+allory Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Cx Changes made from version 3.10 to 3.20: Fix potential lock up when SD card installed. Fix the contour data intermittently drawing over interstates of Topo Map. Improve the blue shading color when using the setting 'Marine colors' in Daytime display mode. Fix incorrect highlight index at unit field in 'Area Calculation' page after select reset in menu. http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=1417 HCx Changes made from version 3.00 to 3.10: Fix potential lock up when SD card installed. Fix the contour data intermittently drawing over interstates of Topo Map. Improve the blue shading color when using the setting 'Marine colors' in Daytime display mode. Correct the brightness can't move over 50% in eTrex Vista HCx. Correct upside down direction of vertical speed. Fix incorrect highlight index at unit field in 'Area Calculation' page after select reset in menu. http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=3643 Quote Link to comment
+allory Posted August 28, 2009 Author Share Posted August 28, 2009 Something worth noting is that when I updated my Venture Cx all the waypoint names got trashed. It was possible to delete them and reload from a MapSource backup, but would be rather annoying if they had not been backed up. Quote Link to comment
+TheRedArmy Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Something worth noting is that when I updated my Venture Cx all the waypoint names got trashed. It was possible to delete them and reload from a MapSource backup, but would be rather annoying if they had not been backed up. how did you or how do you get screen shots of your screen like that? Quote Link to comment
+allory Posted August 28, 2009 Author Share Posted August 28, 2009 Garmin's xImage software. Quote Link to comment
+TheRedArmy Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 Garmin's xImage software. doesn't list Legend HCx, so i guess i'm out of luck. Quote Link to comment
+allory Posted August 29, 2009 Author Share Posted August 29, 2009 It hasn't been updated since 2005 and doesn't list quite a few things. It works fine on my Vista HCx. I suspect it will work on your Legend HCx also. Quote Link to comment
+Rifty Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 Can confirm that ximage works fine on the legend hcx too. Quote Link to comment
+TheRedArmy Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 (edited) It hasn't been updated since 2005 and doesn't list quite a few things. It works fine on my Vista HCx. I suspect it will work on your Legend HCx also. turns out i already installed it. i used it the other day for uploading a custom POI (earthcache icon), but have no idea how to take a screen shot of my legend HCx. i'll look it it tomorrow. thanks again. Edited August 29, 2009 by brucered Quote Link to comment
+Bicycle Repairman Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 Did a software (from 3.00 to 3.10) on my Legend HCx today using the Garmins Webupdater and at the time it suggested to upgrade the chipset which I did - all works OK. Also is seems the upgrades did not remove any of the waypoints that I had in the GPS. Quote Link to comment
+TheRedArmy Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 (edited) thanks op. worked fine and thanks Allory, the image software also worked great. too bad you can't take a screen shot out in the field then upload it. i know you can just take a pic of the screen with a phone or camera , but taking a screen shot like this would be much nicer. Edited August 29, 2009 by brucered Quote Link to comment
+tumbleweed1965 Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 Ok once again i seem to be clueless...lol,I downloaded xImage installed it on mt pc,but how do I take the screenshot on my garmin? (garmin ventureHC) Quote Link to comment
Ken in Regina Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 Hey Tumbleweed, When xImage was installed on your computer it should have placed an entry in your Start menu. Start > All Programs > Garmin > xImage Under the xImage selection you should have two entries. Run the "Display xImage Help" entry and select "Downloading Screenshots". ...ken... Quote Link to comment
+Krickefinder Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Something worth noting is that when I updated my Venture Cx all the waypoint names got trashed. It was possible to delete them and reload from a MapSource backup, but would be rather annoying if they had not been backed up. I upgraded my vista Cx yesterday and the same thing happened to me... With the difference that I don't have any backup I don't visit this forum too often, so I had missed this. Anyone who knows if it might help to "downgrade" it again to 3.10? Or is that just going to make it worse? Quote Link to comment
sagc Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Something worth noting is that when I updated my Venture Cx all the waypoint names got trashed. Based on this post I backed up my Venture Cx waypoints before updating. After updating, my names were trashed as well. Restoring from backup saved me a lot of grief. Thanks for the warning, allory Quote Link to comment
guggie Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Something worth noting is that when I updated my Venture Cx all the waypoint names got trashed. Based on this post I backed up my Venture Cx waypoints before updating. After updating, my names were trashed as well. Restoring from backup saved me a lot of grief. Thanks for the warning, allory Do you notice a general decrease in screen brightness compared to earlier versions, like 2.8? My 9 month old Vista HCX with 2.8 is noticeably brighter than my son's brand new Vista HCX using version 3.1 even when set at the same slider level. Quote Link to comment
+TheRedArmy Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Something worth noting is that when I updated my Venture Cx all the waypoint names got trashed. Based on this post I backed up my Venture Cx waypoints before updating. After updating, my names were trashed as well. Restoring from backup saved me a lot of grief. Thanks for the warning, allory Do you notice a general decrease in screen brightness compared to earlier versions, like 2.8? My 9 month old Vista HCX with 2.8 is noticeably brighter than my son's brand new Vista HCX using version 3.1 even when set at the same slider level. yes. i kind of noticed it today. i used to be able to put it at 50% in the car, now it's not bright enought Quote Link to comment
+lodgebarn Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Do you notice a general decrease in screen brightness compared to earlier versions, like 2.8? My 9 month old Vista HCX with 2.8 is noticeably brighter than my son's brand new Vista HCX using version 3.1 even when set at the same slider level. yes. i kind of noticed it today. i used to be able to put it at 50% in the car, now it's not bright enought This is also happening on my Legend HCX but I think the overall operation may be a little different in that I think after you have set a brightness level the GPS automatically returns to the current brightness setting (in my case 50%) when a button is pressed which I don't remember happening before. In this scenario you have fewer keystrokes to come out of the no backlight setting which may be more useful in the field. Quote Link to comment
+lodgebarn Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 I have a problem on my Legend HCx in Geocache mode setup. I had changed my found icon to a custom icon and now when I go into Gecocache settings it displays as a corrupted bitmap. When I try and change the found icon my device just powers off. I can change the find icon with no problems. Quote Link to comment
guggie Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Do you notice a general decrease in screen brightness compared to earlier versions, like 2.8? My 9 month old Vista HCX with 2.8 is noticeably brighter than my son's brand new Vista HCX using version 3.1 even when set at the same slider level. yes. i kind of noticed it today. i used to be able to put it at 50% in the car, now it's not bright enought This is also happening on my Legend HCX but I think the overall operation may be a little different in that I think after you have set a brightness level the GPS automatically returns to the current brightness setting (in my case 50%) when a button is pressed which I don't remember happening before. In this scenario you have fewer keystrokes to come out of the no backlight setting which may be more useful in the field. My Vista HCX has always worked that way. Set the brightness where you want, press the toggle to either side to clear that slider display, and then, whenever you want, on any screen, press any button and the back light comes on at the brightness level you had set previously. It's just that my son's HCX is not as bright as mine at any setting. I'm not upgrading to 3.x if this is a new "feature" to save battery life. Quote Link to comment
guggie Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 yes. i kind of noticed it today. i used to be able to put it at 50% in the car, now it's not bright enought Is it bright enough at full brightness setting? Or is that dimmer as well when compared to what you had before? Quote Link to comment
+TheRedArmy Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 yes. i kind of noticed it today. i used to be able to put it at 50% in the car, now it's not bright enought Is it bright enough at full brightness setting? Or is that dimmer as well when compared to what you had before? i think it's overall a bit less bright, but not that big a deal. Quote Link to comment
gitarmac Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 I just got a factory refurbished vista today! It seems like it's going to be awesome, there are a few features on it that are not on my venture that seems useful, in addition to the new tracks I can save. Then I noticed the brightness not going up. I remembered reading something so I did a search here and found this thread. So I updated and the brightness worked fine (although overall not as bright as my venture). Then I noticed it "wandering". It did not know I was still, the odometer kept increasing even though I was sitting still. I kept reading this thread and saw the chipset update. I went back and checked that and it seems to have stopped the wandering. I hope I am done for now. I would have thought it would have come all updated and all seeing as how it was factory refurbished but maybe this update was more recent than the refurbish. It seems like every gps I have had has had a bug. I cannot turn "turn gps on" on my venture once I turn it off, it locks it up. That's not really a big deal though. My first one, a rino, had a couple of bad channels. That's when I swapped out for a non-radio gps. The second one started turning off by itself. The venture hc has been pretty awesome in spite of that little glitch. Sometimes I cannot get my computer to see my garmin though. I have had to reinstall communicator a few times for some reason. What an emotional rollarcoaster. I hope it's done now. I already know about the rubber band issue, I figure that's what mine was refurbished for. Quote Link to comment
gitarmac Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 I just realized something, I had recently updated my garmin nuvi 200 and it is not as bright either. I know because it was so bright I had to turn it down to 50% or lower. I'll bet the new dimmness is intentional, for conserving battery power. I don't really need it on 100% bright, and the nuvi was ridiculous at 100%. That's my theory anyway. Quote Link to comment
+HC Venturer Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Garmin's xImage software. Screenshot software also works on Venture HC. Thanks for alerting us to this feature. Quote Link to comment
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