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MtnHermit

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  1. What firmware version? The latest? A classic Garmin problem solved after several firmware updates.
  2. Quite the yawner, slightly heavier and larger with shorter battery life. Did add a picture viewer which is quite useful for geotagged photos, although at that resolution perhaps not. Branding seems the most relevant "feature". At-A-Boy Garmin!
  3. OT Curious given your comments, will you get a Etrex 20x, will doubling the pixel count make any difference? I expect that increased resolution to spread through the OR & MT plus others but will it make a difference? Viewing maps and text, likely not. Perhaps viewing photos, but there the 64K colors is more of an issue. Your iphone has vastly more pixels, yet it's not your preferred tool. No right or wrong answer here, just appreciate your thoughts.
  4. Colo 300 > Oregon 450 here. I use the track feature a lot and was always annoyed by the Colo tracks any color you want so long as it's black. Too many other black objects on a map. I sold my Colo for $100 and I've had no OR 600 lust. Do like the OR small organic size compared to that antenna protrusion on the Colo. As to accuracy, I'd have to give the edge to the OR. Battery life the same. Been using the geotagged photo feature of the OR lately, don't remember the Colo having that feature. Seeing a photo in map context is cool although the OR 450 murders the photo compared to a P&S camera.
  5. The base map is really basic, useful to know what state you're in. Few major cities, interstates, not much more.
  6. Curious about the battery life. In my experience, battery life is inversely proportional to screen resolution. Pushing pixels is the single biggest battery drain. Hence the battery save mode turns off the display.
  7. Ouch. The 450 has been so reliable. Another reason not to "upgrade"! Thanks
  8. That would be useful, I charge my camera via USB. Appears this could charge at the same time. Removing batteries to charge is a pain, especially with the SD card underneath. The 450 can do that, but the exact way is a bit obtuse, so I forget. Can't do that. Use a fastex buckle, never liked the carabiner. Does the Trip Computer have a date field, the 450 did not? Thanks for the reply.
  9. So is the 600 significantly better than the 450? IIRC its main upgrades are a brighter display and landscape/portrait switch. Anything else? Battery life? I've had no upgrade lust since I got the 450 ~5 years ago, from REI BTW.
  10. Indeed. I've been following this thread for awhile. Just before I got my first GPS (2007) I had a number of different altimeter watches (Casio, Timex) and I always hated their size and this Epix is bigger in all dimensions. Color maps put this in an entirely different class, but its still huge for a wrist. Will be interesting to hear your reaction, when/if it arrives.
  11. The easiest solution is to use BaseCamp to geotag your photos. You can do +/- time shifts of the tracklog/photos to one sec precision and up to 24-hours. BC is a real porker so if you want a light weight solution, use ExifTool, but you'll have to use the command line.
  12. You read "throws out" as delete, I read it as a time shift.
  13. Bad? Any clue what's bad? I've been trying to isolate the "bad" tile(s) using a strategy of dividing into smaller map sets, mixed results so far. Thanks
  14. I'm getting an error dialog from both MS & BC saying not enough memory to load maps. In both cases it says maps are 250MB and only 800MB available. Seems this happened years ago but I can't remember the fix. Tried another SD card, same results: reports ample memory yet refuses the install. Tried several searches . . . nothing. Does anyone know the fix?
  15. Indeed, but I've never seen a downloadable img file, have you? It's all I ever use. I avoid Garmin's software whenever I can. What map format do you download? OP was asking about free maps. Only topo maps which can be sourced free or fee, and I've only seen them as exe files. For streets, a Nuvi comes loaded with maps and I wouldn't use a handheld for streets, no speech/small screen.
  16. You don't download directly to your etrex. These are the basic steps: Download the map file Install maps into either BaseCamp or MapSource Use either BC or MS to install maps to your etrex That depends. If you download an img file there is no need to use either BC or MS, you can load it directly onto the GPS. Indeed, but I've never seen a downloadable img file, have you?
  17. You don't download directly to your etrex. These are the basic steps: Download the map file Install maps into either BaseCamp or MapSource Use either BC or MS to install maps to your etrex
  18. You can turn off either the topos or Birdseye images. For me, I don't like them combined.
  19. In Setup -> Map -> Select Map -> BirdsEye and you can choose Normal, Brighter, or Brightest. I use "Brighter". Got a chance to check the brightness feature on a brilliant day at 12,000 feet, sure enough it made an improvement. Thanks
  20. Since your 60Csx didn't natively come with CN, then you had to add CN. Most likely you used MapSource, MS has autonaming for map sets, you can manually create any name. Most likely Wyoming was part of that auto name. The map name has no impact on the area covered. If it bothers you enough, reload CN and type in your favorite map name.
  21. That helps to understand your post. However your assertions don't fit my experience. I have a Garmin topo of Colo and in my OR 450, Setup > Map > Advanced Map Setup > Shaded Relief, allows the toggling of that feature. Like you I prefer shaded relief OFF. Looks good on an HD monitor, not on a 3" screen.
  22. While the images are indeed impressive in BaseCamp, the proof is how they look inside your GPS. For my OR 450, unremarkable.
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