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Insp Gadget

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  1. I open all my GPX files with Mapsource. Recently I installed another program that replaced the Mapsource icon with it's own. I uninstalled the program and now the icons for my GPX files are a generic Windows icon. The files still open with Mapsource but how can I get the Mapsource icon back?

  2. You could try just removing the batteries for awhile then put them back in and see what happens. Then you should try a hard reset. I think it works the same for the 60cx as the 60cs:

    Hold enter and page while powering up to master reset the unit

     

    If you can, back up all the info in the device, because I forget exactly what this erases. All your settings are gone for sure. Probably your waypoints and tracks as well. But it sounds like you can't get access long enough to pull that info off.

     

    Thanks for this hint! The hard reset got the GPS working, but none of my maps show up!! I have tried showing them one at a time but nothing. I even tried reinstalling them, but nothing. Can the card be reformatted???

  3. My 60CX seems to have died today. It powers on but after 8 seconds, the screen fades and it turns off. I have tried different batteries and even plugging it into the computer via the USB cord, but always get the same result. Can anyone suggest anything?

  4. Yeah Gadget's gettin married. Oct 12, 08 to be exact. The wedding will be a small family affair but the reception will be a Geocaching event and we are looking for some ideas. Wedding TB's? Lots of GC sigs everywhere? Please post any and all ideas, no matter how zaney! We might just use em!!

  5. Currently on a 'hole filling expedition'. When thats complete (probably be a few days for the compile to run), I'll post a new version. Coverage is greatly expanded since the last version, including large parts of the maritimes, replacement of the Alberta tiles, more in Manitoba. Also updates to the base map, including a county map of the US, and lots of POIs in Canada for reference (not Canada wide yet, but its a start).

     

    coverage.jpg

     

    Will it include roads for NB??? (Please, Please???)

  6. I'm glad it's such a simple and straightforward process. I thought I might have to pat my head while rubbing my stomach, something I always found difficult to do.

     

    BTW, with the new firmware it will now adjust for DST.

     

    Thanks!

     

    To set up the time/date for your area.

     

    Go to the map screen

     

    Hit menu button

     

    Then click VIEW

     

    Then click PROFILES

     

    Click on a profile that you want to use either Hiking/Marine/Geocaching

     

    Click the page button

     

    You'll see Backlight timer, Backlight timer etc.. click down until you see the settings for Time.... Then set them for your area... Note, Triton is such a (profanity removed) that it won't even adjust for daytime savings, you'll have to do it manually every six months....

     

    Also each time you change the batteries or connect to VantagePoint, the time will be all messed up once again until it acquires the satellites.

     

    Hope this helps.

     

    Good luck with your 2000 unit, I hope you got a return policy for it.

  7. I don't how to respond here. The title itself is a non-sensical, misspelled redundancy. Once we get that parsed out, perhaps I can compose an answer.

     

    So, let's look at it: "....."Pre-planed" in Advance?"

    1. I assumed that we are not making a piece of wood flat and that we are dealing with the past tense of the verb "to plan", which is "planned."

    2. Let's assume for a minute that there is such a thing as "pre-planned", which there really isn't as described in #3, below, and look at the redundancy. Which redundancy is ""Pre-Planned" in Advance." What's up with that? If it is "pre-planned", how can it not be in advance? If it truly has been "pre-planned", how could it possibly have been planned after the fact. As an obvious redundancy the condition "in Advance" adds nothing whatsover to the context of the title and is totally superfluous.

    3. Now, about pre-planned as a combination word, does the addition of the prefix "pre" make any sense in distinction if there is no such thing as "post-planning." Not only is post planning implausible at best, even if possible in a sequence of events, who would admit to having done such. That's tantamount to the drunk telling the cop that he had more than the overwhelmingly admtted to consumption of only two beers. So, having established that there can be no such thing described as "post-planned", then there is nothing to be gained by using the term "pre-planned" as there is no "post-" from which to distinguish just good old, everyday planning.

     

    Now, if somebody could re-title this topic, I might be able to provide an answer. :rolleyes:

     

    Sounds like someone works for the Department of Redundancy Departmant. :wacko:

  8. I bought a Mio 520 some months ago and absolutely loved it. Mine was defective though and I had to return it and thestore had none left. I never got around to getting another one. Anyway, from what I recall, there is no way to download waypoints into the Mio.

  9. I am new to geocaching. I got a forerunner 305 for christmas - not for geocaching but for running. Now I seem to be using it more for geocaching.

    I haven't heard about the 405.

    Would you mind answering me some questions about the 305 since you love it so much?

    I'm not sure that I'm doing it right. I just click on send to gps...

    Is it supposed to take me all the way to the cache???? For some reason mine always goes a little crazy the closer I get. It never zeros in, instead the closer I get it tells me to go the other way and makes me run in circles.

    Is that normal or do I have to do something to fix this?

     

    Mine takes me all the way to the cache with accuracy sometimes as good as 2m! Even in the wood it gets a strong signal and keeps it all the time. I have no idea why yours would make you run in circles unless you don;t have a good signal. Have you looked at the satellite page?

  10. I love using my Forerunner 305 for Geocaching. Excellent reception, small package etc. Great for when I find the time for a quick cache while traveling.

     

    I now see the Forerunner 405 has been announced. Does anyone know if this one accepts waypoints? Does it have a compass screen? How about a "map" screen? Have any reviews been done yet?

     

    Thanks in advance!!

  11. I was reading the Wherigo website (www.Wherigo.com) and it states:

     

    As a player enters and exits a zone using a GPS-enabled device, the players experience what the author intended for them, including viewing media, receiving directions or tasks and hearing sounds on the device. For instance, when a player walks into a zone, a player could “talk” to a virtual character, “pull” a virtual switch or “give” a virtual item to a character. As the player continues to move from zone to zone, an author’s fictional story, tour or adventure game can be experienced using Wherigo.

     

    Since the cartridges only work with Pocket PC's that have GPS and the Colorado, it would seem to me that the Colorado will have some kind of media player. Anyone hear about this? Does it have text to speech??

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    Hey bud! I did install the 1.10 version and your right, it's rather confusing, but very interesting. Have you actually uploaded these maps to your GPS yet?

     

    No, not yet. I'm off work tomorrow, so I'll have time to kick around the house, so I might try just for s***s and giggles. Too bad one can't put both Ibycus's topo maps in conjunction with mapsource metroguide together on a gps. Then it wouldn't matter that the roads aren't there. Or can you?

     

    Yes you can have both maps in the GPS at the same time, but you can only view one on the screen at a time. Currently I have 4 different maps installed on my 60CX and switch between them as necessary.

  13. This is great stuff!!! I d/n and installed a version I found, 1.10, is this the newest one available?

     

    Thanks so much for your hard work on this!

     

    Hey Gadget! Long time no see, buddy! Listen: don't install it yet. Wait until Ibycus uploads the newer 021 with the roads. He said it should be ready in a few weeks to a month. If you download it now, you won't get the roads and highways, and it can be confusing to use, but you can do it anyways just to see how it is, then download the good one later on.

     

    Hey bud! I did install the 1.10 version and your right, it's rather confusing, but very interesting. Have you actually uploaded these maps to your GPS yet?

  14. Hi to all! First I want to thank Ibycus for his great work :D

    Now to my problem:

    I am new to this GPS stuff, but am thinking of buying a Vista HCx.

    Anyways I downloaded the TopoMaps.exe and tried to install.

    The problem is that it stops installing at about 75-80% (10830907.img) and a screen pops up saying that the "source file is corrupted".

    I downloaded the TopoMaps.exe again and the same problem occured but at an erlier point in the installation(maybe about 40%)

    I downloaded a 3rd time and the same thing.

    I also have a Mapsource software installed.

    Could the TopoMaps.exe really be corrupted or could it be something in my computer?

    Has anybody else had a simmilar problem? What could i do?

    Any help is apresiated!

    Great work once again! Keep it up!

    :rolleyes:

     

    I would try clearing your internet cache. I believe (correct me if I'm wrong here) that if you don;t clear your cache, that it doesn't actually d/n a fresh copy.

  15. NEVER buy from Magellan. The heart burn you get from their lack of customer service just isn't worth it. I used to read all the complaints about lack of service and ask myself, "what are these guys talking about?", now that I'm on the receiving end of their "servicing" I KNOW. STAY AWAY! PLEASE!

     

    Exactly what happened?

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