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  1. After loading CNv8 on the 2GB microSD there was 327MB free space (as shown by windows properties when connected as USB Mass Storage).
  2. So I guess you were the guinea pig to test these in the CSx for us. THANKS! And congrats for being the first kid on the block w/ a 2Gb card. How did you load it (straight into the CSx or cardreader) and how long did it take? I loaded using using the USB cable attach to the 60csx. It took about 2.5 hours.
  3. They do work with the Garmin X series. I just installed mine this afternoon. Purchased from a Verizon store for $89.99 plus tax.
  4. I just installed a SanDisk 2GB microSD in my 60csx. I was able to load the complete City Navigator North America V8 into the card. CNv8 took 1.57GB, leaving 327MB free space (as shown by windows properties when connected as USB Mass Storage). I purchased the card from a Verizon store at the local Circuit City. Price was $89.99 plus tax.
  5. Not a bad price. Are you sure you need a miniSD. The new Garmin 60x and 76x series use microSD. Not the same.
  6. The short answer is: It's a feature The long answer a bit more complex and a lot of the steps occur behind the scene. The map download process goes something like this: 1) Select the map segments you want to download 2) Tell Mapsource to transfer the regions to your GPS 3) Map source then compiles a single map image, that combines all of the regions you selected, including routing, POI, etc. This is actually compiled into a single file/image. 4) This file replaces the current file on your GPS Thus, whenever you download a new set of map segments, you are deleting the old set. I suspect that the single image is required to allow the smaller/slower CPU in the GPS to do routing, etc.
  7. I don't know if the deal from gpsdiscount is legit or not. The MapSource City Navigator North America v 8 DVD is available and shipping from http://www.gpsnow.com/gmmscnna.htm. Mine arrived last Wednesday 6/28/06.
  8. I received my copy of City Navigator, North America V8 on 6/28/06. Purchased from http://gpsnow.com/gmmscnna.htm
  9. I emailed Garmin on Tuesday that very question regarding my i5. They have informed me that the NT version 8 DVD will be made available the first week in Aug. If you prefer the sd card you may purchase it, or can wait for the DVD. The SD card in your unit and it just reads it like a hd, however the dvd version will copy itself over your v7 map data. Your waypoints, faves etc will be ok. My buddy used the Europe NT DVD for his and it just copies over the original data. Received my v8 DVD last Wednesday (6/30/06). Purchased from gpsnow.com. The DVD had a valid unlock coupon and successfully installed on my PC/60csx first try. I don't know why the Garmin web site does not know that the software is already on the street.
  10. Probably the only time I would use the GPS altitude is when I am in a pressurized aircraft. I find it very awkward to have to go back to that Satellite page to see my GPS derived altitude. As to the altitude accuracy in the aircraft, I don't expect the GPS based altitude to be very accurate. Plus or minus a 100 feet would not surprise me, even with WAAS (due to the poor satellite geometry, multipath reflections in a metal tube and only seeing the satellites out one side of the aircraft). Garmin has designed the 60csx so that the user can select the variables to be displayed. All we are asking for is that they make available a variable that has already being calculated by the GPS. It occurs to me that the Glide Ratio is probably calculated based on the pressure altitude. This of course will not be accurate in a pressurized cabin.
  11. And then only if in a non-pressurized aircraft cabin. See the following thread for additional discussion on use in pressurized aircraft. http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=136426
  12. The term "GPS altitude" is used only once in the 60csx manual (and I assume all of the S series). The term is used in the section labeled "Using the Satellite Page Options Menu".
  13. Good suggestion. The URL to submit something to Garmin tech support is: http://www.garmin.com/contactUs/techSupport.jsp I have just submitted the following request to Garmin tech support. "I would like to request that the GPS altitude be added to the list of parameters that can be selected from the "Change Data Fields" menu. I use my GPSMap 60CSx from inside pressurized commecial aircraft. It is a hassle to have to go to the Satellite menu in order to view the GPS altitude. I would like to be able to view pressure and GPS altitude side by side. Please see the following Groundspeak forum for discussion concerning this request. 'http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=136426'"
  14. Why not just go to the main menu page>altimeter>enter> and turn auto calibration off/ That should "disconnect" the barometric altimeter from the equation and then the GPS elevation is just that....the GPS elevation. In the airplane the altimeter reading will be affected by the cabin pressure but the GPS elevation should read correctly if you are locked onto sattelites When they are "connected" by "auto calibration" it's the GPS that corrects the barometric altimeter , not the other way around. I don't think the 60csx it works that way. The "auto calibration" is used to automatically adjust for long term changes in the barametric pressure. With "auto calibraition" off, I believe that the altitude displayed will still be calculated from the pressure, instead of the GPS altitude. To date the only way I have found to get the GPS altitude is from the Satellite page, through the menu selection. It would be nice to be able to see both the GPS and pressure altitude on the same screen.
  15. I just purchased a GPSmap 60CSx. It appears the only way to display the GPS calculated altitude is from the Satellite page, through the menu selection. I use my GPS inside commercial flights. The pressure derived altitude not work correctly within a pressurized aircraft cabin. Under normal conditions the internal pressure is maintained at the equivelant of less than about 8,000 feet. Does anyone know if Garmin is planning on making the GPS altitude available through the "Change Data Fields" menu? Anyone know how we go about requesting this feature from Garmin? As far as I am concerned, the GPS altitude doesn't even need to be integrated with the altitude plotting feature. Just make it so that I can select it from the "Change Data Fields" menus.
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