JimS
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Fri Dec 10, 2004 5:46 am Post subject:
Going from the Garmin III+ to the 60cs. Some noob qustions. |
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I just upgraded from a Garmin III+ to the Garmin 60cs. I had used my
III+ for motorcycle touring and it worked out just fine. I could
usually find my way around ok with just the base map. The road detail
was pretty good, no matter what state I was in.
Today I received my 60cs. I bought it because I wanted to do some
bushwacking and some geocaching, BUT I'm a little disappointed at
the lack of road map detail. Nothing even close to what was on my
III+.
If I wanted to take a cross country road trip, and not have to rely on
Interstate travel, how could I make the 60cs comparable to the III+?
Will I have to bring along a laptop, just to load maps in as I go?
Also in the map screen I am showing quite a few multi colored dots
with.....
FL G 4S
Q R
FL G 2.5S
FL R 6s
etc, etc, I can find no mention of these in the manual. What are they?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
TIA |
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Gus
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Fri Dec 10, 2004 8:52 am Post subject:
Re: Going from the Garmin III+ to the 60cs. Some noob qustio |
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The dots are marine nav lights. i.e. FG 2.5 means
flashing Green light of 2.5 second duration.
"JimS" <jc@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | I just upgraded from a Garmin III+ to the Garmin 60cs. I had used my
III+ for motorcycle touring and it worked out just fine. I could
usually find my way around ok with just the base map. The road detail
was pretty good, no matter what state I was in.
Today I received my 60cs. I bought it because I wanted to do some
bushwacking and some geocaching, BUT I'm a little disappointed at
the lack of road map detail. Nothing even close to what was on my
III+.
If I wanted to take a cross country road trip, and not have to rely on
Interstate travel, how could I make the 60cs comparable to the III+?
Will I have to bring along a laptop, just to load maps in as I go?
Also in the map screen I am showing quite a few multi colored dots
with.....
FL G 4S
Q R
FL G 2.5S
FL R 6s
etc, etc, I can find no mention of these in the manual. What are they?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
TIA |
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