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Thanks for quick reply. The cable is attached with the cord running down the length of the init. I can get power when attached to the USB port. Unit says External Power. When I have the AC Adapter plugged in i see the battery status but no indication of "Charging".

Press NAV+MENU+Power all at same time

Any help would be great. AC Adapter will not provide power to eX600. I can get it to charge the battery while plugged into the USB port but not when the AC adapter is used. Thanks in advance.

gdps, I also received same reply earlier today. So it's a manual process of going into the control center and adjusting the first entry to whatever the math works out to.........

Here's the latest. I made sure both the GPSr clock and time had been set correctly. 24hr format eastern etc. I also verified the computer's clock, time zone and format were the same. I took a recent trip covering about 70miles. I started at 8:46am and ended at 9:54am. After converting the GPSr track into MapSend Topo3D and loading the track I get the following which covers approx 114 recorded points: Point 1: 1:15:35am Point 10: 1:27:12 am .128 mi Point 20: 12:48:21pm 3.77 mi Point 30: 12:53:43pm 10.405 mi Point 40: 12:59:35pm 17.459 mi Point 50: 13:06.50pm 26.264 mi Point 60: 13:09:59pm 28.394 mi Point 70: 13:14:46pm 33.361 mi Point 80: 13:35:08pm 56.856 mi Point 90: 13:42:55pm 64.92 mi Point 100: 13:48:15pm 68.82 mi Point 110: 13:50:49pm 69.48 mi Point 114: 13:51.54pm 69.74 mi

Anyone with any advice. I save a track on my eX600 with the intent of then transferring it onto Mapsend 3D Topo. Transfers fine except the time is not correct at all. I would expect that the time from when the track was created would also transfer over to Mapsend. For example, I started a track today 7/30/05 at 1:30pm and ended at 3:00. Mapsend indicates a start of 5:03pm; ending at 7:30pm. Time on the computer is accurate. Time on the GPSr is also accurate. Thanks in advance.

I've had mine for about a month or so and have no real issues with it. I live in a failry wooded area and get a lock on 5-6 sats within a minute including WAAS. Overall, it's been great and no dissapointments. Like said in earlier post, if you don't like it or doesn't meet expectations go for something that may suit you better.

Make sure that when you installed your Explorist you also installed the USB to Serial driver. This allows the signal to be appropriately converted so the GPSr and software see each other. As embra has indicated, the GPSr needs to be set at NMEA and your laptop must have an avail COM port (thus the need for the USB to Serial driver). Once done, you'll need to make sure your GPSr is receiving adequate GPS signals otherwise DirectRoute will time out. If all goes well, you'll eventually see a status on the bottom right corner of the DirectRoute display indicating you're connected. You'll also see an icon that looks like a triangle displayed at your current position. That's a rough overview but should give you the basics.

I've been using the 200 for a bit now and have not had any problems. You may want to do GPS Restart under a clear sky (outside, no trees or obstructions, away from buildings etc. This allows the internal memory of the GPS to "re-synch" with the satellites above you. Let it lock and get a solid 3D Fix Menu - Preferences - Restart GPS. HTH

This may help: http://www.magellangps.com/en/products/ms_compatibility.asp

Couple of things to consider on the eX600. As indicated above, the power on/off butrton is located on the right side of the unit (when looking at the screen). It takes some pressure to turn on/off so a slight bump would not do it. Secondly, once on you're prompted to hit the Enter button(Joystick). If you don't within about 30 sec or so, the unit turns itself off. So think of it almost as dual protection.1. Turning it on requires a bit of force; and then you need to confirm by pressing the joystick button found on the front. When turning off you're prompted to hit the ESC button within about 4 seconds confirming your desire to either leave it on, or power off if you do nothing HTH

The Direct Route software key advantage is the ability to do turn-by-turn navigation. You select the route on the software download it to your 500 and it'll guide you "turn-by-turn" to your destination. Topo3D gives you an overall map with the streets etc and also lets you view the topography in 3D mode. However, if you plot a starting point and end point (waypoints) all you'll see is a direct line rather than the streets/roads you'll need to get there. It's more of "as the crow flys". So, if you absolutely have to have a street level guided turn-by-turn ability you'll need to go with Direct Route (not sure though if it covers PR).

I'm no expert but this is what I have and have done: 1. I have a very old IBM WorkPad with 2MB RAM. This is very similar to very old Palm Pilots. It has Palm OS 3.3. 2. Loaded on the unit is Cachemate software available for $8 as a registered user. This is the Palm App that lest you view your cache database 3. I've been using GSAK (also as a download). As the name implies, it's a full featured Geoaching utility. GSAK has various export functions one of which is the ability to convert your waypoints into cachemate PDB. The very cool thing is once you create an export to cachemate, GSAk actually preapres and creates the pdb and then prompts you to do a hot-synch on the Palm device. You'll need to tinker and play to get the settings the way you like them. Overall it's fairly painless. 4. Once on the palm, you can then review your cache files and modify them accordingly on the plam. I don't believe you can upload your changes back to GSAK so it may be a one-way communication. 5. If you're not already a Premium Member, I advise to go for it. This'll let you run Pocket Queries so you can receive your caches over email and download them as GSX file format . You'll be up-to-date on the caches you've selected. 6. When you update the geocaching.com logs etc, you can then download the GSX file format to GSAK and then export to your palm. 7. You may be able to find a tutorial by looking through the geoache.com pages and/or searching under "paperless". IIRC, there's a good tutorial under the Geocacher U section that goes into great detail and provides lots of hint/tips/software selection. Anyway....... that's how I'm doing it. Works great for me. Good luck and enjoy.

Can't wait till my wife asks "so what would you like for your birtday?"

Just a real quick note to thank those on this forum and to those that administer it. Since starting geocaching shortly after receiving my first GPS for Father's Day 2005, I'm finally out of the house, getting fresh air, learning to avoid Poison Ivy and getting the kids away from the TV/Video games during the day. Additionally, I now have GSAK, am a Premier Member, received my first set of Pocket Queries, know how to export waypoints onto Mapsend and SA USA 2004, need better walking fotwear and on and on and on.... So... thanks to all ......

Thanks for responses... Mobi looks like a good app. Unfortunately I'm using a "recuscitated" IBM WorkPad for the caches and it dies with MoniPocket; not enough memory. Had to delete it which is what prompted my initial question.

Yeah. i see it now........ ego says to blame it on being tired. It's really more intuitive than I actually thought. It's looking at it as storage devices when dealing with the internal/SD memory (light bulb is a bit brighter, now) than anticipating a direct communication to and from the GPS as in a serial transfer. Thanks again for lighting the path.........

Thanks. From what you've indicated, the communication is one way, then. I can "transfer" waypoints to the eX600 but I can't import them from the unit. Let me know if I have that right. TIA

OK. this happens so many time when it's late that I should know better by now. I re-read your post about the eXplorist using an unatural file structure etc. So..... it then hit me like a wet sponge doused in Vodka......... I need to export the file onto the SD card and not to the actual GPS. I need to treat this as a file transfer operation from one storage device to another. So I followed the steps saving the waypoint to the SD card. I then changed the communication mode on the 600 to Power and flipped thru the menu structure until I got to the SD card. And sure enough... there it is........ Thwack......

Tried but not working. Have a feeling I'm missing a step. With the waypoint on screen I select File-Export-Magellan Explorist and SD Card. I create the file, and then click generate. I'm assuming the next step is to go to GPS menu, and select Send Waypoint followed by "Send". GPSr is on and in File Transfer mode. I tested it with the Magellan Geocache applet and it's communicating OK with the PC.

I'm trying to get my eXplorist 600 to receive waypoints from GSAK (v5.6.0 14th June, 2005 (Minor Release)). On the GPS Menu option I have Magellan selected, however it defaults to Serial; unit is connected via USB. Trys to communicate but evantually times-out. Anyone out there have advice on how I can get the hardware and software to communicate? TIA

As a NeoGeo I have a couple of questions: Are eBook and GPX formats mutually exclusive. Why would I want both or is one better than the other? TIA

I tried to order the Premium membership over the web site using a credit card. I wasn't able to sign-in although I had a recognized email address and passowrd. Any ideas on what I might be doing wrong?

I requested in a post the service codes for the explorist. You may want to check out http://rhamphorinkx.newmail.ru/sf.htm and see if there's something there that may help.

How can I have my downloaded Geocaches (from geocaching.com) imported/displayed onto SA USA 2004? TIA