Help with Garmin Vista HCx in Las Vegas

[+imamachine]

I recently bought a Vista HCx for geocaching and I just can't seem to get it to work...anyone have one in Vegas and a few minutes to show me how to properly use it??

[+Kris32]

You might try posting to Nevadageocaching.com. There are events coming up where someone might be able to help you.

[+imamachine]

Thanks! I'll try to make the one at Western Trails park.

[+SD Rowdies]

Thanks! I'll try to make the one at Western Trails park.

Download owner's manual at

https://buy.garmin.com/shop/store/manual.jsp?product=010-00630-00&cID=145&pID=8703&ra=true

Edited November 6, 2011 by SD Rowdies

[+imamachine]

Thanks! I'll try to make the one at Western Trails park.

Download owner's manual at

https://buy.garmin.com/shop/store/manual.jsp?product=010-00630-00&cID=145&pID=8703&ra=true

 

Thanks, I've got a hard copy of the manual and it doesn't say much about geocaching. I downloaded one cache on to it from the site. The map view says, "Ready to Navigate" but the compass view doesn't have anything in it, the distance is blank and the needle is missing. When I select the cache from the find menu it does display the distance there.

[+SD Rowdies]

Thanks! I'll try to make the one at Western Trails park.

Download owner's manual at

https://buy.garmin.com/shop/store/manual.jsp?product=010-00630-00&cID=145&pID=8703&ra=true

 

Thanks, I've got a hard copy of the manual and it doesn't say much about geocaching. I downloaded one cache on to it from the site. The map view says, "Ready to Navigate" but the compass view doesn't have anything in it, the distance is blank and the needle is missing. When I select the cache from the find menu it does display the distance there.

Assuming that you want to be a serious Geocacher, it's time

for you to spend some money. Three items that will bring joy

to your Geocaching are (1) a mapping software program,

(2) GSAK software, and (3) Geocaching.com membership.

 

Buy Mapsource software from Garmin and buy GSAK software

from gsak.net.

 

Mapsource will enable you to load detailed regional maps into

your GPS receiver to replace the simplified base-maps that

are provided with new units. Either City Navigator or topo

maps are available to suit you taste as either an urban

Geocacher or a trail Geocacher, or both. With Mapsource you

can view the location of Geocaching Waypoints and also interface

these views with Google Earth Street View; no charge for Google

Earth by the way but you can donate to the aged Geocachers

support fund if you are a compassionate person ... unlike a few

heartless San Diego Count Geocachers that shall remain anonymous

even though they are well known in said area for their lack of

compassion for poor ol' men unmentioned here eccept by way of

association with this posting. (They know who they are!)

 

The GSAK software is a database-management software program

used to view and arrange Geocaching waypoints, and then

download selected waypoints into your GPS receiver. This opens

the door for you to make use of Pocket Queries assuming that

you have joined Geocaching.com as a Premium Member.

 

By the way, the compass needle is visible only when a waypoint

is selected.

 

Questions?

 

Poor ol' Harmon

SD Rowdies

 

p.s. Post lots of photos to fill up your profile gallery.

Edited November 6, 2011 by SD Rowdies

[+imamachine]

Thanks! I'll try to make the one at Western Trails park.

Download owner's manual at

https://buy.garmin.com/shop/store/manual.jsp?product=010-00630-00&cID=145&pID=8703&ra=true

 

Thanks, I've got a hard copy of the manual and it doesn't say much about geocaching. I downloaded one cache on to it from the site. The map view says, "Ready to Navigate" but the compass view doesn't have anything in it, the distance is blank and the needle is missing. When I select the cache from the find menu it does display the distance there.

Assuming that you want to be a serious Geocacher, it's time

for you to spend some money. Three items that will bring joy

to your Geocaching are (1) a mapping software program,

(2) GSAK software, and (3) Geocaching.com membership.

 

Buy Mapsource software from Garmin and buy GSAK software

from gsak.net.

 

Mapsource will enable you to load detailed regional maps into

your GPS receiver to replace the simplified base-maps that

are provided with new units. Either City Navigator or topo

maps are available to suit you taste as either an urban

Geocacher or a trail Geocacher, or both. With Mapsource you

can view the location of Geocaching Waypoints and also interface

these views with Google Earth Street View; no charge for Google

Earth by the way but you can donate to the aged Geocachers

support fund if you are a compassionate person ... unlike a few

heartless San Diego Count Geocachers that shall remain anonymous

even though they are well known in said area for their lack of

compassion for poor ol' men unmentioned here eccept by way of

association with this posting. (They know who they are!)

 

The GSAK software is a database-management software program

used to view and arrange Geocaching waypoints, and then

download selected waypoints into your GPS receiver. This opens

the door for you to make use of Pocket Queries assuming that

you have joined Geocaching.com as a Premium Member.

 

By the way, the compass needle is visible only when a waypoint

is selected.

 

Questions?

 

Poor ol' Harmon

SD Rowdies

 

p.s. Post lots of photos to fill up your profile gallery.

 

I've had the premium membership for a few months and I finally downloaded GSAK today. I spent hours and hours trying to get the GPS to work, I finally downloaded an update for the Garmin and that seemed to take care of my main problem...but after watching several tutorials and downloading umpteen other programs things aren't exactly going smooth, ha ha. For one, when I do a pocket queire it doesn't email the results to my inbox even though the address is correct and it's not going to my spam folder. Also when I do put a few geocaching waypoints onto the Garmin it starts giving me directions starting from a location a few miles away...although when I get close to the cache it does take me to ground zero.

 

I do have Garmin's 2008 topo map. Mapsource will really let you see google images on the eTrex? That would be great!

 

Almost all of my photos are on my dead laptop And most of those are not suitable for publishing on the internet ha ha.

[+SD Rowdies]

Thanks! I'll try to make the one at Western Trails park.

Download owner's manual at

https://buy.garmin.com/shop/store/manual.jsp?product=010-00630-00&cID=145&pID=8703&ra=true

 

Thanks, I've got a hard copy of the manual and it doesn't say much about geocaching. I downloaded one cache on to it from the site. The map view says, "Ready to Navigate" but the compass view doesn't have anything in it, the distance is blank and the needle is missing. When I select the cache from the find menu it does display the distance there.

Assuming that you want to be a serious Geocacher, it's time

for you to spend some money. Three items that will bring joy

to your Geocaching are (1) a mapping software program,

(2) GSAK software, and (3) Geocaching.com membership.

 

Buy Mapsource software from Garmin and buy GSAK software

from gsak.net.

 

Mapsource will enable you to load detailed regional maps into

your GPS receiver to replace the simplified base-maps that

are provided with new units. Either City Navigator or topo

maps are available to suit you taste as either an urban

Geocacher or a trail Geocacher, or both. With Mapsource you

can view the location of Geocaching Waypoints and also interface

these views with Google Earth Street View; no charge for Google

Earth by the way but you can donate to the aged Geocachers

support fund if you are a compassionate person ... unlike a few

heartless San Diego Count Geocachers that shall remain anonymous

even though they are well known in said area for their lack of

compassion for poor ol' men unmentioned here eccept by way of

association with this posting. (They know who they are!)

 

The GSAK software is a database-management software program

used to view and arrange Geocaching waypoints, and then

download selected waypoints into your GPS receiver. This opens

the door for you to make use of Pocket Queries assuming that

you have joined Geocaching.com as a Premium Member.

 

By the way, the compass needle is visible only when a waypoint

is selected.

 

Questions?

 

Poor ol' Harmon

SD Rowdies

 

p.s. Post lots of photos to fill up your profile gallery.

 

I've had the premium membership for a few months and I finally downloaded GSAK today. I spent hours and hours trying to get the GPS to work, I finally downloaded an update for the Garmin and that seemed to take care of my main problem...but after watching several tutorials and downloading umpteen other programs things aren't exactly going smooth, ha ha. For one, when I do a pocket queire it doesn't email the results to my inbox even though the address is correct and it's not going to my spam folder. Also when I do put a few geocaching waypoints onto the Garmin it starts giving me directions starting from a location a few miles away...although when I get close to the cache it does take me to ground zero.

 

I do have Garmin's 2008 topo map. Mapsource will really let you see google images on the eTrex? That would be great!

 

Almost all of my photos are on my dead laptop And most of those are not suitable for publishing on the internet ha ha.

Go to "Your Account Details" page and check the entry for

"Your Validated E-Mail Addresses." Pocket Query emails

should be delivered to the validated email addresses shown.

 

Mapsource under the "View/View in Google Earth" option of the

menu bar will call-up Google Earth and show any Geocaches

being displayed on Mapsource.

[+imamachine]

Ha, so I figured out the email problem...I thought yesterday was Tuesday. Now that I try it today and I know it is Friday the email comes through fine. So now when I upload the .csv file from GSAK onto my GPS, only 50 waypoints come up. This still happens even if I skip GSAK and just use the PC zip file. The PC generated 136 points. I have a 2GB card installed so there should be plenty of space.

 

The GPS also still wants to start me out at a point on Las Vegas Blvd instead of wherever I am currently located. The arrow pointer and compass needle point in the right direction but if you wanted to follow the street directions the don't start at the correct oregin.

 

I'll check out Mapsource, thanks for the info!

[ao318]

The unit only displays the closest 50 caches. If you want to see all 136, you will need to change your viewing option to "show by name" not closest.