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I have 4 garmins for my boat, dingy and car. I have owned 7 garmins in
total for the past 10+ years. I rarely use the input on the front panel... instead I use the Garmin software and upload and download my waypoints with my computer. This allows me to sync all the boat/dingy GPSs with minimal effort and it allows me to make backup and archive copies. There are also third party software and Free-ware packages to do this with Garmin or Furuno. Just make sure your unit supports uploads and downloads and either comes with a cable or they are EZ to get. (Many of the new small cheap garmins that they sell at Circuit city etc for 200 include cables) For my fixed mount unit(2006) I built the cable into the boat and I just go into the cabin and connect my laptop to it. Chuck Bollinger wrote: At the Work Boat Show (Seattle) on Friday I was looking for a fixed mount GPS to replace my beloved Micrologic Mariner which is showing some senility. I found the Garmin GPS 152 and the Furuno GP-32 and 37. They'd probably do the job. Thing is, though, neither of them has a keypad. So I'd like to know from a user just how, and how quickly, a waypoint can be entered. Ever since I had a laptop disaster I've taken to putting waypoints in manually as I need them rather than storing more than a couple. It takes less than 10 seconds on my Mariner. How about either of these two units. Alternatively, can someone recommend perhaps another unit, like these two, that does have a keypad entry? Thanks |
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