Hello everyone,
I have used the Montana 650 for the last several years and sadly I cracked the screen, resulting in having to purchase a new unit. I decided upon the Oregon 750 and I have had it for about a week now. I have a few questions and I am hoping that people with more experience with this unit will be able to help me out, clarify or point me in the right direction. A few topics (so far):
1. Battery - On the Montana, I could hit the power button and the back light menu would come up and it would also display the percentage of battery life. Also, when I would plug the unit it, the powered off screen would also display the percentage so I would know when it was fully charged. Is there a way to see the percentage of battery life on the Oregon while it is on? When it is charging? I'm finding the battery life on the Oregon to be much shorter than on the Montana. Also, on the Montana I purchased a separate unit to charge the battery packs, so that way I could charge one battery pack in the gps unit, and charge another on a stand alone charger. I haven't been able to find any stand alone charger(s) for purchase. Does anyone else have one? I have purchased a couple of additional battery packs so I can just switch them out as needed and then recharge when I am able. Perhaps I have a faulty battery pack, however it seems like it takes longer to charge the battery than the amount of time that I have in the field to use it. (I am charging an additional battery pack as I type and I will try that one to see if it lasts longer...)
2. Geocaching - Enter Next Stage - I am unable to locate the "Enter Next Stage" option. I notice there is a "Coordinates" option beside the "Log" option. Is that how we are to enter the coords for the next stage for a multi?
3. Auto-logging - Has there been any developments regarding changing the automated found log when Auto Logging is activated?
4. PQ's and Bookmarks - To confirm, you can access and sync PQ's on the Oregon, however you can't access and sync Bookmarks. That has been my (limited) experience so far...
5. Geocaching Live - Is there a way to filter out the caches that I own? I have looked at this feature and I have been trying to play around with it, however I have been unable to figure out how to do this.
Any thoughts, insights and recommendations would be greatly appreciated!