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rdfroese you seem to be doing better than me. My postal code is v2h 1c8 and I can't get it to work on my PC. If you have a free moment could you try looking up my postal code and see if it comes up on your PC.

I just bought the flex arm mount for my 76csx. It is very easy to position the GPSr in exactly the right spot. The only problem I found is that there is quite a bit of screen vibration. The flex arm is very stiff and is 6" long. I'm not sure what is causing the vibration ( I think its the long arm ). I placed a block under the GPSr mount and it gets rid of most of the vibration. Does the screen vibrate at all when using the rigid suction cup mounts?

Has anyone tried to find a postal code with CN NA NT V8? All the other "find" choices work OK but I just can't get the postal codes to work.

One thing that was mentioned last week on a discussion about NT was that using a compressed format will slow down your gpsr. Will this be something to consider or will it be barely noticeable, if true?

So now which is the best way to go....City Nav 8 which is faster, or City Nav 8 NT which takes up less memory?

Gee, I just decided that the flex arm would be my best bet and now I read this. Dirtnapper how has your experience with the flex arm been? Do you wish you had the solid arm instead?

I was going to purchase Garmins Auto Navigation Kit but after reading the posts in this forum about mounting choices I kind of think that the suction cup system might be the best for me. I have a 76csx and it appears that Garmin doesnt make a suction mount for it, so I have been looking at RAM systems. Does anyone have any opinions on what might be better, their suction mount with a ridged socket arm or with the 6" flex arm? Any comments on whether their screen magnifier would be a worthwhile purchase?

Has anyone found a place selling the Auto Nav Kit 010-10509-00 with City Navigator Ver 8 in Canada or the US? Every place I checked so far are still trying to unload the kit with City Select Ver 7.

Thanks Neo Geo for printing out the sizes by State. It was very helpful as now I know for sure that I need to buy a larger micro SD card.

It seems pretty waterproof to me. I accidentally got my 76csx totally covered with flour (don't ask) and it all wouldn't blow or shake out so I held it under running water in the sink. Cleaned out beautifully and no water problems.

Go to www.lbmaps.com , they have they best gps maps for the Baja that I have found so far.

I had a similar problem with mine when I went geocaching with my motorcycle for the first time. When I would stop to get a bearing, my compass would be going nuts. At first I thought it was the ignition system of my dirt bike. But now I think that it was the electronic compass resetting itself. When I would stop it would take a couple of minutes before the electronic compass would come back on and then everything would be OK.

Because I will be doing mostly off road motorcycle riding some guys from a Baja forum who have these maps figure its best to go with the Expeditioner. The Expeditioner is supposed to be far more accurate than the Baja Almanac map book which is probably the very best Baja map book available. Being a topo map it is probably more suitable for what I want.

The topo GPS map cost $30 more than the other. I don't mind paying the extra $30 but only if the map is $30 better. With Topo Canada the contour lines make it just about impossible to see secondary roads. I wonder if this might be the case with the Expeditioner map. On the internet they show sample screen shots from both products but its pretty hard to tell which is the best from those few shots. I was hoping that someone might have a little more info on one or both of these maps.

I also have a 76csx and I can route with Topo Canada.

For my next trip to the Baja I was thinking on buying a Baja GPS map. From what I can find the two best are the Baja "Navigator" GPS map and the Baja "Expeditioner" Topo GPS map. I wonder if anyone has any views as to how good these are? Is it worth moving up to the more expensive topo map? Is the detail on these as good as the Baja California Almanac map book?

I am new to GPSr's and have already learned a lot from this forum. The almanac has me puzzled. Once you acquire the almanac for the first time will it not update itself during later use? If not and you have to update it manually will using "New Location" or "Restart Search" in the options menu reacquire the almanac?

Does anyone know how?

GPSMAP 76CSX

It would sure be nice if Garmin had a feature that would let you remove the contour lines or at least reduce them so you can see other map detail more clearly.

With Garmins Topo Canada (and probably with Topo USA) it is very hard to see unpaved roads on their maps because they are such a fine line and they get lost in the contour lines. I tried to reduce detail in the settings to get rid of some of the contour lines but the roads disappeared also. Is there some way to make the roads more distinct and stand out?

Yesterday I discouvered that there is a new update for MapSource. You move up to Version 6.10.2. I haven't seen this posted on this site yet, and in case it wasn't, I thought I'd mention it.

I have a 76CSx. When it is in Geocache mode an alarm goes off when I am near a cache. I can also manually set a proximity alarm around any waypoint I want. It will set off an alarm when I get within a distance I set around a waypoint. This is my first GPSr and I just got it but I am pretty sure there is no way to set an alarm is you go off track. It would sure be a nice feature, especially for river navigation.

I had my 76CSx out today and had WAAS enabled and had D's showing. I live in BC Canada. I can't remember what WAAS satellite I was receiving.

>Nobody's claiming that you'll go broke buying alkaline cells, but it still seems like a waste of money (and >landfill space) compared to getting rechargeables. >My set of four 2500 mA-hr NiMH cells last longer than alkalines per charge and have now been recharged >over 600 times. If I had bought alkalines at the price you mention ($1 per set of 4) this would now have >cost me $600. Instead the NiMH cells cost me $8.95 at WalMart for a savings of $591 - enough to buy a >new 60CSx plus a bunch of mapping software. And it's generally more convenient since I don't have to >remember to buy new batteries nearly as often. > You must be a GPS power user! Lets see: 4 batteries X 600 recharges is equivalent to 2400 batteries. Need 2 batteries for a GPS > 2400/2=1200 uses Batteries last about 3 days > 3X1200=3600days 3600/365=9.9 years of daily use Are you sleeping with your GPS turned on?