+IndyJpr Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 (edited) For anyone that has (or has played with) a Garmin Colorado - how are you taking the screenshots? The one I am playing with goes into Mass Storage mode when connected to a PC - and there seems to be no way to get it to exit from MSM... While in MSM, MapSource seems to be able to talk to the GPS but xImage states that it is not compatible with the unit. I'm guessing maybe that there is some way to take the screenshots directly on the unit and then access the file directly but I haven't been able to figure out anything... Thanks, Edited January 18, 2008 by IndyJpr Quote Link to comment
+Jhwk Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 take a picture of the screen with a camera? or am I too dense... Quote Link to comment
+IndyJpr Posted January 18, 2008 Author Share Posted January 18, 2008 take a picture of the screen with a camera? or am I too dense... Well, that would work but it's not ideal... On older units you could use xImage to grab them. Quote Link to comment
+IndyJpr Posted January 18, 2008 Author Share Posted January 18, 2008 SOLVED!!!!! Took forever but finally figured it out... To get screenshot, press and hold the right "soft key" button. There is no indication that anything happened but when you connect to a PC the screenshots will be in the internal memory. Quote Link to comment
+SnoWake Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 SOLVED!!!!! Took forever but finally figured it out... To get screenshot, press and hold the right "soft key" button. There is no indication that anything happened but when you connect to a PC the screenshots will be in the internal memory. You just stumbled upon that? That's quite the undocumented feature! Nice find - hope that one makes it into the manual... Quote Link to comment
+apersson850 Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 It's not in the manual. Not any very important navigation feature either, so I guess that's why. Quote Link to comment
raxxal Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 SOLVED!!!!! Took forever but finally figured it out... To get screenshot, press and hold the right "soft key" button. There is no indication that anything happened but when you connect to a PC the screenshots will be in the internal memory. Thanks a lot for the finding. I was looking for this feature as well. Quote Link to comment
-Oz- Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 How did you just stumble onto that... Quote Link to comment
+IndyJpr Posted April 21, 2008 Author Share Posted April 21, 2008 How did you just stumble onto that... Keep in mind this was the first week they were out at REI and there wasn't a lot of information available and each "test" meant suffering through the power up, mass storage mode, mandatory shutdown cycle... First I wasted a lot of time trying to find a "hidden" menu or option. I then wasted more time trying to figure out how to get it to connect to a PC without going into mass storage mode... I then found a forum where someone said they did it the same as the Nuvi... I then found some info where it said - and I'm still not sure if this is true - that the Nuvi took screenshots by hitting the power button... I spent an obscene amount of time hitting the power button in every way you can imagine... Eventually gave up on the power button and moved on to the others....and stumbled on the correct solution... And after all that I ended up returning it. Quote Link to comment
-Oz- Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Yea, after I posted I was like... oops this is an old thread. Still a nice story none the less. Quote Link to comment
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