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It should be just a matter of selecting the route and then Navigate, this will then present a route based on whatever Guidance Method you have set/selected. Sounds like individual waypoints were being selected and "Go To" being used. What Guidance method is the unit set for? Being a cross country walk I'd assume that "Off Road" would have been used, in which case starting at waypoint 2 shouldn't have been a problem and if you close enough to it, you would have been directed to the next in the sequence.

Have a look at: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/OS...Garmin/Download

As quoted in previous posts, "Please note: Maps on preloaded data cards cannot be copied or viewed on a computer." This appears in red print, against the normal black, under each Purchase Preprogrammed Cards heading. Seems pretty outright to me.

I imagine the 300, with no U.S. preloaded maps, is the one that would typically be used in the UK. If you look at the available regions list, it says the maps are compatible with the Colorado and Oregon handheld GPS ranges, so any Colorado or Oregon model should be suitable.

OK, I'll bite. Legend Manual page 14. It's an option on the General page of the Map Setup. Change Lock on Road to Off.

Topo GB V2 allows 2 unlock codes. Just get the second for your HCx.

As above, GPSBabel, http://www.gpsbabel.org, has a filter/transform option for tracks to routes. It works fine fine with Garmin GDB files. Using the GUI is just point and click. There shouldn't be much of a problem with the point count but you may have to split the track. Most of the later Garmin trail units have a route limit of 250 points compared to the 500 point limit for saved tracks.

I made some measurements of my 76CSx using external power. Your 60CS should be similar. WAAS and sensors make little difference, it's the light that is the biggest draw. With the back light off, the unit uses about 200 mW, 50% setting 400 mW and 100% setting 500 mW. That makes the current draw using a 12V battery about 20, 30 and 40 mA respectively.

The Garmin interface is the older standard with the signals relative to a common ground, the fish finder the newer standard with differential signalling. For Garmin to the Fish Finder, connect Serial Out (brown) to NMEA In+ (white) and Ground (black) to NMEA In- (green) For Fish Finder to Garmin, connect NMEA Out+ (yellow) to Serial In (white), do *not* connect the NMEA Out- (brown) - leave it floating and instead connect Common Ground (grey) to Ground (black).

A black background implies a "night" colour. While you're looking at the Display Setup check the Display Mode.

The problem was a hardware bug that people hoped could be fixed by firmware. Several months and 2 updates later it hasn't. The new units appear to have new hardware - I would wait until this is confirmed and to see if that has fixed the problem.

Making a route this way is creating via points, so it's not surprising that the Mapsource and GPS routes will be the same.

BoostJunkie, your setting (which should be Off Road Recalculation) doesn't change the fact that only the route points are transferred to an auto-routing unit and even with the same preferences, the calculated route path may differ between MapSource and the GPS because different algorithms are used. An on-road route is always calculated. The use of via points as mentioned by tlhutch is the recognised solution.

I'll just cut and paste what I posted in another forum: Long going thread here: http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/modules.php?...719&start=0 Points to a review here: http://www.anothercyclingforum.com/index.php?topic=42379.0

Just use a USB 2.0 card reader/writer that will take microSD cards. You can use MapSource to transfer the maps, simply load or create a map selection, click Send to Device, select the removable disk that your card should show as and click Send.

City Navigator Europe v9 is the latest European mapping product for auto-routing units (like your 60CSx) MetroGuide Europe v9 is the latest mapping product for non auto-routing units - MapSource does not transfer the routing data but Google search for MetroGold/MetroWhizzz for ways around this. Topo GB V2 supports auto-routing but it only includes the mainland and Scottish Isles and does not include any of Ireland. It's also dated Nov 2005 so don't expect all the roads to be current. There's also licensing restrictions so that MapSource only displays detail in a centred 640 x 480 window and you cannot print the maps. As always, it really depends what you want to do and to check out the Garmin MapSource Map Viewer http://www8.garmin.com/cartography/ to see if the map has the detail you require. I should mention that MetroGuide does not require unlocking. Topo GB and City Navigator on disk will allow unlocking to two GPS units.

What do they need to fix? Sirf III has an option called Static Navigation which filters position data for low speeds. This is fine for motor vehicle navigation but undesirable for walking speeds so it's disabled for "Trail" units. The Odometer and Track log are two different things. The odometer is one of the default fields displaying the real time data on the Trip Computer which tells you how it sees things as the are. If "wandering" is an issue then change the Track Log recording method to be based on Distance.

The problem, as I've seen posted on other forums, is a firmware bug with the MTK chipset so that at low speeds it outputs non changing data. The GPS unit sees the same position so zero distance and calculates zero speed. The bug was fixed by May 2007 so the question is whether an early problem chipset inside existing GPS units can be accessed and updated. Given the amount of time that has passed it appears the answer is no.

Have you tried reseting the odometer first? Do this from the Trip Computer page by hitting Menu, Reset and tick/untick whichever data you want cleared and then Apply.

I'd check out posts about the HCx models first. Early MTK chipsets had problems with low speed tracking which is an issue at slow walking speeds and Garmin seem to be struggling to compensate for this. Track logs appear to be fine, but if real time data as displayed on the Trip Computer page is important to you (distances, speed, times) then I'd look at the 60CSx.

That list appears under Other Recommended links and points to other Q/As for those units and is not what is affected. I have two of those units mentioned and both display/record elevation in fixed mode, as I've suggested you do above, so that point doesn't apply here.

... found them. The Fixed mode filtering referred to the Rino series. Agree with the second quote. Can't see this as a problem since elevation data is included in the active track log whichever mode.

Your unit can receive NMEA feeds and display data from external sensors. In this case Water Temperature.