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  1. Hi

     

    Is oregon 600 supposed to indicate the batteries are fully charged if you are using Garmin rechargeable pack ?

     

    Mine seems to be flashing charging light on and on....

     

    I was little upset because I took it for my first bike ride today and it went from full charge to 2 bars in less than 15 minutes, what the heck?

  2. I use gpicsync for geotagging all my photos, it's awesome, fast, easy to use and even does raw files.

     

    Do *not* get a camera with built-in GPS. I tried few and they are very slow to obtain gps fix which renders them almost useless. They also eat up batteries and if you already own a nice SLR it would most likely be a downgrade in picture quality as well.

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    650?!? Sure it was an Oregon?

     

    I noticed the second wave of 600s have hit REI stores across the US. A few days ago only 3 showed 600 in stock, now there are pages of stores with the 600 in. Got shipping confirmation this morning mine is on the way to the REI near work. :)

     

    Yep, sure it was!

     

    One thing I noticed, though maybe Im just missing something silly, is when the Oregon 600 is in automative Nuvi mode it wont go into landscape.

     

    It does for me

  4. So it turns out the Oregon 600 batterypack is 2 AA's NiMh batteries.

     

     

     

    yeah this was always known, the only question was if using different kind of AAs might cause any issues.

     

    I am getting my Garmin pack delivered today, $25 is pretty pricey but I got 15% off my Oregon 600 so I'm still ahead :)

  5. A bit off-topic question.

     

    This is my first GPS that allows multiple img files with maps.

     

    I built my own garmin map that's transparent and routable. If I enable it along with any other routable map (i.e.Topo 24k) it will not route. It used to work on my 60csx. Is that normal behavior for these newer GPS units ? Only one routable map can be enabled ?

     

    thanks

  6. On my Oregon 600t I bought the City Navigator® Southeast Asia NT map for a trip I'm taking. When I try to load it on the Oregon with Garmin Connect, it says not enough space (great, the 600t only has 300MB of internal space). I inserted a MicroSD card that has a lot of BirdsEye images on it and although it now has enough space, it gives a warning that a file with the same name already exists and I will be overwriting it. I'm assuming it is talking about the built in 100k topo, but that is certainly not on my MicroSD. How can proceed with screwing something up? :unsure:

     

    Are you able to get install the map in mapsource ? Export it to a local hard drive as gmapsupp.img. Then rename it to something like asiant.img and manually copy to the SD card /Garmin folder

  7. OK I stand corrected, it did work, probably was still downloading after it said it was done.

     

    The process created a new file "OX-Geocaches2013-4-6-19-6-34.ggz" in the ggz folder. It is 28 MB in size.

     

    Index.xml file has 702.000 lines. Each cache takes about 15 lines. So that tells me there are about 46,800 caches total ?

     

     

    btw is there a setting to keep Oregon on after I unplug the USB cable ?

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    We have very few squirrel caches round our way - but I wonder if anyone can try to download them all and see just how many they have worldwide??

     

    I'm getting my oregon delivered today, I'll give it at try

     

    ok, not really working for me. I click Download all to device and 1 second later it says done, but nothing moves over..weird

  9. And why run the risk, it's simple enough to extract a couple of batteries and put them on charge :)

     

    Unless you wear out the latching mechanism and/or gasket. :anibad:

     

    Everything wears out, sure, but I've used my 60CSX for 5 years, heavily, and never wore that latch/gasket out. Why would I believe that I would on my Oregon 600?

     

    Oh, I don't know... A sneaking suspicion that the case/latch/gasket area isn't anywhere near as robust as your (and mine) 60CSx?

     

    I'm going to buy the rechargable battery pack for my 600. I see a huge benefit in not having to remove my batteries constantly and charging them in external charger. It will still be cheaper than buying 650 and I do not need the camera feature.

     

    On road trips it will be great to just plug the GPS in the car charger and then take it out when looking for a cache, never fearing about battery life. Even though the latch on my 60csx is still in great shape after many year, not having to ever open it is a much better solution IMHO

  10. By the way guys, this is my first handheld GPS and I love the capacitive touch screen. I played with an Oregon 550 in the REI store and was disappointed. My natural inclination was to "pinch" the screen to zoom in and out and they just did not support it. The fact that I can interact with the 600t like a modern smartphone is wonderful. Truly a giant leap forward and the way of the future. The only other thing I would LOVE to have is a world-wide satellite map. I'm sure that is coming but a long way off. We need larger MicroSD cards and a service that would sell whole continent or nation maps. 5 years away? 10 years? Who knows, but that would be awesome.

     

    I shudder to imagine how much would such a map cost :) You pay $100 just for one country now

  11. good news for people who ordered from LL Bean, here a transcript of my chat with their customer service today:

     

    Me: I have a question about my order #xxxx It is now showing "backorder filling". Does that mean it's being shipped? thanks

    Diane: Good afternoon.

    Me: hello

    Diane: That means we just received the Garmin and are still to process the item so we can send it out to you.

    Me: any idea how long that usually takes?

    Diane: A normal order shipping to Colorado would take 5-6 business days.

    Me: so 5-6 days after it's shipped or that's how long it takes to process ?

    Diane: From today. So you should have it next week.

    Me: ok, thank you !

    Diane: Is there anything else I can help you with?

    Me: that's it

    Diane: Thank you for contacting L.L.Bean. I am pleased that I was able to help you. Have a wonderful afternoon.

  12. GULO when did you order yours? You are showing a price of $3999.00 ?

     

     

    Well definitely not $3999.00 :)

     

    I ordered mine on 2/16/13, I signed up for LL Bean credit card so my total came to $339.15

     

    If I check my order status is shows available 5/19 but if you look directly on their page it shows 5/10.

     

    I really hope it will ship a bit earlier, but as long as it's not later than 5/10 I'm OK

  13. yay, LL Bean changed 600 ship date from May 19 to May 10 today....I guess little bit of good news?

    I was just at there website checking on my backorder for a 600 and it still shows 5-19 ????

    Mystery solved Gulo is on the list ahead of me and will get his first. Lucky guy.

     

    yay :laughing:

     

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    OK, so it shows 5/10 on the website, but when I pull out my individual order is also still shows 5/19. I presume they just didn't update it ?

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