Oil Can Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 I see that the 60 csx has th lanyard slot at the top of the unit. The 76 csx has it at the bottom. If you wore it around your neck the 76 would be up side down with the antenna pointing at the ground. Will the unit work correctly? Im not planning on having it around my neck all the time but in case my hands are full or need to hold onto small children. It think it would be nice not to put it in my pocket. Thank you Quote Link to comment
+Thrak Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Good question. That's one of the reasons I've never put a lanyard on the 76CS I used to have or on the 76CSx I currently own. Of course I also carry around a caching bag and have a case for my unit hung from the bag by a caribiner so that allows me to hold the unit when I need my hands free. Quote Link to comment
Team Sidewinder Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 That is about the only thing I don't like about the Garmin 76 series. I have had to resort to using my 76csx on a lanyard and having it hanging upside down where it will loose sat signal and therefore tracking. I guess it is better to have it around your neck and loose sat signal than to drop it ruin your gps. I also have a case from gilson where while the gps is in the case it will hang in the upright position and keep tracking. The gilson case is almost perfect except that the clear plastic window is a little too thick and when the temps are in the 30s or lower pressing the buttons through the plastic without the plastic pressing on other buttons will not give the desired results. team sidewinder Quote Link to comment
+MetroGT Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 I always used the included belt clip with my 60CSx, but I also used the lanyard and connected it to my belt or belt loop with a carbiner clip incase I dropped it while walking. But with the SiRF III chips, you get great reception that would barely if at all be affected upside down. Quote Link to comment
+TeamHarrison Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 I always use my 76CSx with the Geocaching.com lanyard and have never once lost satellites due to it being suspended upside down. It's a non-issue here. Quote Link to comment
Oil Can Posted March 16, 2007 Author Share Posted March 16, 2007 Great! Thank you all so much. Just what I wanted to hear. Looks like the 76 csx will be my first Gps. Cant wait to use it on my trip to the Grand Canyon area with auto routing software and to find some caches around town. I was already to buy a Garmin Quest 2 untill i did a search about Geocaching. Boy, caching sounds fun and I can get the family involved. dog too. Quote Link to comment
+DustyWalker Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 That was one of the problems I had with my old e-trex Vista. Upside down it would frequently lose the signal. I don't have that problem with my CSx. Quote Link to comment
+2scooters Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Watch out, I lost by GPS by having the Lanyard break off and not noticing until it was too late. Make sure you have a very good Lanyard holding that sucker around your neck! Quote Link to comment
+Seedillume Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Most devices have their lanyards on the bottom of the unit. With GPS and older GPS chips, reception could be a problem, so they attached the lanyards at the top. I feel that that having the lanyard at the bottom on a unit that encorporates a SiRF III chips is the proper way. If it were to hang it around my neck, it would be right side up when I looked at it. With others, it would be upside down when viewing it around my neck. Quote Link to comment
mtbikernate Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 I don't wear my 76CSx around my neck. I don't like it thumping on my chest as I walk. I use the lanyard around my wrist as I hold the GPS so that if I drop it, it doesn't smash to little bitty pieces on the rocks below. I have destroyed a digicam by failing to use the lanyard, and I will NOT do that with a GPS that cost twice as much. If I need to stow the GPS, it currently goes into one of the mesh side pockets (or hip belt pocket) of the pack I happen to be wearing. I'm currently searching for an adequate shoulder strap pouch for better tracking. Quote Link to comment
Team Sidewinder Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 I guess I should have stated in my original reply that this lose of signal occured with my 76CS which I have passed on to my wife now. I thought that even with the new sirf chip my new 76CSX would loose signal as the CS did if hung upside down from a lanyard although I have never really tried the CSX that way yet . I am glad to hear that this is not the case and that the 76CSX will keep sat signals. Corrected. Quote Link to comment
+Prime Suspect Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 I've never used the strap that came with my last 2 GPSs. I use the wrist strap that came with my old GPS II+. I wish Garmin included both lanyards and wrist straps with their units, so people could choose which works best for them. Quote Link to comment
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