Seedillume
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I want a car nav, and handheld nav, and PDA all rolled into one unit. Also, I want it to have all of the same features and perform as well as their standalone counterparts.
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Hehe. I was going to say something similar.
But seriously, buying a microSD will give you added flexability. Not only can those cards be use in a standard SD slot with the adapter, but they can also be used in devices which only support microSD. Cell phones and GPSr's are two such devices that will make use of a microSD card.
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I have a 76CSx and live on the west coast. There was no need for me to reset in order to get 48 or 51.
Interesting. How do I determine when it's past 35 so I can unblock the south and SW? It doesn't appear that the sats are being found in any order. Some on the top row show up, then some on the bottom and then another on top until things become static. The rightmost place holders on the bottom are 35 and 36 and 36 never lights up and the one immediately to the left of 35 shows up almost immediately when I turn on the machine. So, I don't know how to determine then the sequence is past 35 since nothing higher than that lights up. Am I correct in assuming that if I find 48 and 51 then those two numbers will appear in the rightmost positions? Won't this thing find any and all sats it can? So, if I get it past 35, when I uncover the S and SW areas to get 48 and 51, won't the machine again find 35 and begin taking info from it?
Go to Nasa!
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When he said a postcard he isn't kidding at all. The thing isn't in an envelope or anything. It's just a $100.00 check that is a postcard. Anybody could pick it up. It's the weirdest thing I've ever seen. It's hard to believe that they can send you that much money openly for anybody to snag. They probably hope a lot of them will get tossed as junk mail.
I buy a lot of computer hardware. More and more, I see rebates delivered via this method. I have always thought that it was a security risk.
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Other than what you have stated, there is no difference.
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I picked up a Garmin GPSmap 76CSx to replace my older GPSmap 76 unit. I would like to be able to use it in my truck for driving and directions.
Garmin offers City Navigator and City Select, and according to their site both will work in my unit. The question is, which is really the right one to get?
Ii can not find a place to really compare the 2 products so any info you might offer would be great!
Thanks,
westwind
Actually they only offer City Navigator. City Select was discontinued after V7. The current version is V8. If you buy City Select V7 now Garmin will give you a free upgrade to City Navigator V8.
The basic difference was City Select had smaller map segments than City Nav. That allowed those people running limited memory units to be able to use the software. CN V8 is something of a compromise--The segments are larger than they were is CS, but not so large as to be unusable.
Also, if you want to be able to get the whole U.S. on a 1 GB memory card, get the NT version of City Navigator.
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I set several TBs loose a few months back for a race, and in addition to one of them going MIA within a week, I've been fairly disappointed in the ratio of "discovered it"s to "retrieved from..."s. It seems that there are quite a few folks who are only interested in boosting their stats by "discovering" the TBs and not grabbing them and actually moving them.
Sure, I've seen quite a few TBs in caches that I didn't take (because I wasn't going to be able to move them anywhere good), but I didn't write down the nums just to log it and feel cool about my TB stats.
Is it just me? Am I missing the gyst of the whole TB thang?
I understand how you feel about your travel bugs not moving. However, sometimes I like it when people say that discovered it. It let's me know if the logged travel bug is actually in the cache.
I am knew to Geocaching, but have read A LOT of past messages, stories, and experiences. It would seem that Geocaching has changed from a "let's have a reason to enjoy the family and nature" to a "numbers" game. I suppose that is to be expected.
Don't worry. Someone will grab your bugs eventually. I think the whole travel bug idea is a great one. I am saddened by how many bugs are MIA. I wonder if someone knows a fairly accurate percentage of how many TBs are missing.
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The deadline was 07/0906 and I mailed mine Certified Mail on the 9th. They received it on the 11th and I got an e-mail on the 21th stating they had received it and gave me a tracking #. A month later I get the check, which was sort of unusual. It was a postcard! Never saw anything like this before (I don't get out too much). No problem at the bank though. I thought they might want to "hold" it until it cleared, but they asked if I wanted to cash it or deposit it. I had actually forgotten about it.
BTW I went back 5 pages to find the original "Rebate" thread, but I couldn't find it.
I ran a search query using '76CSx rebate' as the keywords. Since you posted in that thread, I suppose I could have ran a search on your name too..
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With regular geocache items, if you take somehting you leave something. With a travel bug you can take any and all bugs out of a cache and put nothing in it's place. This rule superceds any rules that the actual cache might have. When you to take them, please obey the travel bug owner's wishes and move them accordingly.
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If you have a GPS listed in this list, you can and should use NT maps.
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I totally agree with "you can", but I strongly disagree with "and should"... This is bad information. Can you give a reason why he "should" on a 60Cx?
Cryppie, I completely agree with your view on the entire "NT or not NT" debate. It's nice to have all of the U.S. loaded so one doesn't have to worry about not having a map. NT could help with the tile limit when loading the whole U.S. on a single 1GB card. Since the maps are more compressed, it might be quicker to load them onto an SD card. However, that would be negated if the individual loads the entire U.S. on their SD card. Other than those couple of advantages, I don't see a "need" for NT. Also, as you pointed out, there are disadvantages. NT might hinder people becasue they won't want to buy a device that is not compatible with CN 8 NT. I still wonder if search time or route calculation would be slower with the NT version?
Before I got my first GPSr, I thought about the maps. I did want the whole U.S. loaded at once just so I wouldn't have to think about loading maps. Now that I own one, I am still using the 128MB card that came with my unit. I have all of Southern California (street and topo) and Maui loaded. Once I start traveling the U.S. more, a 1GB card will be more than enough for me.
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As Castanea has stated, Navigator will install along side of City Select.
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This is probably known by many, but just thought Id post it for those that dont know.
Just as an FYI, I selected the entire US on CN8 and got a filesize of 1.5009GB. So for those of you hoping to fit the entire US on a 1gig card, without using the NT version, dont get your hopes up!
Yeah, I noticed that. Even though not having to worry about maps by loading all of them onto your unit is convenient, it's not ncessary for me. If I was zigzagging the U.S., then it would be a different story.
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Ordered Today! disk to arrive in 7-10 days via First Class Mail. Then you go to the Website and unlock the maps.
Please check back and let us know how the upgrade goes. There have been several posts on alt.satellite.gps.garmin that the unlock process isn't working properly. Thanks.
Ok, today was the day that I received my City Navigator 8 (non-NT). I inserted the disk and ran the setup.exe. The update was flawless. At one point is listed:
Date Original Redeemed 05/25/2006
Update Release Date 04/05/2006
Next, I came to a screen that had a radio button ticked. It stated that I was ordering the Navigator Update Unlock code. It even listed a price of $0.00. So I proceeded. I got my Unlock code and started using the program. I looked at some places and noticed more POIs. I don't know if they listed new POIs over old, defunct POIs. Either way, it went well....for me.
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I presently have City Select v7 and I was wondering if it worth to upgrade to City Navigator 8 or City Navigator 8 NT ?
Since I have 2 GPS will it be possible to register CN 8 or CN 8 NT on both of my GPS if I buy the full version not the upgrade version ?
I am wondering about the CN8 NT version over the CN8 version. Since the maps are more compress does it going to affect the redraw speed on the GPS Screen ?
I their semeone who have both version and made some test on the GPS to see if the NT version is slower to PAN and Zoom and to redraw compare to the CN8 version ? Or if their is a web site who test both the CN 8 version ?
Thanks
That is what I am concerned with. I wonder if NT will draw slower becasue of the compression. I would much rather get another microSD card then have the screen draw any slower. If it is slower, I am sure that it won't be A LOT slower.
From Garmin's site, I unserstood that an update DVD would only apply to your first GPS unit and not your second. I could be wrong, but that's the way I understood their complicated licensing program.
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Well, I've done it again. This time the travel bug saw a TV star.
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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?
This is exactly what I would like to know. I am blessed and lucky to be in a position in life to afford two 1GB microSD cards. I would definitely buy more memory instead of slowing down my GPSr....if that is truly the case.
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If someone owns a 60CSx or 76 CSx I don't think that the NT version is superior to the non-NT version. It only offers more compression. With 1GB microSD cards, I really don't need so much compression. Also, there's the issue of acquisition times being slower due to the higher compression. I have no idea if it's true, but it has proven true with different compression schemes on a PC.
I see on Garmin's site that City Navigator 8 NT DVD will ship on August 31, 2006. We'll see. I am still waiting for my non-NT version that I ordered on July 28th.
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I am more concerned with acquisition times. I wonder if having the data more compressed slows down routing and other features that require the map.
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Yes, I am wondering about the update process myself. I unlocked City Select 7 at the end of May. I have an email form Garmin that states the system would "automatically know" I am entitled to update to CN 8. I am sure you know how those types of things go. I will definitely let everyone know how the upgrade process went.
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Ordered Today! disk to arrive in 7-10 days via First Class Mail. Then you go to the Website and unlock the maps.
Ok, I noticed that the ship date is July 26, 2006. So I will order mine today. I am glad that they made the release date April. I unlocked City Select 7 at the end of May.
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Ok, I dropped off Friendly Frog. Thank you very much for taking this bug to New York. I greatly appreciate it.
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I live just a tad north of SD. I am getting ready to release a new travel bug that needs to go to NY. I was going to release this TB in Burbank. Tell me of another TB drop off point so you can take it with you.
If you can drop it off in a a cache close to I-15 we can pick it up we will be passing by there thursday morning and would be more than happy to take it for you LMK which cache and we will see what we can do.
Khadaji N Juete
As in day after tomorrow? Ok, I was thinking of leaving it in the I-15 Travel Bug Hotel. Let me know by tonight if you might be able to make it. If so, I will place it in that cache tomorrow.
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We are in cyberspace. Not the real world. Usually people could care less what happens here becasue there is no real world reprecussions. I fail to see why making people a spectical in an online forum would solve any problems. Obviously, it would turn into a stoning event. The offending people probably aren't even looking at the Groundspeak forums.
I don't think it would affect them in least. The people it might affect are people that probably wouldn't perform scandalous actions with a travel bug. So their name wouldn't even be in here.
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I'm navy and transfering to upstate New York at the end of the month, does anyone have or know of TB's that need to go there or in that direction? I would offer to drop some off on the way, but while we do plan to cache along the way, we may not be able to depending on time constraints.
Khadaji N Juete
I live just a tad north of SD. I am getting ready to release a new travel bug that needs to go to NY. I was going to release this TB in Burbank. Tell me of another TB drop off point so you can take it with you.
How do you Mark an address on a 76csx?
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Maybe it was already moved into this forum?