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Mr.Moo

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  1. Hmm... For me on my Magellan Triton 500 it will sometimes crash on start-up and taking the batteries out and powering it up again worked. DOn't know about the GC though...
  2. Hello all! I thought I would also post this here, since not many people read the GPS and Ham Radio forum. I am looking for amateur radio operators to volunteer to help out at W7G, the Special Event Station at GeoWoodstock in Carnation, Washington. You can find more info, including a volunteer application, at http://www.w7g.info Thanks! 73! Mr.Moo KI6ZON
  3. I know this is an old thread, but I thought I would add my experience with the Triton 500: I bought a 500 to replace my dead eXplorist 500. I almost wish I had gone for Garmin (but only almost). Being able to view full cache descriptions and hints is great. No need for the iPod Touch anymore, right? Wrong. There is no way to mark a Geocache as found. You have to delete them. The GPS is a little slow, but I like having the SD card slot on the side. Adding Geocaches to it is a disaster! The desktop program (which is required to load anything) is a clunky piece of Windows software. It only works on certain virtualazation prgrams (Parallels 5) and has hard to use. Overally, I would recommend the eXplorist 500 over the Triton 500. If you are a Mac user (good for you), this GPS will be a lot of work.
  4. I am another Mac user who would like to put Geocaches on my Triton 500. VantagePoint just crashes before it comes all the way up under XP in VirtualBox, and requires 1.5 ghz, while my old PC has only 400 mhz. I would really like to NOT use VantagePoint, or have it actually work.
  5. Now that is a problem. Being a Mac user (and glad about it too!), I would like to avoid pulling out the PC whenever I can. I know that Vantage Point is Windows only and I will have to use it to load maps. On the eXplorist, I just took out the SD card and put it in a card reader attached to my computer. That way I could just drag the Geocache files to the Geocache folder on the card. Will that work on the Triton? -Mr.Moo
  6. We called Magellan last week and they gave us a good deal ($125 or something close to that) on a Triton 500, so we went for it. The old eXplorist arrived at Magellan today, so I should get my Triton soon. Thanks to everyone for their help!
  7. Okay, thank you to everyone who posted with their thoughts on the Tritons. I am going to try to get a Triton 500, but it depends on what Magellan says.
  8. We replied to Magellan telling them what happened, and they said they didn't know. They also said if we called, they would give us a "steep" discount on a new GPS. We are going to call them on Monday.
  9. Thanks to everybody who responded. I tried running it without the battery, but that didn't work. When it died, it had the rechargeable battery in it. And yes, an Oregon would be nice, but I have Magellan maps and don't want to pay for Garmin ones. I would rather get a Triton. I think maybe the GPS has a short circuit. -Mr.Moo
  10. We were out Geocaching a few weeks ago, when my Magellan eXplorist 500 LE died. It was sitting in the car's cup holder next to me, plugged in to the outlet. One moment I look at it and it is on, but the next time I look at it it is turned off. I try to turn it on, but it doesn't work. The battery was fully charged and it didn't work with fresh batteries either. I put AAAs in it, and when I pulled them out a few minutes later, they were really hot. We emailed Magellan support and tried what they said. They said to do zoom out-goto-power, but that didn't do anything, neither did any other key commands found on the internet. So, my question is, has anybody had this problem? Have you fixed it? The GPS is out of warranty, so Magellan won't fix it, so what do I do??? Help please! -Mr.Moo
  11. Thank you very much. I appreciat everybody's help. Is there anybody willing to wait along the path to take pictures? By the way, this note was posted to the event by kaiwarrior, but I can't make any sense of it. I thought they meant they were dropping a TB, but they didn't. Help please! The first link is a GC.com error, the second the event in the note
  12. I think I found a good brochure for the event. Does anybody know a better one? Hopefully somebody actually reads this forum thread. Brouchure: http://www.gpsmaze.com/uploads/files/GEOCACH_F2.pdf
  13. That's a fantastic brochure! I'll be sure to print a dozen and carry them with me. Thanks! Wow, I really like that brochure, thanks for the info. That is the best brochure I've found. I think I am going to have one at my event coming up.
  14. Hi everybody! I have a WWFM (World-Wide Flash Mob) event coming up on May 2nd in Santa Rosa, California, if you want to come. Description: I hope you can make it! Link is below. My Event
  15. Hi Everyone! Near where I live (Sonoma County, California) there is a location where there used to be a brake plant that used asbestas (is that spelled right?) and they dumped it into the ground. Would this count for an Earthcache because it is something we need to make sure we don't do to the Earth? Any help would be great. -Mr.Moo
  16. What about the Geocaching WAP? You could take screenshots even easier and when you do have wifi, load stuff faster. wap.geocaching.com Besides, the iPhone and iPod Touch don't have copy and past yet!
  17. I have hosted two flash mobs in Sonoma County, California and yes, it is hard to organize cachers and get them to disperse.
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