I felt bad when I realised new models were coming out 1 month after I payed
for my 292. Now I feel much better. I just checked the manual. The 292
(similar to your 392 and 492) does both trackback and reverse route. Also it
holds 300 wpt in each of the 50 routes. Not to make you feel bad (really),
but it seems like 292/392/492 is the last proper gps from garmin ? It even
lets you chhose between the ordinary data cards and teh to-expensive G2
maps. Only problem is that it's on the old proprietary cartridges.

Bjarke




"Jeff" wrote in message
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* Bjarke M. Christensen wrote, On 6/18/2007 1:29 AM:

Thanks for the response ...

My almost new (and cheaper) Garmin 292 can hold 50 routes.

Yes, it seems like they decided that too many routes are bad - they
certainly can't save much money by only giving me 20.

Don't know how to add a wpt in the route using the table,

At least you get a table! Leaving this out seems to be a signal that
routes are considered bad.

but it's quite easy i the graphic mode. Show the route on the screen, use
the cursor to mark the "sub-leg" where you want insert af wpt. Press
enter and use the cursor to place the new inserted wpt.

This works on mine for inserting a wpt between two existing, but not for
adding on the end. Without reversing routes, wpts get used in multiple
routes, so moving them to insert others is not a good solution either.


You can use the mapsource PC program to reverse routes, but I think your
right it becomes a seperate route.

Yes, but since all charts are built in (i.e. already paid for and no PC
software) I don't have that option, unless there's a way to get MapSource
for free. In fact, the cheap Waypoint Manager does not list the new
products in its compatibility chart. I was able to use Coastal Explorer
to patch up my favorite routes, but that requires having a PC connected to
the GPS. I don't think I can transfer gpx files with the SD card, and I
haven't found any freebe software that works with the Garmin format on the
SD.

Have you tried the trackback function ? It might meet your need.

It might, if I had Traceback! That's another feature Garmin decided I
don't deserve!

This has led me to believe that my old way of using the GPS may be
"obsolete." Perhaps routes shouldn't be reversible because the new GPS is
accurate to each side of even the narrowest channel. The track display is
so prominent that a traceback function might not be needed. And the screen
display is so large and fast that finding the next mark to go to is not an
ordeal.

But still, it seems like Garmin wants us to use routes as disposable, one
time entities, not something to be refined and reused over and over.