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Harbingers of Spring
Saw a few spring birds out the yard this morning, so, cold as it is, we
must be getting close to a seasonal change - I hope. Put out some seed for them in our backyard feeders - they gotta be hungry. Dug my Garmin GPS out of its winter hiding place, took off the dust cover, and used my "accessory" two wire cord to plug it in and then logged onto Garmin's site to see if there was a software update. There was. Downloaded it, transferred it onto an SD card and...voila! Now, if warm weather would only get here. The Garmin system software is fine, but I sure don't have much good to say about its "Mapsource" software to add waypoints and suchlike from your computer to the unit. It's klunky. |
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Harbingers of Spring
"HK" wrote in message ... Saw a few spring birds out the yard this morning, so, cold as it is, we must be getting close to a seasonal change - I hope. Put out some seed for them in our backyard feeders - they gotta be hungry. Dug my Garmin GPS out of its winter hiding place, took off the dust cover, and used my "accessory" two wire cord to plug it in and then logged onto Garmin's site to see if there was a software update. There was. Downloaded it, transferred it onto an SD card and...voila! Now, if warm weather would only get here. The Garmin system software is fine, but I sure don't have much good to say about its "Mapsource" software to add waypoints and suchlike from your computer to the unit. It's klunky. I called their help line yesterday about switching maps on my GPSMAP 60Cx. After buying the unit at a Costco online sale in October last year, I went out and bought the Blue chart for coastal Nova Scotia. Everything worked fine...although I do find the screen a bit small. For Christmap I received the Topo map software for Canada. Since the 64 mg microSD memory card can't hold it all...I just added the topo maps for the Maritime provinces. Problem was...I didn't know how to switch back and forth from marine to topo maps on the handheld. It was easy on the computer... but confusing for the 60 Cx. Took 10 seconds to get the simple steps pointed out and now I'm good to go. |
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Harbingers of Spring
On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:34:37 -0500, HK wrote:
Saw a few spring birds out the yard this morning, so, cold as it is, we must be getting close to a seasonal change - I hope. Put out some seed for them in our backyard feeders - they gotta be hungry. I usually poison them. Damn birds. |
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Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:34:37 -0500, HK wrote: Saw a few spring birds out the yard this morning, so, cold as it is, we must be getting close to a seasonal change - I hope. Put out some seed for them in our backyard feeders - they gotta be hungry. I usually poison them. Damn birds. You're a sick puppy. |
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On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:09:57 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote: On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:34:37 -0500, HK wrote: Saw a few spring birds out the yard this morning, so, cold as it is, we must be getting close to a seasonal change - I hope. Put out some seed for them in our backyard feeders - they gotta be hungry. I usually poison them. Damn birds. Kill this little guy? http://tinyurl.com/34kn8y For shame... -- John H |
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On Feb 14, 9:10*am, wrote:
On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:34:37 -0500, HK wrote: Saw a few spring birds out the yard this morning, so, cold as it is, we must be getting close to a seasonal change - I hope. Put out some seed for them in our backyard feeders - they gotta be hungry. Dug my Garmin GPS out of its winter hiding place, took off the dust cover, and used my "accessory" two wire cord to plug it in and then logged onto Garmin's site to see if there was a software update. There was. Downloaded it, transferred it onto an SD card and...voila! *Now, if warm weather would only get here. The Garmin system software is fine, but I sure don't have much good to say about its "Mapsource" software to add waypoints and suchlike from your computer to the unit. It's klunky. You must be doing it wrong, or trying to "guess" how to do it without bothering to read the manual. There's nothing particularly clunky about it. I have no problems with mine, either. |
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On Feb 14, 9:33*am, wrote:
On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:21:59 -0800 (PST), wrote: On Feb 14, 9:10*am, wrote: On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:34:37 -0500, HK wrote: Saw a few spring birds out the yard this morning, so, cold as it is, we must be getting close to a seasonal change - I hope. Put out some seed for them in our backyard feeders - they gotta be hungry. Dug my Garmin GPS out of its winter hiding place, took off the dust cover, and used my "accessory" two wire cord to plug it in and then logged onto Garmin's site to see if there was a software update. There was. Downloaded it, transferred it onto an SD card and...voila! *Now, if warm weather would only get here. The Garmin system software is fine, but I sure don't have much good to say about its "Mapsource" software to add waypoints and suchlike from your computer to the unit. It's klunky. You must be doing it wrong, or trying to "guess" how to do it without bothering to read the manual. There's nothing particularly clunky about it. I have no problems with mine, either. It's VERY complicated! select the "waypoint tool" which is the little green flag icon in the menu bar click on the point where you want to create a waypoint. a window pops up where you can name the waypoint, (requires typing the name) select what icon it will use if other than default black square is desired (drop down menu) select what category or categories it will be listed in (check boxes) Optional: a "comment" if wanted and a few otther parameters. Most of the time, all you need to do is name it and select what categories you want it listed under. Done.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Yeah, but you know that Harry probably has a limited addition beta, not released to the public, only him and three other people in the world allowed access. Just like his music, and his software! At least that will be his claim. I wonder if he uses his Garmin on his lobster boat? |
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On Feb 14, 11:53*am, wrote:
On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:36:49 -0500, HK wrote: wrote: On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:21:59 -0800 (PST), wrote: On Feb 14, 9:10 am, wrote: On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:34:37 -0500, HK wrote: Saw a few spring birds out the yard this morning, so, cold as it is, we must be getting close to a seasonal change - I hope. Put out some seed for them in our backyard feeders - they gotta be hungry. Dug my Garmin GPS out of its winter hiding place, took off the dust cover, and used my "accessory" two wire cord to plug it in and then logged onto Garmin's site to see if there was a software update. There was. Downloaded it, transferred it onto an SD card and...voila! *Now, if warm weather would only get here. The Garmin system software is fine, but I sure don't have much good to say about its "Mapsource" software to add waypoints and suchlike from your computer to the unit. It's klunky. You must be doing it wrong, or trying to "guess" how to do it without bothering to read the manual. There's nothing particularly clunky about it. I have no problems with mine, either. It's VERY complicated! select the "waypoint tool" which is the little green flag icon in the menu bar click on the point where you want to create a waypoint. a window pops up where you can name the waypoint, (requires typing the name) select what icon it will use if other than default black square is desired (drop down menu) select what category or categories it will be listed in (check boxes) Optional: a "comment" if wanted and a few otther parameters. Most of the time, all you need to do is name it and select what categories you want it listed under. Done. Not quite. Oh, yeah, you have to click on "Okay" after the above grueling and tortuous procedure. I have Mapsource open on my computer right now for reference. If I missed something, please specify what it might be. I'm beginning to suspect that you do not actually own a Garmin, but made a post based on some ignorant magazine review written by someone with a skill set similar to your own.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - My 12 year old likes to do my updates, waypoints etc. for me. |
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On Feb 14, 1:08*pm, wrote:
On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:58:17 -0800 (PST), wrote: On Feb 14, 11:53*am, wrote: On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:36:49 -0500, HK wrote: wrote: On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:21:59 -0800 (PST), wrote: On Feb 14, 9:10 am, wrote: On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:34:37 -0500, HK wrote: Saw a few spring birds out the yard this morning, so, cold as it is, we must be getting close to a seasonal change - I hope. Put out some seed for them in our backyard feeders - they gotta be hungry. Dug my Garmin GPS out of its winter hiding place, took off the dust cover, and used my "accessory" two wire cord to plug it in and then logged onto Garmin's site to see if there was a software update. There was. Downloaded it, transferred it onto an SD card and...voila! *Now, if warm weather would only get here. The Garmin system software is fine, but I sure don't have much good to say about its "Mapsource" software to add waypoints and suchlike from your computer to the unit. It's klunky. You must be doing it wrong, or trying to "guess" how to do it without bothering to read the manual. There's nothing particularly clunky about it. I have no problems with mine, either. It's VERY complicated! select the "waypoint tool" which is the little green flag icon in the menu bar click on the point where you want to create a waypoint. a window pops up where you can name the waypoint, (requires typing the name) select what icon it will use if other than default black square is desired (drop down menu) select what category or categories it will be listed in (check boxes) Optional: a "comment" if wanted and a few otther parameters. Most of the time, all you need to do is name it and select what categories you want it listed under. Done. Not quite. Oh, yeah, you have to click on "Okay" after the above grueling and tortuous procedure. I have Mapsource open on my computer right now for reference. If I missed something, please specify what it might be. I'm beginning to suspect that you do not actually own a Garmin, but made a post based on some ignorant magazine review written by someone with a skill set similar to your own.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - My 12 year old likes to do my updates, waypoints etc. for me. ...and can probably read a book and play a video game while doing it.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Yep! |
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