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Number 2 works for me too but only if I wait until the map is loaded. Yesterday I apparantly did not wait long enough. Thanks Jotne.

For me it's even worse! After I successfully installed the 2.54 beta, I try now to connect to the computer which fail either with or without the SD card in my Colorado 300. When I connect via the USB interface transmits the track log (normally) and then closes Colorado by itself (fade out). The same thing happens whether I connect to the USB with the unit initially switched on or off or use the switch to turn it on after the unit shut down and virtually all other combination. Very annoying! This means that I can not transfer or download data from the device, or even switch back to 2.51. What can I do? Bengt Over on the wiki forums a user has determined that the colorado unit might hang if it doesn't have a satellite lock when you connect it to a pc. I can now confirm that "the satellite lock routine" helped in my case. I went outside, let it lock on the satellites, run in to the computer and connected it before it understood that it no longer could see any satellites. Thank you all for your help! /Bengt

For me it's even worse! After I successfully installed the 2.54 beta, I try now to connect to the computer which fail either with or without the SD card in my Colorado 300. When I connect via the USB interface transmits the track log (normally) and then closes Colorado by itself (fade out). The same thing happens whether I connect to the USB with the unit initially switched on or off or use the switch to turn it on after the unit shut down and virtually all other combination. Very annoying! This means that I can not transfer or download data from the device, or even switch back to 2.51. What can I do? Bengt

My point was to compare the Colorado and 60CSx side by side under the same conditions with the background light switched on. The question is why the track from Colorado is not as good as the track from 60CSx. I know from other tests I made (undocumented) that if I switched off the light in Colorado the tracks are approximately as from 60CSx. So it seems to be something strange with the light. Another strange thing is that occassionaly my Colorado is 80-100 meter off track (with EPE around 6 meter). The only way to have it work normally again is to restart the unit. Very annoying when Geocaching and even worse navigating in the archipelago by boat. Bengt

I did a simple test yesterday with my Colorado 300 and 60CSx. I installed them side by side on my bicycle and ran a path 5 times at the same very slow speed. The test took about 25 minutes. Before start I let them find satellites for 15 minutes. During the test 60CSx had an EPE between 2-3 meter (without showing Ds on satellite bars), Colorado had Ds (see picture) but EPE 5-10 meter. Both units was WAAS/Egnos enabled, no compass, max backlight, fresh batteries, showing the satellite screen and so on. The terrain is a perfectly flat open field with very good satellite reception. My Colorado (serial: 169006xxx) is bought in Sweden and use the beta software 2.51 and shows more or less the same problems that other has described in the forum. The result:

I have a Colorado 300 and used a standard 4 GB SD-card from Transcend. With that card it was almost impossible to scroll maps in a smooth way. Detailed topo maps jumped 1/3 page at the time or sometimes the screen turned blank and I had to wait 20-50 sec before the map showed up again. One week ago I changed to a 4 GB SanDisk Secure Digital Extreme III and now I can scroll the maps smoothly in all directions without any problems. Here is a link with more information: http://www.sandisk.com/Products/Item(2348)...I_SDHC_4GB.aspx Bengt

This does NOT happen in my 300. I did TRY before my last post. I'm not that crazy... It happens in my 300 but ONLY if I scroll with the wheel. If I scroll with the "arrows" it works as it should.