Brook_&_Toby Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 (edited) I am new to geocache, but have really enjoyed the idea and the few that I have found. I have a new GPS, a Magellan Triton, 200 I think. The coordinates that the gps unit shows don't match those for the web site and geocaches, I can be standing on a geocache and my gps will say that I am like 15 miles away. I am wondering if my unit is on some other kind of map, magnetic vs true north, I have no idea. I am fully frusterated and totaly handycapped with this. Edited February 1, 2009 by Brook_&_Toby Quote Link to comment
+SkellyCA Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 Hi, I have a triton 400. Make sure that your Triton is is the right datum mode. Do this... Menu->View->Settings->Navagation Make sure you have these settings... Coorinate System: Lat/Long Make sure that you select Lat/Long; after you do, you will get another screen for Accuracy. Select: Deg/Min.mmm. Map Datum: WGS84 Quote Link to comment
+SkellyCA Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 To see what unit you do have, do this... Menu->View->Setting->About Quote Link to comment
Brook_&_Toby Posted February 2, 2009 Author Share Posted February 2, 2009 To see what unit you do have, do this... Menu->View->Setting->About THANK YOU, MY SETTINGS WERE DIFFERENT, I WILLL GIVE IT A SHOT TOMORROW. Quote Link to comment
+trainlove Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 I can be standing on a geocache and my gps will say that I am like 15 miles away. OK, I'll bite. How could you get to stand on top of a specific cache and have your GPS tell you it was actually 15 miles away? Quote Link to comment
+buster71 Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 (edited) Yes, try it again with your new settings. I have a Triton 200 also, and when my GPS tells me I'm at the cache, I'm usually standing right on top of it. It's very accurate. Edited February 2, 2009 by buster71 Quote Link to comment
+ricstone Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 To see what unit you do have, do this... Menu->View->Setting->About THANK YOU, MY SETTINGS WERE DIFFERENT, I WILLL GIVE IT A SHOT TOMORROW. Well? How did it go? My T400 is very accurate. Let us know. Quote Link to comment
+ricstone Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 To see what unit you do have, do this... Menu->View->Setting->About THANK YOU, MY SETTINGS WERE DIFFERENT, I WILLL GIVE IT A SHOT TOMORROW. Well? How did it go? My T400 is very accurate. Let us know. Quote Link to comment
+ricstone Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 To see what unit you do have, do this... Menu->View->Setting->About THANK YOU, MY SETTINGS WERE DIFFERENT, I WILLL GIVE IT A SHOT TOMORROW. Well? How did it go? My T400 is very accurate. Let us know. Quote Link to comment
+SkellyCA Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 I can be standing on a geocache and my gps will say that I am like 15 miles away. OK, I'll bite. How could you get to stand on top of a specific cache and have your GPS tell you it was actually 15 miles away? Use google maps to get to the location? Quote Link to comment
+ricstone Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Sorry for all the duplicate posts. Quote Link to comment
+Tek_guy and Countrygirl48 Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Quick semi-off topic question, but I just bought a used triton 200 and was wondering what is the difference between the 200 and the 300? I tried a 400 on clearance from wal-mart a few weeks ago, but it didn't work. I really wanted to give this series a look, so I bought this 200 on ebay for around $50. Magellan's website isn't really clear what the difference is between the 200 and 300, if any. Quote Link to comment
sanramonhunter Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Quick semi-off topic question, but I just bought a used triton 200 and was wondering what is the difference between the 200 and the 300? I tried a 400 on clearance from wal-mart a few weeks ago, but it didn't work. I really wanted to give this series a look, so I bought this 200 on ebay for around $50. Magellan's website isn't really clear what the difference is between the 200 and 300, if any. The 200, 300, 400, 500 are pretty much identical except for memory for maps. The 200 has none, the 300 has 10mb, the 400 has SD card ability, and the 500 has SD card and the addition of 3-axis compass and barometer. Quote Link to comment
+buster71 Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Quick semi-off topic question, but I just bought a used triton 200 and was wondering what is the difference between the 200 and the 300? I tried a 400 on clearance from wal-mart a few weeks ago, but it didn't work. I really wanted to give this series a look, so I bought this 200 on ebay for around $50. Magellan's website isn't really clear what the difference is between the 200 and 300, if any. The 200, 300, 400, 500 are pretty much identical except for memory for maps. The 200 has none, the 300 has 10mb, the 400 has SD card ability, and the 500 has SD card and the addition of 3-axis compass and barometer. I'm a little confused by this. I have a Triton 200, but when I go to view-settings-memory-view usage, it says Memory Usage 56%. 23 MB Available, 53 MB Total. I've loaded up Topo maps from Nat Geo onto the unit (since deleted), so I don't get why the Magellan website says no memory available for map storage on the 200? Quote Link to comment
+SkellyCA Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 I get this from the magellal website about the T200... Add detailed maps and applications to the available memory and further enhance your navigation experience. Plus, Triton is the first handheld GPS to offer compatibility with National Geographic TOPO! State series and Weekend Explorer 3D maps. These highly detailed nation-wide topographic maps based on USGS 1:24.000 series quads, offer seamless scalability, multi-layer overlays and much more. So you can add maps, but I guess it's limited to the available memory. Quote Link to comment
sanramonhunter Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 I get this from the magellal website about the T200... Add detailed maps and applications to the available memory and further enhance your navigation experience. Plus, Triton is the first handheld GPS to offer compatibility with National Geographic TOPO! State series and Weekend Explorer 3D maps. These highly detailed nation-wide topographic maps based on USGS 1:24.000 series quads, offer seamless scalability, multi-layer overlays and much more. So you can add maps, but I guess it's limited to the available memory. I just did a comparison on the 200 and 300 on the magellan website and it had 10mb on the 300 and a blank on the 200, so with buster71's info I guess I put out some bad info. Buster did the 200 come with the usb cable, or did you buy it on your own? Quote Link to comment
+buster71 Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 I had to buy the cable on my own. The original box clearly says "triton 200", but when I look in the unit's Settings-->About, it says Triton 200/300. Weird - I can't figure out the specs on Magellan's website compared to my unit. Now I don't even know if I have a 200 or 300! Quote Link to comment
sanramonhunter Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 I had to buy the cable on my own. The original box clearly says "triton 200", but when I look in the unit's Settings-->About, it says Triton 200/300. Weird - I can't figure out the specs on Magellan's website compared to my unit. Now I don't even know if I have a 200 or 300! I think I'm remembering better now. The only difference between the 200 and 300 was that the 300 came with the cable and that the 200 didn't. Then the 400 added SD card capability, and the 500 added a 3-axis compass and barometer. Quote Link to comment
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