jdwest32

I hunt alot too and I love my Garmin 76CSx. I have TOPO 2008 loaded ant the detail is great. It is 1:100,000 I wish it were 1:24,000 but it is still really good. It has most of the roads and adding wps is easy. there is enough text in the wp file to let em remember which one is which. I use National Geographic TOPO! to plan my trips and all of my data easily loads to it. I have not figured out how to draw fencelines. I dont think you can.

My advice is to buy a Garmin. I use the 76CSx. it will do everything you want to do and more. There is lots of sowtware available and you can import geocaches directly from geocaching.com. Yes you will need National Geographic. I have it and also TOPO2008 and I am about to buy city NT v8 I also own 2 magellans and I prefer garmin. last thing, as with all things, you get what you pay for. Go with the Garmin.

I use National Geographic. I have the State series 1:24,000 for the state I use the most (AZ) and Backroads explorer for the rest of the US which is 1:100,000. I have made some very nice maps with them. If you dont have good quality printer you can take the saved image to staples as a pdf and they will print and laminate it for you. If you make it poster size it can get expensive. I got a quote fro them that is 24"x36" printed out, laminated and mounted in a nice frame for $72. I got 3 11"x17" prints laminated for $4 ( I think, I don't remember but it was cheap) National Goegraphic prints to pdf or saves as a Tiff, bmp, jpeg...etc...

2025 map segments are all that can be downloaded to a Garmin unit. The Topo2008 is the one that is using up most of that, I suppose. How do I see how many segments I have installed? If you saved the MapSource file you used to compile the maps to send to the GPS, look on the Maps tab on the left. It will have the number of segments in parentheses. If you didn't save it I don't know, other than to download the maps to MapSource and then do the above. I think the card will just have a "gmapsupp.img" file, which won't tell you the number of segments that is strange. mine says Maps(420) I can take a screen shot if that helps.

thanks, any idea if that number could be increased in a sw update or if it is a hw limitation.

Buy the disk version and buy a MicroSD from someone else. There are plenty of good deals on those.

I dont think I would want to risk it on a $450 76CSx. I keep 6 spare AAs in my carying case and I keep it plugged into my cigarette lighter when I am in my pickup.

2025 map segments are all that can be downloaded to a Garmin unit. The Topo2008 is the one that is using up most of that, I suppose. How do I see how many segments I have installed?

is it just a 76 or a 76CSx?

you can get them at REI or Cabelas

you can get them at REI or Cabelas

I have a 76CSx and I love it. They do make a handle bar mount for it but remember that it is quite big. It has expandable and removable memory in the form of a micor SD card.

Chuck - 128mb of MetroGuide would give you all of Michigan, including the UP; the eastern half of Wisconsin; about 3/4 of Illinois; the northern 3/4 of Indiana; most of Ohio; and, pieces of Pennsylvania and West Virginia. I have a 2GB card in mine but i guess it is overkill since there is a cap on how many map segments that can be loaded at one time. Which completely sucks in my opinion...

2025 map segments are all that can be downloaded to a Garmin unit. The Topo2008 is the one that is using up most of that, I suppose. I hope they can change/fix that in an upcomming SW update.

Hi I cannot seem to add any more maps to my usit and I have plenty of space left on my 2GB card. Any ideas. I have city nav 6 and topo2008 right now.

mine showed up without the liquid. I just got the replacement yesterday and have not tried it yet. what sucks is my dog stepped on my 76CSx and scratched it before i could put it on.

I do now. Thanks... j

^ I hear you on that. I wish we could have auto updates.

I have a similar problem but mine says that google earth is not installed. it is installed and i have uninstalled and reinstalled it too.

so far i can tell its more detailed in AZ

I pretty much see the same thing as this guy sees.... my old topo was a little different. I am viewing on a 76CSx. either way it looks good to me

I use the Garmin 76CSx. It's a great unit. a bit pricy but you get what you pay for. Geocaching.com supports Garmin only for transferring waypoints directly to the unit.

Care to expand? AFAI can tell the color scheme is the same... i dont have it right in fornt of me right now but... the color is a little bit darker brown. I can take a screen shot tonight if you are interested. I dont think it is bad by any means. just a little different.

I went with the blonde. I have the 76CSx and i love it. Some people think the operation is strange since the buttons are on top. it is kinda like working it upside down. well i thought so at first too. then i got used to it. No worries living with my decision. one thing i really like about it is that the screen is sunken in a little thus protecting it from scratches. the 60CSx's screen sticks out and could be scratched more easily. or you could put some protective tape on it.

Yes. Call them. Everything I have heard is that they are pretty good about returns...even if out of warranty.