Magellan 315

[koryandleslie]

Ok, it's not that I am gender challenged.

Bought this GPS for my husband about 2 or 3 years ago and it has just sat in the box because he can't figure it out. I got it out the other night and I can't get it either!!!

 

I guess, if you can, please walk me step-by-step.

 

I have marked my home. Now what? Say I live on 1st street..I have a address I need to get to on 3rd street. How do I enter that and find driving directions. Maybe I am spoiled by the GPS in new cars, such as turn here, turn here, etc.

 

Sorry, the enclosed instructions aren't helping much.

 

Hopefully you can help me get started!

Thanks,

Leslie

Edited March 1, 2009 by koryandleslie

[+Wee Be Team]

Ok, it's not that I am gender challenged.

Bought this GPS for my husband about 2 or 3 years ago and it has just sat in the box because he can't figure it out. I got it out the other night and I can't get it either!!!

 

I guess, if you can, please walk me step-by-step.

 

I have marked my home. Now what? Say I live on 1st street..I have a address I need to get to on 3rd street. How do I enter that and find driving directions. Maybe I am spoiled by the GPS in new cars, such as turn here, turn here, etc.

 

Sorry, the enclosed instructions aren't helping much.

 

Hopefully you can help me get started!

Thanks,

Leslie

[+Wee Be Team]

can you tell me if your planning on going caching with the 315? If so do you have the usb cable? do you have easy gps downloaded? OK lets start there first

[sanramonhunter]

Manual for that unit is here:

 

http://www.magellangps.com/assets/manuals/gps_310_315_en.pdf

[koryandleslie]

can you tell me if your planning on going caching with the 315? If so do you have the usb cable? do you have easy gps downloaded? OK lets start there first

 

Don't really know what caching is. Don't have the USB cable or easy download.

I already have the manual.

Edited March 1, 2009 by koryandleslie

[+Wee Be Team]

ok you dont know what caching is... how did u get into these forums then? caching =geo caching. Are you looking to just use the 315 for roads or you wanting to get into the geocaching society?

[+PDOP's]

I have marked my home. Now what? Say I live on 1st street..I have a address I need to get to on 3rd street. How do I enter that and find driving directions.

Leslie the 315 is an older unit that does not support inputing of addresses. So first you would have to geocode (tech speak for finding out the coordinates ) the destination address. You could do this in Google Earth or elsewhere. Then you would have to enter the coordinates into the 315.

 

However, the 315 navigates as the crow flies in a straight line between the start and end points which is probably not going to help you much for street navigation

Edited March 1, 2009 by PDOP's

[+Cacheoholic]

A Magellan GPS 315 has no maps or map capability. It only has the ability to navigate straight lines to points. It does leave a “breadcrumb” track on the display so you can see where you’ve been in order to find your way back.

[NordicMan]

I had a Mag 315 years ago, it works great for Geocaching and is fairly accurate. But like others have said, it doesn't know street addresses or can't do turn-by-turn navigation. It does know where all the cities are though, and it'll tell you how far away and in which direction any particular city is from your current position.

[+Hillyard]

I have a vhs tape that shows how to use it. PM your address and I will mail it to you