bwien Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 If you copy JPEG files onto your SD card you can view them on the Expedition C (and I would guess other color Lowrance units) through the memory card browser. It seems like the pictures appear actual size and you can pan across using the directional pad, I resized one to 240x320 and it looked great. To get there: Menu->Menu->Browse MMC Files->Select your picture file and press Enter ->View. It actually has a "view" button when you select the picture file so it seems engineered in, I wonder why it wasn't included in the incredible user guide? What a cool feature, I am liking this GPS more and more each day! Quote Link to comment
+user13371 Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 (edited) Cool. It would also be useful if it can store and view text files - did you try that? Paperless caching without a Palm or PocketPC Edited July 1, 2006 by lee_rimar Quote Link to comment
GamaB Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 If you copy JPEG files onto your SD card you can view them on the Expedition C (and I would guess other color Lowrance units) through the memory card browser. It seems like the pictures appear actual size and you can pan across using the directional pad, I resized one to 240x320 and it looked great. To get there: Menu->Menu->Browse MMC Files->Select your picture file and press Enter ->View. It actually has a "view" button when you select the picture file so it seems engineered in, I wonder why it wasn't included in the incredible user guide? What a cool feature, I am liking this GPS more and more each day! Thanks for posting that, I put a recent family picture, cut down to 4 X size, fliped on side and it is perfect on my H2OC. Quote Link to comment
+hogrod Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 Cool. It would also be useful if it can store text files - did you try that? Paperless caching without a Palm or PocketPC I would like to know this too, if it did support text files I would probably get one. Quote Link to comment
ElevenBravo Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 JPEGs GIFs PocketWord and Text files all work great on my PPC. :-) Sorry, had to get a stab in. Actually, thats great news you can do that on a GPS unit! Cool deal! Quote Link to comment
+stora Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 If you copy JPEG files onto your SD card you can view them on the Expedition C (and I would guess other color Lowrance units) through the memory card browser. It seems like the pictures appear actual size and you can pan across using the directional pad, I resized one to 240x320 and it looked great. To get there: Menu->Menu->Browse MMC Files->Select your picture file and press Enter ->View. It actually has a "view" button when you select the picture file so it seems engineered in, I wonder why it wasn't included in the incredible user guide? What a cool feature, I am liking this GPS more and more each day! Nice feature, you could store the 'spoiler' pics for the caches in there. Quote Link to comment
GamaB Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 Cool. It would also be useful if it can store text files - did you try that? Paperless caching without a Palm or PocketPC I tried different text files with no luck, JPEG is the only file type I could view. I used "paint" and made a text, flipped it 180 degrees, changed it from a BMP to a JPEG and it worked fine. The JPEG needs to be sized to fit the screen, no scrolling. "Geocatcher' may have more. Quote Link to comment
bwien Posted July 1, 2006 Author Share Posted July 1, 2006 I tried text too with the same results. Creating an image file with text pasted into it seems like a good workaround. I've found you can pan/scroll the image by repeatedly pressing the direction arrows, it's fairly slow though. Pressing enter returns to the original view of the image. Quote Link to comment
+user13371 Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 (edited) ... text files with no luck ... JPEG is the only file type I could view.Oh well, I guess I'm zero for three now. My ignored suggestions to Lowrance so far:Allow comments on waypoints Add a text reader into the iFinder's MMC Browser function Save time and elevation data in trail points For each suggestion, I've gotten back a "thank you for your comment" form-letter. But instead of simple and useful add-ins, they bring out GPSs with MP3 players and (undocumentated) picture viewers. I wonder how they decide on new features? Edited July 1, 2006 by lee_rimar Quote Link to comment
GamaB Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 ... text files with no luck ... JPEG is the only file type I could view.Oh well, I guess I'm zero for three now. My ignored suggestions to Lowrance so far:Allow comments on waypoints Add a text reader into the iFinder's MMC Browser function Save time and elevation data in trail points For each suggestion, I've gotten back a "thank you for your comment" form-letter. But instead of simple and useful add-ins, they bring out GPSs with MP3 players and (undocumentated) picture viewers. I wonder how they decide on new features? I've sent in a few, on menu features and the one I hope they do someday... making "Local Time" automatic to time zone change. Quote Link to comment
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