+trumpettruck Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Hi - Recently I dunked my trusty Foretrex 201 in the lake (yes... it was velcroed to my wrist...). I purchased a 60CSX and I have been using it for caching for a few days now. I was wondering what your favorite feature of the 60CSX was so that I might discover it if I haven't already. Thanks! Quote Link to comment
reef mapper Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Hi - Recently I dunked my trusty Foretrex 201 in the lake (yes... it was velcroed to my wrist...). I purchased a 60CSX and I have been using it for caching for a few days now. I was wondering what your favorite feature of the 60CSX was so that I might discover it if I haven't already. Thanks! Logging water depth from a sonar. Quote Link to comment
+trumpettruck Posted November 23, 2008 Author Share Posted November 23, 2008 Logging water depth from a sonar. haha... maybe i'll go back to the spot and see how deep the water is and launch a rescue operation! the foretrex 201 was supposed to be waterproof... i don't know about 2 month submersion though haha Quote Link to comment
reef mapper Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 BTW it also displays water temp which could help in deciding what to wear before you dive in Quote Link to comment
roybassist Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 (edited) While not exactly features, these button shortcuts got a number of pretty favorable comments when I posted them a while back; so I’ll offer them up again. Useful button shortcuts: The ZOOM IN and OUT buttons also scroll through lists, one page at a time. Also to the top or bottom of a menu with one press. A real time saver. Pressing the FIND button twice brings up the Recent Finds page. Another recommendation: Customize your page sequence for the way you intend to use it. You may want to add some, eliminate others, rearrange the order. MENU MENU>Setup>Page Sequence. I eliminated the Main Menu page, because it’s easier and faster to access the Main Menu by pressing the MENU button twice. You may not be sure how you want it at first, but you can always change this later when you find out what you use frequently. Edited November 24, 2008 by roybassist Quote Link to comment
+GeekBoy.from.Illinois Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 While not exactly features... Let's not forget that on most data entry screens, the Page button also acts as an OK button so you don't have to scroll all the way to "OK" and hit enter, just hit Page... Quote Link to comment
reef mapper Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Something I use when logging waypoints for mapping, if I want to record some attributes I can assign number or letter codes, enter them in the comment field between commas, then when downloading waypoints I can produce an Excel spreadsheet with columns generated by the CSV. Quote Link to comment
+YBLee Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Let's not forget that on most data entry screens, the Page button also acts as an OK button so you don't have to scroll all the way to "OK" and hit enter, just hit Page... I didn't know that - thanks for the tip! Quote Link to comment
+Prime Suspect Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 And holding down the Page button toggles the electronic compass on and off. Quote Link to comment
+Frank Broughton Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Thank you for these tips.... Some are real time savers! The page up & down and page for okay! Quote Link to comment
+Chuy! Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 This is more a software feature: Customized Points of Interest. They get stored on your data card which gives you virtually an unlimited number of waypoints. On my 2GB card, my 15K POIs take up about 2.5mb of space. Each POI can hold 44 characters in the title and 88 in the comment/hing section. GSAK is usually used to customized these fields en masse; although each POI can be customized individually in MapSource. Quote Link to comment
Couchsurfer Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 I recently found the tide charts that you can upload on top of maps and as a surfer, boy is it kewl! Downloaded for free from Garmin. Always interested in such things! Quote Link to comment
+paconlacellars Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 I recently found the tide charts that you can upload on top of maps and as a surfer, boy is it kewl! Downloaded for free from Garmin. Always interested in such things! I had a quick look in the Garmin Web Page but I must have missed the tide charts...do you have a link? Quote Link to comment
Couchsurfer Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 I recently found the tide charts that you can upload on top of maps and as a surfer, boy is it kewl! Downloaded for free from Garmin. Always interested in such things! I had a quick look in the Garmin Web Page but I must have missed the tide charts...do you have a link? Look here, about half way down the the page is a link you can get the charts for free, not the bluewave charts, the garmin ones. have fun! Quote Link to comment
Couchsurfer Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 I recently found the tide charts that you can upload on top of maps and as a surfer, boy is it kewl! Downloaded for free from Garmin. Always interested in such things! I had a quick look in the Garmin Web Page but I must have missed the tide charts...do you have a link? oops.. http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=85881 Quote Link to comment
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