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6.16.1 is the version of Mapsource, nothing to do with the map version or type of Map. The unlock codes come into play with Garmin's routeable street maps (City Navigator) and some marine maps (Blue Charts). On Garmin's website when looking at their maps it will say if it is locked, if it is then those locked maps can be installed on 1 and only 1 GPS. Even if you later get a different GPS the maps are forever tied to the GPS that they were "unlocked" to. Their are some exceptions to this where Garmin is involved, such as repairs.

It would help to know exactly which Garmin Topo Software you are referring to but if you are referring to U.S. Topo, v3.02 with the 3 Cds then there aren't any unlock codes for the maps. You can load it to any/all of your Garmin units capable of loading maps to.

Doesn't the Oregon 450 support 2.0 USB? Then the time should be the same when using either a card reader or with the memory card in the GPS.

I always download and save the software version to my PC, but that's just me. Then I update or downgrade to the version I want. To downgrade use the same procedure as an upgrade without using Webupdater... Download & save file, I just have to Dbl. click with GPS (Oregon 400t) hooked up and will start install. With a downgrade, GPS settings will go back to factory default. Backup anything on your GPS you want to keep... waypts., routes, tracks. Remove memory card as a safety precaution. Some individuals in the past I believe have reported having to do the install twice, I have always been successful with only 1 install when downgrading. Try putting your GPS in a Profile that you don't use before downgrading, I have seen where only that profile went back to the factory default and the ones I use regularly stayed the same, but no guarantees. Could you please send me the 3.70 file? I would really appreciate it Here's my mailadress: robin@bussel-av.nl I did not download 3.70 due to all of the reported problems of street names not appearing properly; I went from 3.60 to 3.80.

Take a look at this recent thread; starting at Post #64 http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php...46851&st=50 and going to the end of the thread. It will answer your question and some questions you may run into, also.

Yes, it can be made to. I have done it on a lap top out in the wilderness when I had saved the Webupdater program and the Oregon software version ahead of time on a memory card, then installed both on a friends computer/laptop at camp and downgraded his Oregon's software. There was no internet connection we were so far in the boonies no cell phones would work.

Then you can use Webudater without connecting to the internet and direct Webupdater to the saved 3.60 .gcd file. There is a post on here somewhere that also goes into detail on how to just replace the .gcd file.

I always download and save the software version to my PC, but that's just me. Then I update or downgrade to the version I want. To downgrade use the same procedure as an upgrade without using Webupdater... Download & save file, I just have to Dbl. click with GPS (Oregon 400t) hooked up and will start install. With a downgrade, GPS settings will go back to factory default. Backup anything on your GPS you want to keep... waypts., routes, tracks. Remove memory card as a safety precaution. Some individuals in the past I believe have reported having to do the install twice, I have always been successful with only 1 install when downgrading. Try putting your GPS in a Profile that you don't use before downgrading, I have seen where only that profile went back to the factory default and the ones I use regularly stayed the same, but no guarantees.

What route formats are there? What are the steps in GPSBabel? open file then Does it remain in a Garmin *.GDB file? Once you look at GPSBabel everything will make more sense. It is very intuitive to follow. Since you use Mapsource you will have to keep the file format .gdb or .gpx for Mapsource to recognize and send it to your GPS. You will also probably need and want to use the filters to reduce the number of track points for the track to route conversion.

In direct sunlight is not where the real readability problem is with the Oregon series. The Oregon 200, 300, 400s are all readable in direct sunlight with the sun shining on the screen, granted not as good as the 450/550 but still very readable. The screen readability problem as I tried to describe earlier in this thread for the OP... exists when in bright ambient sunlight conditions, but the screen itself is shaded is where the real readability problem exists... the backlighting has no effect; and in this exact situation there is no appreciable difference in the 450/550s when compared to the 200,300, and 400s.

What a coincidence you would ask today. Just 3 hours ago I was at my local Sportsmans Warehouse store and the sales clerk went outside with me. We compared their Oregon 450t to my Oregon 400t (both with same settings) side by side with bright sunshine outside but we were in a shaded area so that sunlight was not on the screen. I have made all the settings on my 400t to enhance the screen's readability plus I used the white backgrounds from the wiki. There was no appreciable difference in the 2 screens readability to either of us. We moved both units at all different angles trying to see if there was much difference. You can't really say the 2 are identical because you can notice a very very slight difference in the 450t but it is so minimal. From a practical users veiwpoint you can't say it is any better, if you really want to split hairs and talk miniscule amounts then Garmin can say it is better, but still not satisfactory in my above test situation. Don't expect the 450 to be much different than the 300 series if it has the settings and background set to maximize the readabilty

I would suggest the Oregon 450 instead of the 200. The 450 can be bought for around $290 after the Garmin $50 rebate. The 450 can do a lot of things that the 200 can't; compare the 2 on Garmin's site. Plus the 450 screen is suppose to be a little easier to view in some situations.

Thanks for the link, but the links on that page do not work for me. Anyone else? Go to the above link and scroll down the page to the item. All the various item numbers can be scrolled down to.

The Oregon wiki offers a lot of very useful information. See item W5 in this link for a specific answer to your question. http://garminoregon.wikispaces.com/Waypoin...%20waypoints%3F

Yes, it appears to be. I was curious about this myself, on my Oregon 400t, software 3.80. On the satellite page it displays the elevation about midway on the screen, on the far right hand side. I did not know if this was satellite elevation or barometric elevation so I set the Map Page to display elevation in one of my Data Field blocks. The map's displayed elevation and the satellite page elevation are not the same and vary in elevation by about 45' so from this the satellite page elevation must be showing the satellite derived elevation the same as the 60CSx. Unlike the 60CSx being a snapshot, if the satellite page is left displayed the satellite elevation will update without refreashing the screen. edit: Holding both my 60CSx and 400t side by side and letting them settle in for a few minutes the satellite elevation on both units was within 1' of each other. Also see: Oregon wiki item A2 http://garminoregon.wikispaces.com/Altimeter#FAQ-A6.) How does altimeter auto calibration work? How long does auto calibration take?

Thank you for the quick reply. I've held off downloading Base Camp due to my 512 Mb of RAM.

Hi Red90, How many Mbs of RAM are you using? I also am running an older desktop (only 512 Mb of RAM; Windows XP Pro) and I've seen where Garmin recommends at least 1 Gb of RAM for Birdseye. I also gave Garmin a call and they said I would not be able to run Birdseye. I question whether this is 100% correct and wondered if any other actual users are able to run Birdseye with 512 Mb of RAM. Thanks.

Coming from a Vista HCx you will probably think the screen is hard to read in certain circumstances compared to your Vista HCx. I would suggest going to a retailer where the sales rep will go with you and let you take the unit outside on a bright sunny day and see for yourself before buying. The Oregon series are great units but the screen's visibility in some circumstances could stand improvement. Here is the condition where most users find it harder to view the screen easily. Outside on a bright sunny day when the unit is not in direct sunlight but in the shade with a lot of bright ambient light around. In this situation the backlight makes little difference; best thing is to just be aware and see for yourself before buying.

This link http://garminoregon.wikispaces.com/Miscell...0readability%3F is for the 300, 400s but will also apply to the 450. Look at item M5. Creating custom backgrounds that utilize an all white background definitely helps, see item M4 and follow links. Some custom backgrounds with colored borders are provided on the Oregon wiki; adding the profile name in the background's top and bottom border works well as a reminder as to which one of your profiles you are in.

I looked at an Oregon 400t and a 450 side by side, yesterday at Bass Pro Shops; I can't tell any difference in the screen's view-ability when all the settings (backgrounds, display, backlight on/off, no demographic data displaying, zoom level, etc.) on both units are identical.

It's hard to beat the Zagg Invisible Shield with it's life time warranty and durability. Is easily removed and can be reused if removed carefully.

As of today, I know of 4 Oregon 300s still available at REI for $225. You'll need to go to their website for store locations and phone numbers and start calling until you find a location that still has some; they will ship it to you.

These "custom" dashboards were added to all the Oregons (not sure about the Oregon 200) with some of the recent software updates. The 550 you were looking at in the store just had an older version of software on it that had not been updated.

Here is some good informative information pertaining to tracks on the 60CSx, the Vista HCx has the same screen menus and does the same functions as the 60CSx, just different buttons to push to accomplish the same results. http://www.gpsfaqs.org/faqs/garmin/xseries...csx/tracks.html Yes, but the track will still be in and part of the active track log, so if you want to remove the saved track from the Active Track Log you will need to clear the Active Track Log and start saving a new Active Track Log. I believe what most users do, at least me, is once a trail is hiked is to save that trail and name it in the GPS and then clear the Active Track Log and do the next trail (again save track/rename) and again clear the Active Track Log and repeat for all trails. If you are going to exceed the 20 limit track capacity then don't clear the last Active Track Log and always save all tracks to the memory card, also. When you clear the Active Track Log it will not delete the tracks you have saved and renamed as your new saved tracks. No, it does not move them as your refer to but it resaves the track. It is more like a copy & paste instead of a cut & paste. You can take this one step further in the saving track feature if you want to, by actually specifying a starting point and ending point of the track to save. The saved track logs do have a maximum number of 10,000 points that can be saved, this is split across the 20 track maximum capacity = 500 points per track. Unless you are doing a whole lot of turning in your hikes / tracks the filtered 500 track point limit usually does not cause a problem. If the 500 filtered saved track points do not have the detail of the hike that you are wanting, then keep in mind that the tracks saved to the memory card are not filtered and you can split, join, and edit them on your PC or whatever else you want to do to them without any loss of detail or filtering. Mapsource is actually very good at track manipulation.

1. The tracks saved to the memory card can only be viewed and/or edited on your PC; they can not be viewed on your GPS unless you transfer them back to your GPS with Mapsource. 2. You can delete 1 "saved" track at a time (this does not apply to tracks on your memory card due to item 1 above): Go to your "Main Menu" then "Tracks" and enter a saved track and you will have a choice to delete that track. "saved" tracklogs=0... sounds like you are not saving individual tracks and all tracks are being combined in your "Active" track log. So yes, if this is the case you won't see any individual tracks to delete and deleting the "Active" track log would delete all of your tracks, because they are in effect all in 1 file.