276c reception

janders · 02-11-2005, 10:10 AM

I had a little Garmin eTrex with one of those crappy patch antennas that I used to ride with from time to time on my last bike. Any time I'd ride on a road with trees on the side of the road, it would lose satellite reception. Since the point of this GS I'm riding is to get out into the woods, it would seem silly to get a GPS that only works in the greasy spoon parking lot. How's the reception on the 276c in wooded areas? Say, like your average forest service road? Does it cut in and out or is the reception pretty solid?

Twilight Error · 02-11-2005, 10:30 AM

Much, much better.

The 276C uses a totally different antenna that is much more sensitive. Expect good reception under all but the densest tree cover, and then then its not bad.

hava98 · 02-11-2005, 01:13 PM

Along the same lines, anyone know if there's some sort of a neoprene/plastic cover available on the market for 276C? I know they're waterproof enough and all, but I'd like to prevent the fine dust and mud from accumulating on or inside the tiny nooks and crannies of this fine piece of equipment. I just ordered one from the fine folks at Cycoactive and it should be here on Monday, just in time for a Valentine's Day present "for use in Havawife's car."

Never mind the Touratech mount, dear, it just came with it.

Didn't find anything on google, so I was thinking of using saran wrap or something similar.

(sp?) · 02-11-2005, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by hava98

Along the same lines, anyone know if there's some sort of a neoprene/plastic cover available on the market for 276C? I know they're waterproof enough and all, but I'd like to prevent the fine dust and mud from accumulating on or inside the tiny nooks and crannies of this fine piece of equipment. I just ordered one from the fine folks at Cycoactive and it should be here on Monday, just in time for a Valentine's Day present "for use in Havawife's car."

Never mind the Touratech mount, dear, it just came with it.

Didn't find anything on google, so I was thinking of using saran wrap or something similar.

I stuck one of those PDA screen protectors on the screen of my 276. It's just a piece of film that sticks on. The one for my iPAQ 5500 happened to be close enough in size.

Kaumajet · 02-11-2005, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by hava98

Along the same lines, anyone know if there's some sort of a neoprene/plastic cover available on the market for 276C? I know they're waterproof enough and all, but I'd like to prevent the fine dust and mud from accumulating on or inside the tiny nooks and crannies of this fine piece of equipment. I just ordered one from the fine folks at Cycoactive and it should be here on Monday, just in time for a Valentine's Day present "for use in Havawife's car."

Never mind the Touratech mount, dear, it just came with it.

Didn't find anything on google, so I was thinking of using saran wrap or something similar.

Shower cap.

Bart · 02-11-2005, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by BradVardy

Shower cap.

You mean Canadian size Condom don't you?

BigDogAdventures.com · 02-11-2005, 07:46 PM

Your are worrying over nothing and wasting your time trying to protect a Garmin GPS from dirts sand and mud---------it needs no protection------I have drug my Garmins thru the deserts of Arizona---sand and mud of Mexico---snow and sleet of the Divide---and torrential downpours--------it still looks and works like new. Been doing this for many years.

hava98 · 02-11-2005, 11:45 PM

Thanks, BigDog. That makes me feel a lot better about the need to protect my investment.

Hotshot · 02-12-2005, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by BigDogAdventures.com

Your are worrying over nothing and wasting your time trying to protect a Garmin GPS from dirts sand and mud---------it needs no protection------I have drug my Garmins thru the deserts of Arizona---sand and mud of Mexico---snow and sleet of the Divide---and torrential downpours--------it still looks and works like new. Been doing this for many years.

Same here. It's almost bullet proof. Mounted my 176c on my KDX, which landed upside down, several times I might add, and it kept on tickin'! Have over 30k miles on mine in all sorts of conditions!

Moraflex · 12-01-2007, 02:21 PM

A Little Note for all concerning GPS reception.....Standard 12 channel GPS reception is very old technology and can be off up to 160 feet, and all but a select few offer only this way of reception. It will crap out under most tree cover and tight canyons. The new technology is SiRFlll chipset. I have a gps receiver using SiRFlll, and in the basement of our house it locks on in 5 minutes. I mean in the room under all the overburden with no windows. Outside it locks on anywhere in less than 15 seconds and about 1 minute under very dense tree cover. I have never lost signal outdoors and it has an error of only 3 feet and slightly worse in tree cover.

If you can, look for GPS's with SiRFlll chipset technology.

HMR · 12-02-2007, 07:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Moraflex

If you can, look for GPS's with SiRFlll chipset technology.

Right. But there is no high resolution GPS available with a high sensitive receiver. (Except the Nuvi 760 but that's not a rugged device.)

The 276C, and my 278, are based on stone-age GPS technology. These are marine units and out on the open sea they work fine. But among high trees reception is often an issue.

Very important to keep the antenna pointed EXACTLY uppwards. Not leaning more than 15 degrees in any direction.

The only alternative I can see to my 278 would be a 60CX. Better reception but less map detail. My choice still is the 276C or 278 since map detail during 99% of the ride is better than poor map detail during 100% of the ride.

tvnav · 12-02-2007, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by HMR

The only alternative I can see to my 278 would be a 60CX. Better reception but less map detail.

Why do you think the 60Cx has less map detail? It doesn't.

tbirdsp · 12-02-2007, 12:24 PM

I ASSume he's just talking about the screen size

TomW · 12-02-2007, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by tbirdsp

I Assume he's just talking about the screen size

I have both. He's talking about the screen size, screen resolution, and screen refresh rate (the time it takes to redraw the screen when something changes). The new '60s have the more sensitive receiver, but the screen is clearly (pun intended) very much better with respect to these values on the 'x76/'x78 series. The larger marine units work just fine for me in mixed riding in woods and open terrain approximately 99.65789% of the time. If I want to know where I am in my basement I'll use the '60, otherwise I'll choose the 'x76.

Cheers.

tbirdsp · 12-02-2007, 11:51 PM

Never used a 276c but I highly doubt the refresh rate is better than the 60Cx. Have you compared both?

02-11-2005, 10:10 AM	#1
janders He likes monkeys Joined: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle, WA Oddometer: 372	276c reception I had a little Garmin eTrex with one of those crappy patch antennas that I used to ride with from time to time on my last bike. Any time I'd ride on a road with trees on the side of the road, it would lose satellite reception. Since the point of this GS I'm riding is to get out into the woods, it would seem silly to get a GPS that only works in the greasy spoon parking lot. How's the reception on the 276c in wooded areas? Say, like your average forest service road? Does it cut in and out or is the reception pretty solid?

02-11-2005, 10:30 AM	#2
Twilight Error Girly girl Joined: May 2002 Location: Living comfort eagle Oddometer: 18,198	Much, much better. The 276C uses a totally different antenna that is much more sensitive. Expect good reception under all but the densest tree cover, and then then its not bad. __________________ Lead me not into temptation, I can find the way myself - Rita Mae Brown Life has enough nastiness in it without spending my leisure time immersed in it. - QBOTU Forced Religion stinks in the nostrils of God - Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island. You may think you're the Captain of me, but I'm your Coffin Ship from Hell - Flogging Molly

02-11-2005, 01:13 PM	#3
hava98 behind the Orange Curtain Joined: Jun 2004 Location: Orange County, CA Oddometer: 597	Along the same lines, anyone know if there's some sort of a neoprene/plastic cover available on the market for 276C? I know they're waterproof enough and all, but I'd like to prevent the fine dust and mud from accumulating on or inside the tiny nooks and crannies of this fine piece of equipment. I just ordered one from the fine folks at Cycoactive and it should be here on Monday, just in time for a Valentine's Day present "for use in Havawife's car." Never mind the Touratech mount, dear, it just came with it. Didn't find anything on google, so I was thinking of using saran wrap or something similar. __________________ 2005 DRZ 400S mods - too many to list 2007 DL 650

02-11-2005, 07:46 PM	#7
BigDogAdventures.com Fart Letter Joined: Sep 2003 Location: Mt. Vernon, Illinois Oddometer: 2,115	Your are worrying over nothing and wasting your time trying to protect a Garmin GPS from dirts sand and mud---------it needs no protection------I have drug my Garmins thru the deserts of Arizona---sand and mud of Mexico---snow and sleet of the Divide---and torrential downpours--------it still looks and works like new. Been doing this for many years. __________________ Mark Sampson Click here for BigDogs full length DVD movies http://bigdogadventures.com/Video.htm www.bigdogadventures.com Why in the heck did you buy a 250 ?? "Because they were all out of 175's" "He who dies with the biggest gas tank--wins" ! "The less the merrier" "I'm so old, I don't even buy green bananas"--Quote: Jimmy Dickens "The older I get--the bigger my rear sprocket gets" "Don't follow me--you won't make it"!!!

02-11-2005, 11:45 PM	#8
hava98 behind the Orange Curtain Joined: Jun 2004 Location: Orange County, CA Oddometer: 597	Thanks, BigDog. That makes me feel a lot better about the need to protect my investment. __________________ 2005 DRZ 400S mods - too many to list 2007 DL 650

12-01-2007, 02:21 PM	#10
Moraflex Ride like the wind Joined: Sep 2007 Location: San Dimas California Oddometer: 1,076	A Little Note for all concerning GPS reception.....Standard 12 channel GPS reception is very old technology and can be off up to 160 feet, and all but a select few offer only this way of reception. It will crap out under most tree cover and tight canyons. The new technology is SiRFlll chipset. I have a gps receiver using SiRFlll, and in the basement of our house it locks on in 5 minutes. I mean in the room under all the overburden with no windows. Outside it locks on anywhere in less than 15 seconds and about 1 minute under very dense tree cover. I have never lost signal outdoors and it has an error of only 3 feet and slightly worse in tree cover. If you can, look for GPS's with SiRFlll chipset technology.

12-02-2007, 12:24 PM	#13
tbirdsp REMF Joined: Mar 2002 Location: Nebraska Oddometer: 5,766	I ASSume he's just talking about the screen size __________________ Mike S. '07 Kawasaki KLX250S '06 Kawasaki KLR650 '98 Kawasaki KDX200 '93 Honda ST1100 '76 Suzuki RM370A(parting out) AMA MSTA STOC http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/...orcycleriders/

12-02-2007, 11:51 PM	#15
tbirdsp REMF Joined: Mar 2002 Location: Nebraska Oddometer: 5,766	Never used a 276c but I highly doubt the refresh rate is better than the 60Cx. Have you compared both? __________________ Mike S. '07 Kawasaki KLX250S '06 Kawasaki KLR650 '98 Kawasaki KDX200 '93 Honda ST1100 '76 Suzuki RM370A(parting out) AMA MSTA STOC http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/...orcycleriders/

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