It's my turn to ask a question. :-) Apparently "off-road transitions" don't work as I hoped they did. Then again, maybe it does work as intended becuase I...
I have found that so far the best way is to 1. "whereto" a geocache (or go to next nearest) 2. switch to automotive profile (unit automatically calculates...
Robert, I'm surprised to see you show up as a Colorado owner, last I heard you had one in your basket. What made you click "buy"? ... of these ... Ages ago I...
... After years of carrying two devices, the thought that I could carry one was just too much. Having spent today caching with this thing, though, I'm ...
I'm looking to get a Garmin Colorado 300, and I was wondering what a reasonable price seems to be. REI and Amazon both have them for ~$500 US, but it looks...
As far as I know the cheapest source is TigerGPS.com, they sell CO300 at 429 dollars / 280 euro (without shipping cost). Succes, Pyotl ... ~$500 US, ... at...
Hi everybody, Some maps are offered as CD/DVD or as SD-Card. So far I used CD's only. What makes the difference when I buy SD Versions of maps. Can I use SD...
Hi Joe, Simple Answer NO ! The Sd cards only work on your GPSr and if anything goes wrong with the data or maps on the SD card then you have lost everything. ...
I can only think of three reasons to get the pre-programmed cards. One is if you want to use the maps on more than one GPS and the other is if you don't have a...
WARNING! After talking to a Garmin representative my unit is going back. Garmin has admitted to a programing flaw on the meshing of the roadway mapping and the...
I've got a Colorado 300, and I'm looking to get an external antenna. I was wondering which ones people had used and what people could recommend as a good...
I've used the following ant on my GPSmap7s6s and I was told it also works with the Colorado. This ad seems to confirm that. I'll be getting my Colorado this...
I have had great success with a GILSON external antenna used on my garmin products. If you watch Ebay, they can be found for about 15 bucks. They work great!...
I'm trying to understand the format of the _raw_ data produced by the Garmin Colorado, but I don't have access to a Colorado to perform the following test. ...
... the Garmin Colorado, but I don't have access to a Colorado to perform the following test. ... This isn't exactly what you want but here are a couple things...
... Fortunately, these things don't have to be reverse engineered. developer.garmin.com has complete xsds and schemas for these formats, including links to the...
... Robert, I took a look over there a while back and just looked again but I'm just not seeing the answer to the specific question asked here. I see the...
Hello Colorado users, I received my C300 last week and have it running with CityNavEu NTv9 together with topocards and it works really great. When I was trying...
Hey all. As far as I can tell, the only difference between the 300 and 400 series are the loaded maps? Is this correct, ie, no hardware differences at all? And...
Hi Shucked, I have just bought a 300 and added the following Australian Maps - Shonkymaps and downloaded image files from http://osmaustralia.org/garmin.php...
The answer to the hardware difference question is the amount on internal memory available. The 400t has 4gb (some only have 3gb, weird), the 300 has 512mb ... ...
... internal memory available. The 400t has 4gb (some only have 3gb, weird), the 300 has 512mb ... Thanks for that guys. So as far as internal memory goes, do...
... If you just to have the Topo and road maps loaded for your state you can probably get away with the 300 (it has about 380MB of free space) and no SD card....
I've not been able to find this information anywhere. I know there's a car mount but I wonder how it works in the car for traveling from city to city. Is it...
Thanks, Robert, but I'd like to avoid 2 units; let me rephrase: my wife won't allow 2 units! Frankly, I'm not so keen on voice prompts but good directions (and...
If I have two different Garmin GPS units, can I move the uSD map card back & forth between the two units, or do I have to purchase another map card? I.e., is...