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There is a limit of 25 .jpg files that will be recognized in the "dir:\Garmin\Profiles" folder as backgrounds; at least this was the case with earlier software versions and I've never seen where it was increased. This may be your problem why your picture is not appearing even though it is in the Profiles folder; move some backgrounds.jpg that you won't use to your PC.

I never had much success with AA batteries recharging the internal battery once it ran down, but worth a try. In the 4 units I had experience with the 12v plug in always brought the internal battery back up when left connected for 24 hours. A 12v cable can be purchased from pfranc for a reasonable price. http://www.pfranc.com/cables/index.shtml

More than likely the internal battery has run down. Normally, only factory replaceable; but a couple of years ago there was a post on here with pictures of a user showing a step by step procedure for replacing the internal battery and the type of battery required, believe it was a Panasonic. With the 12 series, even when stored for extended periods of time you should always keep freash alkaline batteries in it to be sure the internal battery doesn't run down. Years ago, I was able to recharge my internal battery and a couple of friends (12XL and 12C) by using an automotive 12v plug and leaving the GPS plugged in to 12v for 24 hours. edit: The screen would say low internal battery on the ones I saw.

I believe Inland Lakes is a locked Map set in which case it's limited to one unit. Sorry, but you'll have to buy your own. Even unlocked maps such as TOPO are limited to one unit by agreement. That means you're on your honor to only install it on one GPSr as well. Garmin's Inland Lakes v3, Continental U.S. is not locked and will load on multiple GPSs, even though it may be in violation of Garmin's policy.

Thanks everyone for the suggestions. Problem solved. Coggins your first things to check nailed it. Went back and recompiled all 7 maps / tiles checking everything closely: all were "Y" tranparent, went ahead and changed the 1 with 5 Levels to 4 Levels, I always have everything in my maps to display at all levels except the last one, did not change draw priority order in any of them, BUT, 2 of the maps were compiled in European single-byte and 5 of them were in American 7 bit. Changed the 2 to American 7 bit and no longer had the duplicated Map Set name.

The only time I got that error was when I compiled some maps as non-transparent, and others as transparent. These were compiled with mkgmap. When I made them all non-transparent the problem went away. My map bounds were separated by at least 1/4 degree. I use the transparent setting (Y) in MapEdit for all of my Map tiles in the Map Set. I did click on transparency in MapSetToolKit once but usually leave it at the default. I always leave the draw priority order at default also, but will experiment with these. The 5 level tile mixed in with the other 4 level tiles had no affect as I had mentioned it the edited part of my above post. Thanks everyone for the suggestions and I'm still open to more suggestions. I plan to recompile all 7 map tiles in MapEdit paying close attention to draw orders and transparency settings. It does appear that an error message may be appearing in the black background screen when MapSetToolKit finishes, but it disappears so quick I can't read it. When I use check registry in MapSetToolKit it doesn't show any errors with any of the maps in question. It does say a product code is duplicated but that product code is "9" and is used in Garmin's US Topo v3. Not showing where it is being used in another location. All my custom maps product codes are "1".

No, one of the map tiles has 5 levels and the other 6 all have 4 levels; but they have been this way for over a year and all worked together before, so I didn't think that would be an issue. Am I wrong? edit: I have tried compiling the Map Set leaving out some and/or all but 1 of the map tiles. When I would have only 1 map tile I would get only 1 Map Set name in the Map menu. Leaving out the map tile with the 5 levels didn't afftect the outcome. It seems if I compile more than 1 map tile in the Map Set it duplicates the Map name.

I double checked to be sure none of the tiles are over lapping and they aren't. The 7 tiles are scattered from VA to UT. Any other suggestions. Thanks.

Recently I just started getting a problem loading my own Custom Maps onto my Oregon 400t software v3.60. This problem just occured after making several changes to the individual map tiles and to the typ file. The problem is that I am getting the exact same map name appearing twice in the Map menu in my Oregon 400t. Maps are appearing correctly in Mapsource v6.13.7. Am using: typ file (both GenTyp v.93 and ati.land's on-line typ editor); MapSetToolKit v1.75; and MapEdit. When I disable or enable 1 of the duplicated Map names it doesn't seem to do anything on the GPS; the other duplicated map names controls the display of the map correctly. The map including all custom lines and images are appearing correctly. The duplicated name doesn't appear to affect any function of the map on the GPS other than it is just annoying having the same Map name in the list twice. The Map Set contains 7 map tiles (each an individual custom trail map) all using the same FID / typ file. The map is on the memory card and when removed the duplicated map names no longer appear. The map .img name/file is only listed once in the Garmin folder on the memory card when viewed on the PC; and also is listed only once when viewed in DOS, and it is not in the GPS's internal memory so it's not been loaded to 2 seperate drives. I have been using this same Map Set with the 7 map tiles without any duplicated names until I made several changes recently but at the same time I started using the latest version of MapSetToolKit and the tried the ati.land on-line typ editor. Anyone have any ideas on what to look for? Thanks for any suggestions.

Thank Bob, I'll have to try it.

Creating Custom Dashed Lines w/ GENTyp 1. Open GenTYP v0.93 BETA and in upper left corner click on "File" and select "New" or "Open". 2. If creating a new .txt file go to the GenTYP instructions; if editing an existing .txt file for custom shaped lines then click "Open" and open your .txt file to edit. In the "Element" box highlight the element to edit and click on "Edit" at the bottom of the "Element" box. The following boxes: "TYPE Element", "Element Name", and "Type" should be the only boxes with data in them; if any other boxes in the "ADD / EDIT" box have data in any of them then you should delete that data (such as Language, Type List, Sub Type, Solid Color, or Line Width boxes). 3. Click on "ADD/EDIT IMAGE" and in the XPM image box enter your XPM code. Ex. 1 below is for a red wide dotted line. All of the lines must be entered exactly in the format as they are, including: Xpm=, the "at the beginning and end and the correct number of spaces in the last 3 lines (all 3 must be the same number of spaces). The line can also be made using "Paint.net" a free graphics program similar to Microsoft Paint and importing your line into the "ADD / EDIT" box in the GENTyp utility. Xpm="32 3 2 1" "* c #FF0000" " c #FFFFFF" " ** ** ** ** " "**** **** **** **** " " ** ** ** ** " In Ex. 1 above line 1 the "32" stands for a line length of 32 pixels in the 4th, 5th, and 6th lines. The "3" stands for an image 3 pixels in height, (is made up of the 4th, 5th, and 6th lines). The "2" stands for 2 colors in the line, is line 2 and 3. The "*" in line 2 is the type of character being used in lines 4, 5, and 6. The #FF0000 is the sRGB value for a red line and #FFFFFF is the sRGB value for white spaces. Lines 4, 5, and 6 make the shape of the image/dotted line. Ex. 2: Blue narrow dashed line Xpm="32 2 2 1" "* c #0000FF" " c #FFFFFF" "***** ***** ***** ***** " "***** ***** ***** ***** " Ex. 3: Red dotted line Xpm="32 3 2 1" "* c #FF0000" " c #FFFFFF" " ** ** ** ** " "**** **** **** **** " " ** ** ** ** " 4. Once you have entered your XPM code then click on "Apply" at bottom. 5. In the "Option" box check the "Compile TYP" box. 6. In the "cgpsmapper" box click on "…" and browse to your C:\Garmin\Custom folder and highlight the "cgpsmapper.exe" file and click on "Open" and "C:\Garmin\Custom\cgpsmapper.exe" should now appear in the "cgpsmapper" box. 7. Now click on "START" and GENTyp will run editing your .txt file and creating a new .TYP file.

Thanks, I'll give 3.6 a try on my older release OR 400t.

Those errors disappeared when I switched routing options from "Pedestrian" to "Auto/Motorcycle" Then does this pretty well say that there are not any known issues with v3.60? Except for the one person here that said they were not able to view saved tracks I haven't seen any other issues with v3.60. The viewing of saved tracks appears that it may have been user error since they never responded to questions and I haven't seen where anyone else reported that problem.

Sounds like you have the "Marine Chart Mode" set to "Off" in the Profile where the water is showing as blue. In the profiles where the water is appearing as white the "Marine Chart Mode" is set to "Nautical" or "Fishing" both show water as white. This is how it is done on an OR 400t, I believe the 550 is the same. To change "Main Menu > Setup > Marine > Marine Chart Mode > Off, or Nautical, or Fishing

It's not a good solution but it would do what you want. Create a new waypoint of your destination and use the last 4 or 5 digits of both the lat. and long. (use a space to seperate and use some 3 letter code so you'll know what it is) as the name of your destination waypoint. Then change one of your "locations" to "destination". Granted this would be to much trouble and time consuming to do many this way. Would definitely work best doing it on your PC and transferring. Is a round-about way to get what you want but definitely not ideal.

I too, have had security issues with some versions; McAfee would tell me the file contained a Trojan, but didn't have that happen with this latest version.

Another site where you can upload your tracks to share that is very easy to use is GPS Xchange.com http://www.gpsxchange.com/phpBB2/index.php To upload your tracks here you do have to register (free). 1. Save your tracks in a .gpx file (Mapsource will do this) 2. Upload the .gpx file to GPS Xchange and that is about all there is to it (very very simple to use) Now the nice thing is that others can download the file easily in its .gpx format and use most any program for sending your tracks to their GPS including Mapsource without having to do any file manipulation. If you just want to view the tracks online without downloading the track.gpx file this is done easily just by clicking on the "View On Map" and you can view the file in Google Maps or with Satellite imagery or a hybrid of both. To download a track file you first have to upload a track file for sharing. Instead of "Pay to Play" you "Share to Play" Edit: Others can use GPSXchange's "View On Map" feature to view your tracks in Google Maps with the road, satelite, or hybrid imagery without having to upload a file first, but do have to register.

The Oregons do not have it.

Yes, you can do this and you will probably find it very interesting to look back at. Below is a recent track of mine I did with my Oregon 400t. It was in my pants pocket and didn't always pick up the greatest, but it had good reason not to since part of the time I was inverted (lost sat. reception a couple of times). You can't very well tell it from the picture below but if I zoom in alot on the track I can tell where the maneuvers were done. In this track (2) rolls, (1) loop, a hammerhead, and (3) low level fly-bys were done. Below, you can tell where the hammerhead was done over the river. Edit: The track below looses alot of it's detail because some of the track is overlaid on top of itself due to being zoomed out to post here.

GPS File Depot http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/maps/ has both city and topo and are free.

Here http://www.gawisp.com/perry/oregon/ I think Scott has it on the Oregon wiki also, but not positive. I went back to 3.42b and all is well again. Edit: Garmin still has v3.42b available if you don't use WebUpdater, https://buy.garmin.com/shop/store/downloads...5&pID=14903

Last week I was in an REI store in Atlanta and wanted to compare the screen difference in an OR 300 and an OR 550t; I use an OR 400t and have always had issues with easily viewing the screen in certain conditions (even with backlighting on)... days when it is bright outside and the unit is in indirect light. So I set both units to no dem data, no back lighting, both on the same zoom level of 0.2 mi., both with the same water drops background, and both locations on maps panned to the same locations - I could not detect any meaningful difference in the screens. If I wanted to be wishfully optimistic for the 550t, ok, maybe a 5% improvement at best. Sales person agreed with me that he has never really seen any differences in the screen's view ability of the Oregons. So I don't expect any change with the 450's from the 550's but there is hope. What I have seen and couldn't explain is the difference in 2 different OR 400ts when held side by side with all settings identical. A couple of months ago I was loading some of my maps on a friends 400t, I set his up with all the identical settings and custom white backgrounds as mine. When I compared the maps I had installed on his to mine (both units with full backlighting - indoors side by side) I immediately noticed that his screen was a more truer white in color and my screen had a faint yellowish gray tint to it. His screen was definitely slightly easier to see, maybe 10% easier. I turned the backlights off and still the same difference in color rendention, making his truer white screen easier to see. His 400t was only 2 months old, mine 1 year old. Both have had Zagg Screen protectors since day one. Both had fully charged NiMh batteries. Mine has been used quite a bit and his hardly any. The only thing I could contribute the difference to was that maybe my screen protector and yellowed slightly from UV rays or that maybe due to age my backlight had weakened. Or that Garmin at some point made a slight modification to the backlight, which I really don't think happened. Just curious as to what others have seen first hand when comparing Oregons side by side with all other variables being the same. I have seen where a few users claim to see a slight improvement in the 550s over the other Oregons; I just haven't seen it myself but still hoping for that touchscreen breakthrough, maybe OLED?

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I reverted back to v3.42b (400t) and all is well again. yogazoo, I feel the same as you. The ability to use my own custom transparent maps is Very High on my priority list and one of the main reasons for me and all my friends staying with Garmin handhelds. Maybe since Garmin just recently made it possible to make our own "Garmin Custom Maps" which utilize transparency they see the need for a user to make their own custom maps and won't sabotage our ability to continue to make our own third party transparent custom maps.

Personally I've never found a vary practical use for the 3D imagery, topo much better for my uses. The 3D is sort of fun to look at, at first, but now that I've had my Oregon for almost a year I haven't looked at the 3D in at least 7 months.