Didjerrydo
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I know the Garmin Oregon can use a 4 Gb Micro SD card because I have one in mine, but I was just wondering if this was the largest one it could utilize or if it could also use an 8 Gb? I assume you could use an 8 Gb in it, but can it only address the first 4 gigs?
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I was considering getting a Garmin Oregon 550, IF & only if, the display visibility has been vastly improved over the first units. Surely it's been fixed by now.
I think the camera thing is kinda' hokey and unnecessary, and that certainly wouldn't be a selling point to me, because I'm sure its images are tiny .jpg files like a cell phone, but if they've actually made the display visible in lower light without having to use the backlight I'd be impressed!
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At least, they're working on the software and IMPROVING, so don't complain unless you have a Colorado.
Oh, I'm not, believe you me. I've been there and done that. The only gripe I have with my Oregon is the display visibility issue.
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I was just wondering if Garmin ever does a non-beta firmware update anymore? Seems like all recent ones have been beta releases. What's going on here?
By the way, what's this crap anyway: Date: April 1, 2009. Weather: Cool. Health: good. Food: 905 pounds. Next landmark: 190 miles. Miles traveled: 364 miles?
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A friend sent me a link: http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/maps/view/99/ that supposedly offers free 1:24,000 topo maps fer almost the entire southeastern US. I've downloaded the zip file, unzipped it and tried everyway I know to get MapSource to recognize them but no cigar.
I have all the un-zipped image files in their own directory, and that directory in the C:/ Garmin directory where all the other MapSource image files are located but apparently for some reason MapSource will not recognize them. What am I doing wrong here?
All I have is all the image files and 1 (seusa) 1 Kb text file that just gives the program description and nothing else..no "installer". Am I missing something here?
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A friend sent me a link: http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/maps/view/99/ that supposedly offers free 1:24,000 topo maps fer almost the entire southeastern US. I've downloaded the zip file, unzipped it and tried everyway I know to get MapSource to recognize them but no cigar.
I have all the un-zipped image files in their own directory, and that directory in the C:/ Garmin directory where all the other MapSource image files are located but apparently for some reason MapSource will not recognize them. What am I doing wrong here?
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Are you filling out the support form at http://www.garmin.com/garmin/cms/home/support/supportcontact ?
If so, you may want to bypass that form and email tech support directly. You'll have to include your unit info (serial # and firmware version) in the email along with your issues with the product. I have -always- gotten quicker results by emailing tech support directly.
techsupp@garmin.com
Yep, that's what I'm doing, but after each attempt to submit, I just get an error message even though every field is filled out!
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I have now tried repeatedly to email Garmin's tech support team with the following message, but for some reason it apparently won't go through. Wonder if their being overwhelmed by similar comments. Maybe some of them will read it here:
"After downloading your latest firmware update (2.70) to my Oregon 400t, the 3-D function is just a blank blue field. Almost everyone is seeing this according to online forums & discussion groups. Also, everyone is extremely aggrivated over the fact that the "Shaded Relief" dissapears every time the power is turned off & on and has to be reset with every power cycle.
I thought the Oregon was a real solid unit, (after the total basket case Colorado), but with updates like this, I'm starting to lose faith in Garmin's credibility. Many forum folks online are really starting to consider changing teams after being hard core Garmin fans for many years. What's happening to Garmin's quality anyway?"
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This issue with version 2.70 totally knocking out the 3-D function is apparently pretty common. I updated 2 Oregon 300's and one 400t here in the store, and it killed this function on all of them! I called Garmin's Dealer Tech line and told them about this so hopefully a patch will be posted soon.
New firmware for the Oregon
Available from Garmin's WebUpdater
Updates to firmware 2.70 and GPS firmware from 2.54 to 2.58
http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=4051
Change History
Changes made from version 2.60 to 2.70:
Added support for Garmin GB Discoverer maps
Added ability to view marine chart notes for marine points
Added ability to change the date for the tide and currents charts
Added a display option in the setup menu to save battery power
Fixed shutdown that can occur when you enter coordinates in demo mode
Fixed a potential shutdown that can occur when panning the map that is showing satellite imagery
Improved GPS accuracy when using WAAS
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The Oregon is a great unit, works like a charm.
The Colorado is a real turkey that's probably being phased out because it is so problematic! Garmin is offering deep discounts to help dump their existing stock!
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I bought a 400t for geocaching as it was one of the only devices that allowed to download directly from geocaching.com.
When I tried to input coordinates under the form N XX° YY' ZZ.Z" and E XXX° YY' ZZ.Z" I could not find the functionality allowing me to do so. I could find all kind of preinstalled places, but it does not seem possible to use it a basic GPS and to input coordinates to get a azimuth and distance.
Can anyone help
The newest firmware update fixes this and makes it easy as pie!
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Is this supposed to be funny?
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I notice that Garmin has posted an update, "GPS Chipset Type B software version 3.00", (available only thru their Web Updater). What I'm wondering though, is which units this works on and what it does for those units anyway?
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How do I trasfer waypoints the this unit?
I own a 405 and as far as I know, it's not possible. Due to the 405's unusual wireless interface, it's a little tricky doing back & forth things with a computer.
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Unreal, I've used it for 6 hours and it's done. It won't turn on, battery reset doesn't work, it won't even hard reset. My 4th and 5th had the same problem but lasted up to ....wow 30 days. Garmin says all I can do is get a replacement but I have to pay for shipping, I've owned electronics all my life and I've never seen such garbage and to make it worse the company is going drain my bank account shipping there crap back to them.
Yep, Garmin totally dropped the ball I'm afraid with the ill-fated Colorado. The 60CSx/Cx rode the wave for 3 years or so because they were solid, problem free units, for the most part. But the Colorado, which was touted as Garmin's great new top handheld units lasted about six months before being bumped by the Oregons. Does that tell you something about the Colorado's? My experiences with them as a dealer has been a total nightmare!
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Finally got my Oregon - decided to go with a 300, as I thought I needed to get the U.S. TOPO 2008 software anyhow, but didn't realize the 400t version was more compressed. Is it possible to get all of the maps onto a microSD card at once? I have a 2GB card, and have heard larger cards aren't as stable? I'd also like to put CityNav (?) on at some point, so just wondering what otuers do/have done?
Additionally, I was out caching tonight (first time out caching on my own
) and had the 300 lockup on two caches in a row right after the approaching alert came on. Had to turn off and on the receiver in order to un-freeze it. Anyone else with this experience? - I didn't see that noted in the wiki.Otherwise, the Oregon was awesome and ended up within 0-1 feet on two caches! I'm officially addicted.
I appreciate any thoughts! Thanks.
I don't think you'll have any problem there. I have an Oregon 400t with a Transcend (Cheapo) 4 GB Micro SD card in it. Since the unit already had Topo installed, I've now loaded the entire City Nav NT disc, the entire Inland Lakes disc, and the entire Eastern 1:24,000 National Parks disc onto this card, and, by the way, it has functioned flawlessly. This card cost me all of $24.10 delivered to my door!
I think the whole Topo 2008 program only sits on about 1 GB.
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So what is the common form of barametor calibration?
How often does it need to be done?
That's right, just find the elevation of your home and re-calibrate every time you head out on an adventure. Barometric pressure is very dynamic and changes constantly (thus the weather!).
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What is this "Garmin Oregon Handheld Touchscreen Navigator" thing at: http://www.gpsinformation.org/allory/new.htm
It might be interesting if it would ever open, at least it don't for me.
Works for me... http://gpsinformation.info/penrod/oregon/oregon.html
Oops, It finally decided to open for me just now for some reason.Wow, this is a wealth of information!
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What is this "Garmin Oregon Handheld Touchscreen Navigator" thing at: http://www.gpsinformation.org/allory/new.htm
It might be interesting if it would ever open, at least it don't for me.
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No, it is is a common complaint. It is a little better than it used to be because you aren't allowed to enter illegal characters.
I was trying to figure out why they designed it this way the other day and I think it has to do with screen space and touch button sizes. I'm guessing Garmin wanted to get all of the alpha characters onto one screen but not shrink the touch button size so small that you would get lots of missed presses. So they crammed all 26 characters, plus space and shift but they didn't have room left over for cursor movement (and it would be confusing with the page left/right arrows just below). At that point they decided to add the cursor movement mode. Just a guess but I can't figure out any other reason why they didn't just put cursor movement arrows and a delete/backspace button on all pages.
Unfortunately this created an awkward interface where you have to cycle in and out of this mode to locate the cursor and enter text.
UTM is worse because there isn't a space in the format between the northing/easting which makes it almost impossible to know where you are in a set of coordinates you are editing.
GO$Rs
It looks like they've really created a major limiting factor here that makes the unit far less usable to many folks. Wonder if they'll surely address this stumbling block with an udpate soon?
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Is anyone else finding it to be a total pain to go in and manually edit waypoints in the Oregons? I still haven't mastered it. It seemed to be easy with previous units. If there's a easy trick to it how do you do it ?
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I would imagine if you used a standard naming nomenclature for your waypoints it would make searching easier and by inputing the first couple of letters you'd get a list of the waypoints your looking for.
starxxx for various starbucks locations
xyzxxx for another setup of waypoints, etc
What are you doing/using it for?
Well, sometimes while wandering around on the internal mapping, I'll decide to save a waypoint somewhere in order to recall it later to view the map detail there, or show it to a customer because that particular point happens to show some interesting map features in a particular type of Map Source mapping. The problem is, I may have forgotten the exact name I've given it (Geezers occasionally are afflicted with this problem!).
Thus, it would be very handy to just be able to call up the entire waypoint list, either alphabetically or in order of closest to farthest. If I see the names, I'll recognize it!
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Seriously, though, I use only Ray-o-vac hybrids in mine, and have never had a problem.
PS
Nor have I.
No problem here either. I'm afraid this is not a battery related issue.
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I'm pretty sure that this limitation has been around for some time on Garmin units, at least with the 60csx it is.
How about a search near (bullseye button) using the map, that works pretty well for me if I've forgotten the name?
GO$Rs
So there's really no way, within the Oregon itself, to call up a listing of all saved waypoints at one time..that kinda'sucks!
) and had the 300 lockup on two caches in a row right after the approaching alert came on. Had to turn off and on the receiver in order to un-freeze it. Anyone else with this experience? - I didn't see that noted in the wiki.
Oregon 550 2.30/3.70
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OK, I give up, how do you: Added estimation of the number of remaining photos that the unit can take?