New 276c came today!

Gummee! · 04-13-2005, 02:43 PM

Woot! Got a new toy!

My digital camera is in a buddy's truck so no pics.

The instruction manual is 3/8-1/2" thick :zzz Time to read up on how this damn thing works...

Now I can find my way back from SF next weekend.

M

Gizmo · 04-13-2005, 02:54 PM

You'll love it, it is a great machine. Good luck with it.

Gummee! · 04-13-2005, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Gizmo

You'll love it, it is a great machine. Good luck with it.

I can see it now: "HEY! The GPS sez turn here. Where?! Here! Wha?" WHAM! as I'm looking at the screen instead of the road...

M

BurnieM · 04-13-2005, 04:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SDMike

I can see it now: "HEY! The GPS sez turn here. Where?! Here! Wha?" WHAM! as I'm looking at the screen instead of the road...

M

Yep, just like your first radio/cassette
But you adjust or die :)
Have fun

jkam · 04-13-2005, 04:19 PM

You played with it long enough to figure out if you will need topo for your ride out in the desert?

Gummee! · 04-13-2005, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by jkam

You played with it long enough to figure out if you will need topo for your ride out in the desert?

Nope. I just got the City Select uploaded. Got the GPS set to show me dirt roads only. Gotta get some data in there for the roads to show up...

Hey! While I've got yer attention, do the Garmin memory cards interface with anything else or am I screwed into buying theirs? Along with that, how much memory does your average track take up?

M

jkam · 04-13-2005, 05:16 PM

As far as I know, You're screwed, proprietary memory cards.
Tracks don't take up much memory, but I'm not sure just how much.

KTOOMER · 04-13-2005, 05:38 PM

what topo maps is everyone using for the 276c?

stevenknapp · 04-13-2005, 06:46 PM

As far as I know, You're screwed, proprietary memory cards.

Glisson (aka gpsgeek.com) has some 3rd party ones, but last I looked they didn't make a 256MB one. Just checked, and they aren't in stock either.

http://www.gpsgeek.com/page6.html

Tracks don't take up much memory, but I'm not sure just how much.

The track logs have their own RAM inside the unit, they do not use the memory card.

I forget how many points the 276 log is, but it's darn long, espically if you're willing to turn the resolution of the track logs down a bit. I think I've had at least 600mi worth of track log marked every 100ft. Oh, and each time you power the unit up/down it marks that in the track log, so when you upload it later it's really easy to find your stops.

Also the 10 or so "saved" track logs have their own memory. 1000 points each, if your log is longer it just condenses it down to 1000points, you loose some resolution. The desktop SW didn't do this for me, it instead truncated it.

KTOOMER · 04-13-2005, 07:18 PM

so what if it has propriotery cards...the bigger problem is that it won't work on a mac

Gummee! · 04-13-2005, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by KTOOMER

so what if it has propriotery cards...the bigger problem is that it won't work on a mac

...and I care why???

PC's baby!

M

04-13-2005, 02:43 PM	#1
Gummee! Toothless Adventurer! Joined: May 2004 Location: Tucson, AZ... for now! Oddometer: 15,860	New 276c came today! Woot! Got a new toy! My digital camera is in a buddy's truck so no pics. The instruction manual is 3/8-1/2" thick :zzz Time to read up on how this damn thing works... Now I can find my way back from SF next weekend. M __________________ A rolling stone gathers no moss...

04-13-2005, 02:54 PM	#2
Gizmo Hermes Joined: Apr 2003 Location: Phoenix, AZ Oddometer: 687	You'll love it, it is a great machine. Good luck with it. __________________ Regards & Ride Safe! Bruce 09' Orange Tiger 1050 Phoenix, AZ IBA # 8547

04-13-2005, 04:19 PM	#5
jkam Nomadic Man Joined: Jul 2001 Location: Somewhere out there Oddometer: 3,380	You played with it long enough to figure out if you will need topo for your ride out in the desert? __________________ Jay

04-13-2005, 05:16 PM	#7
jkam Nomadic Man Joined: Jul 2001 Location: Somewhere out there Oddometer: 3,380	As far as I know, You're screwed, proprietary memory cards. Tracks don't take up much memory, but I'm not sure just how much. __________________ Jay

04-13-2005, 05:38 PM	#8
KTOOMER ad-vent-ure man Joined: Apr 2005 Location: ALCAN5000 Oddometer: 533	what topo maps is everyone using for the 276c? __________________ "one man crazy...the other half-sane" 2005 KTM 450EXC 2007 BMW 1200ADV (ON ORDER) W6ZZW

04-13-2005, 06:46 PM	#9
stevenknapp Beastly Adventurer Joined: Sep 2001 Location: Grayslake, IL, USA Oddometer: 1,214	As far as I know, You're screwed, proprietary memory cards. Glisson (aka gpsgeek.com) has some 3rd party ones, but last I looked they didn't make a 256MB one. Just checked, and they aren't in stock either. http://www.gpsgeek.com/page6.html Tracks don't take up much memory, but I'm not sure just how much. The track logs have their own RAM inside the unit, they do not use the memory card. I forget how many points the 276 log is, but it's darn long, espically if you're willing to turn the resolution of the track logs down a bit. I think I've had at least 600mi worth of track log marked every 100ft. Oh, and each time you power the unit up/down it marks that in the track log, so when you upload it later it's really easy to find your stops. Also the 10 or so "saved" track logs have their own memory. 1000 points each, if your log is longer it just condenses it down to 1000points, you loose some resolution. The desktop SW didn't do this for me, it instead truncated it.

04-13-2005, 07:18 PM	#10
KTOOMER ad-vent-ure man Joined: Apr 2005 Location: ALCAN5000 Oddometer: 533	so what if it has propriotery cards...the bigger problem is that it won't work on a mac __________________ "one man crazy...the other half-sane" 2005 KTM 450EXC 2007 BMW 1200ADV (ON ORDER) W6ZZW

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