map. when out for a days caching without returning to the car to recharge, the battery life isn't great and I constantly have to turn the pda on and off to conserve the battery. I'm sure that others must have similar problems as you can't change pda batteries as you would with a Garmin gps

Does anyone know of an external battery power pack to supplement the pda power, either to purchase or maybe even to make. Alternatively any other suggestions.