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quote:Originally posted by Simon & Elizabeth:Just received my eTrex Legend in the post this morning! It arrived with firmware version 2.38 (which seems slightly odd, as people have been reporting 3.20 shipped on new devices ). However, my main problem is, when I run the 3.40 updater.exe, and try to use the Auto Detect option, it searches both COM ports, then says, "Not connected. Unable to find a Garmin device." Any clues on what's going wrong? Do I need to leapfrog my way up to 3.40 (by installing, say, 3.00 followed by 3.40)? Any help would be appreciated, because I want to get up to date as soon as I can. 1. Make sure that any autosync software (PDA etc) is not running on your PC and all your com ports are enabled. 2. Ensure the Legend's interface is set to GARMIN. You should be able to upgrade the 'Mapsource' part of the CD to V5.0 using the download from Garmin here Mapsource Update. Of course that wont update your 'base' map package. "Fear is temporary, regret is permanent!" motley. adj. varied in appearance or character. crew. n. group of people.

A great cache to have reached the 100. Well done to the 'Bunch'. "Fear is temporary, regret is permanent!" motley. adj. varied in appearance or character. crew. n. group of people.

Well done both of you. Keep on bagging 'em and placing 'em . Your caches are excellent . Hope that bottle of beer is well chilled, I could do with it now (well not 'now' per se as it's only 7.55am but you know what I mean). "Fear is temporary, regret is permanent!" motley. adj. varied in appearance or character. crew. n. group of people.

quote:Originally posted by Motley Crew: quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Originally posted by Sparticus: <snip> Oh, and who else would fill his car up with other nutters and go across to the IOW caching on the cheap!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I go away for one night and get back to find out I'm now classed as a nutter! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aha. You admit it then!! At this moment in time I am unable to comment on my suitability to be referred to as a 'nutter'. Please refer to Alistair Cambell (c/o House of Commons, Westminster) for an honest and approved response to your enquiry. "Fear is temporary, regret is permanent!" motley. adj. varied in appearance or character. crew. n. group of people.

quote:Originally posted by Sparticus:Congrats from the Sparticus clan. It's all uphill from here. One part of their 100th cache was certainly 'uphill' if they went the same way as I did . "Fear is temporary, regret is permanent!" motley. adj. varied in appearance or character. crew. n. group of people.

Whilst browsing GC.COM this evening it has come to my notice that Wood Smoke has bagged his 100th find. Well done Roy & Mrs Woodsmoke . Now tell us - did getting the 'ton' up only cost you £17.50 in fuel and boot leather "Fear is temporary, regret is permanent!" motley. adj. varied in appearance or character. crew. n. group of people.

quote:Originally posted by djh:If you look at this http://img.Groundspeak.com/cache/log/1832055_200.jpg there is no question this all the evidence anyone could possibly need. All this and it was taken on one of the hottest days of the year yet. DJH As the one who 'took' the picture I have to leap to his defence! It was far more sensible to wear that hat to distinguish himself from the ordinary Southampton residents. It took me ages to persuade him it was NOT a good idea to wear his Portsmouth Football Club shirt . Oh and it was taken 'nearly' after the 9pm watershed so most young children should have been in bed and hence not would not have suffered nightmares . "Fear is temporary, regret is permanent!" motley. adj. varied in appearance or character. crew. n. group of people.

quote:Originally posted by Sparticus:<snip> Oh, and who else would fill his car up with other nutters and go across to the IOW caching on the cheap!! I go away for one night and get back to find out I'm now classed as a nutter! Neil. So just how many miles do you get per nutter ) "Fear is temporary, regret is permanent!" motley. adj. varied in appearance or character. crew. n. group of people.

I've successfully downloaded the midlet to my T610 this morning using the 'long' URL. Will try it later. VMT all "Fear is temporary, regret is permanent!" motley. adj. varied in appearance or character. crew. n. group of people.

Congrats Jilly & Gray , keep on caching. "Fear is temporary, regret is permanent!" motley. adj. varied in appearance or character. crew. n. group of people.

Sounds like a bit of fun to me! Count me in too please John. "Fear is temporary, regret is permanent!" motley. adj. varied in appearance or character. crew. n. group of people.

quote:Originally posted by Wood Smoke:No it aint, I'm still uploading it all :-) Try a refresh now and then? WoodSmoke http://www.geocacheuk.com - _very_ useful resources for the UK Geocaching community Doh! Seems I was too late for the party . "Fear is temporary, regret is permanent!" motley. adj. varied in appearance or character. crew. n. group of people.

Hi Tony I was about to try the 'direct' URL but it seems GPRS is down at the moment (B****y T-Mobile!). I'll have a go tomorrow with my 610 - thanks to you & Freak Ent for the info and of course GeocacheUK for hosting the midlet. Rgds Keith "Fear is temporary, regret is permanent!" motley. adj. varied in appearance or character. crew. n. group of people.

Er ... I think I might be the one with the red 'X' in the corner ! "Fear is temporary, regret is permanent!" motley. adj. varied in appearance or character. crew. n. group of people.

quote:<snip> Does the ‘…Cannot be downloaded’ error message appear within seconds of requesting the URL, or after about 30 seconds….. I’m wondering if the problem could be to do with the hosting web-servers config, rather than the midlet itself; if the error appears quickly then the phone wouldn’t have even attempted to download the main .Jar file. <snip> Hi Tony I've just tried it and the 'Item not supported - cannot be downloaded' message comes up about 4 or 5 seconds after trying to access the wap site. I am using GPRS WAP. The other day I couldn't download it via dial-up WAP either - (I think I got the same message). HTH Rgds Keith "Fear is temporary, regret is permanent!" motley. adj. varied in appearance or character. crew. n. group of people.

quote:Originally posted by Chris and Kathryn:looks like it works fine on the legend What they said . "Fear is temporary, regret is permanent!" motley. adj. varied in appearance or character. crew. n. group of people.

I too have had the pleasure of caching with John & he's a thoroughly nice bloke . I see he's been back in Hampshire again this weekend - must like area . Well done John, keep bagging 'em & I look forward to seeing you again sometime soon. Rgds Keith "Fear is temporary, regret is permanent!" motley. adj. varied in appearance or character. crew. n. group of people.

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quote:Originally posted by Freak Enterprises:Me too, we just bought a Sony Ericcson T610 today and the first thing I tried was downloading this utility. I got the same error that Motley Crew received. The T610 definitely has Java support, there are some Java games pre-installed on it that display a large Java logo when you fire them up. I believe that the T610 has MIDP2.0 support and I think OTA provisioning is one of the things that changed between MIDP 1.0 and MIDP 2.0. Martin I hope the developers of this might look into this SE T610 problem as one of the reasons I upgraded to the T610 was to be able to use this utility . (I managed to blag mine out of my phone company for free ). I'm also hoping to be able to surf the GC.COM site via GPRS when away from home - still working on that. "Fear is temporary, regret is permanent!" motley. adj. varied in appearance or character. crew. n. group of people.

quote:Originally posted by Brian - Team A.I.:EasyMPS works great too. You can choose to import specific .loc files, convert the waypoint icon to a geocache one, and open it in MapSource all with the click of a mouse. Pretty simple if you ask me. Brian Team A.I. Totally agree wih Brian . EasyMPS is a doddle to use and saves oodles of time. I use it all the time. It can be downloaded from here EasyMPS "Fear is temporary, regret is permanent!" motley. adj. varied in appearance or character. crew. n. group of people.

Has anyone managed to successfully download the application to a Sony Ericsson T610? I get 'Item not supported - cannot be downloaded' when I try . "Fear is temporary, regret is permanent!" motley. adj. varied in appearance or character. crew. n. group of people.

quote:Originally posted by Wood Smoke:Hey, where can I get one for £17.50? WoodSmoke http://www.geocacheuk.com - _very_ useful resources for the UK Geocaching community I understand that the same place that you got the "new super duper GPS that you have acquired that only cost £17.50" is doing a special on these right now ! Get 'em while they're hot "Fear is temporary, regret is permanent!" motley. adj. varied in appearance or character. crew. n. group of people.

quote:Originally posted by Omally:WOW! What a great day we had! If anyone reading this is thinking about trying some of the IOW caches (yes, there's only 11 here, but you will _not_ do them all in one day!) I'd say you could do a lot worse than teaming up a quartet and driving 'round the Island... the Vectis series was great fun, just the right level of difficulty (mental _and_ physical) and some great scenery to boot. There are plenty other caches besides the ones we found, so I guess another visit will be in order soon... Thankyou to Keith from Motley Crew and Pharisee for teaming up with Merman and myself, can't think of a better bunch of blokes to go caching with! "Woof" quoth he. Oh, and "Grrr" also. http://www.btinternet.com/~omally/index.htm<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Agreed Neil - a great bunch, if you ever get to go out on a hunt you could do a lot worse than run with these guys, Pharisee, O'Mally , & Merman. Also can thoroughly recommend the bread pudding from the cafe next to the 'Bonchurch Landslip' cache - excellent. Be carefull you don't drop anything into the flower beds though - eh Chris? "Fear is temporary, regret is permanent!" motley. adj. varied in appearance or character. crew. n. group of people.

quote:Originally posted by Mr & Mrs Hedgehog:We did the Island on Thursday... only managed 3 caches, failed on a fourth.... let us know how you get on...... you should do the Lord Palmerston one... it's very clever.. There are 10 kinds of people in this world. Those that understand binary and those that don't. Which ones did you do? The 'Grockles Grand Day Out Tour' Motley Crew, O'Mally, Merman & Pharisee managed to complete the 'Vectis' series and threw in 'Bonchurch Landslip' too between noon & 8pm. "Fear is temporary, regret is permanent!" motley. adj. varied in appearance or character. crew. n. group of people.

quote:Originally posted by Omally:Huge thanks to everyone who helped out on the Multicache, there was so much positive feedback from the Geommuggles that tried it! I heard so many kind comments about the enthusiasm and friendliness of all of you that led the way, there is only one possible conclusion to be drawn: You are all great!! Hope I didn't make you work too hard whilst I was sitting around all day... Give yourselves a jolly good pat on the back! The whole event has left me with a dirty great grin from ear to ear that won't even get washed off by being pinned down and soaked by a whole bunch of water-pistollers! . I've not felt vibes this good for _ages_ I'm proud to be a Geocacher and I'm proud to have met so many wonderful people willing to give up their weekend to have fun and show other people how to have fun at the same time. Such a good family atmosphere, too. I suppose I'd better start one of my own then... any offers?! Especially well done the Bramblers! I thank you both so much for organising the event: you've helped make an awful lot of people extremely happy! Can we do it again next month? "Woof" quoth he. Oh, and "Grrr" also. http://www.btinternet.com/~omally/index.htm<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> What he said and more . A brilliant job yesterday and a 'Grand Day Out' today Neil - many thanks . Isn't it time you was in bed "Fear is temporary, regret is permanent!" motley. adj. varied in appearance or character. crew. n. group of people. [This message was edited by Motley Crew on July 21, 2003 at 01:40 PM.]