+Team Duckit Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 I recieved my Garmin 60 Cx from Phil @lake powell thee other day, went down picked up " city nav. north america v7 " took me a little time to figure that out that reminds me I have to call chuy let him know I finaly got it to work for me, all my falt not a software problem anyway I also picked up a 512 mb card so far I have down loaded all of the following States. CA. " Used up only 359 mb on the 512 card " AZ. COL. UT. NEV. The 60 Cx is awesome very happy with it, a lot different than my mag. NM. sport trak pro but I will soon get use to it TEX. OKL. AR. Quote Link to comment
+whitecrow Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 The local Staples does not carry the micro sd cards yet. Quote Link to comment
+bsx and CeruleanCat Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 Can anyone tell me how much Florida, Georgia, & Alabama would take up on a card? Quote Link to comment
+whitecrow Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 (edited) Can anyone tell me how much Florida, Georgia, & Alabama would take up on a card? City Select 7 shows 145 meg. Edited January 27, 2006 by whitecrow Quote Link to comment
+mrking Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 (edited) For what it is worth... Canada (ALL OF IT) along with the routing data fits onto a 512MB card. Now that is unreal. Edited January 27, 2006 by mrking Quote Link to comment
+Team Duckit Posted January 27, 2006 Author Share Posted January 27, 2006 bsx & cerulean cat 152.8 mb with city nav. v7 is what I got hope this helps Duckit Quote Link to comment
+Team Duckit Posted January 27, 2006 Author Share Posted January 27, 2006 (edited) White crow I think you might of missed the very tip of FL. cause that is what I did the first time I checked "maybe" Edited January 27, 2006 by duckit Quote Link to comment
CenTexDodger Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 Ya'll are making me drool /skulks back to lowly 60cs/ Quote Link to comment
Neo_Geo Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 Ya'll are making me drool /skulks back to lowly 60cs/ When was the last time you *REALLY* needed more than 56MB? ...and we still have our alarm clock! Quote Link to comment
+Team Duckit Posted January 27, 2006 Author Share Posted January 27, 2006 (edited) I got my 512 mb micro sd card at "best buy" Edited January 27, 2006 by duckit Quote Link to comment
+Creakhead Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 duckit, How much was your 512 card? I saw one on buy.com for $48.99 but i wasn't sure if that was a good price. Quote Link to comment
+Team Duckit Posted January 27, 2006 Author Share Posted January 27, 2006 I paid $75 for it that was the only place were I could find them had to have it right know "you know what I mean" Quote Link to comment
+whitecrow Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 (edited) Duckit I"ve missed a lot of things in my life! Although I spent a year in Key West, the keys I did not mark in Mapsource. Edited January 27, 2006 by whitecrow Quote Link to comment
Bampson Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 Check out Newegg.com I picked up a 512MB MicroSD card for $48 and change with 3 day shipping, which actually arrived in 2. They have some of the best service in the electronics biz. Quote Link to comment
+Team Cotati Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 The local Staples does not carry the micro sd cards yet. http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=micro+...e&lmode=unknown Quote Link to comment
+SketchySmurf Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 Before I drop money into buying more memory, will redraw times be affected by how many map regions you have activated? Quote Link to comment
+bsx and CeruleanCat Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 Thanks duckit and whitecrow. Now I just have to find the money for CN and a bigger microSD... Quote Link to comment
+Quoddy Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 duckit, How much was your 512 card? I saw one on buy.com for $48.99 but i wasn't sure if that was a good price. That price is about right...and sounds like TigerGPS where I got mine from. Had it in 2 days and have loaded CitySelect v7 for all of eastern Canada, all of New England, NY, NJ, PA, eastern Ohio, eastern Michigan, MD, DE, VA, and WestVA. Also have almost the same entire area covered in Topo...plus Tide Charts for the whole area. Life is good. Quote Link to comment
+LaneO Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 (edited) Have you found a simple way to switch back and forth between the CS and Topo maps? It seems the individual segments of each product does not have the same coverage areas. With over 200 map segments of each product loaded in my 60CSx there are a lot of individual segment checkmarks to turn on/off. I hope there is a better way. Edited January 28, 2006 by LaneO Quote Link to comment
lostinthewoods Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 So, how is the battery life with the Cx? The manual claims 16 hours of 'typical' use while it's 30 and 28 for the GPSMAP60C and GPSMAP60. That's a bit of an issue for some of us. Cheers, David Quote Link to comment
+SketchySmurf Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 It seems the individual segments of each product does not have the same coverage areas. With over 200 map segments of each product loaded in my 60CSx there are a lot of individual segment checkmarks to turn on/off. Exactly my thoughts. It might be better to get two 256MB cards, load them up for each area and switch whenever its needed. Or is it me or does the turn based instruction dumb down depending on what map you use? I'm also finding weird little errors in direction. CN doesn't seem to take into account some tertiary roads. also, what's the best way to optimize redraw times? Quote Link to comment
+LaneO Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 (edited) Exactly my thoughts. It might be better to get two 256MB cards, load them up for each area and switch whenever its needed. At least the SD Trans Flash Micros are a breeze to swap. Of course you have to power down first. Edited January 28, 2006 by LaneO Quote Link to comment
peter Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 Have you found a simple way to switch back and forth between the CS and Topo maps? It seems the individual segments of each product does not have the same coverage areas. With over 200 map segments of each product loaded in my 60CSx there are a lot of individual segment checkmarks to turn on/off. I hope there is a better way. There is. When you're on the page with all the checkboxes you can press MENU again and get another page with choices something like 'Show All' 'Show City Select' 'Show Topo' or 'Show None'. Quote Link to comment
+SketchySmurf Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 ahhh...finally...thank you. Quote Link to comment
+SketchySmurf Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 Now, if someone can just tell me whether or not a larger card/more data affects redraw times, than i can finally go off caching... Quote Link to comment
+DD214 Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 Now, if someone can just tell me whether or not a larger card/more data affects redraw times, than i can finally go off caching... I have my 512MB card almost maxed out, and I haven't noticed any redraw delay. That was a concern for me since the more maps I load on my Explorist 500, the slower it gets, and I expected the 60Cx to perform similarly. From my experience, it does not. Quote Link to comment
+LaneO Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 There is. When you're on the page with all the checkboxes you can press MENU again and get another page with choices something like 'Show All' 'Show City Select' 'Show Topo' or 'Show None'. Thanks! I knew there had to be any easier way. Quote Link to comment
+Quoddy Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 With "everything" loaded and ON, CS will be shown. When CS is turned off, Topo is then prioritized and is shown. Extremely easy to switch back and forth. Map setup...click...click. Quote Link to comment
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