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Recently purchased a Colorado 400T, my 8th Garmin GPS. It seems like they constantly leave some features out that compromise what could be an excellent...
mbrenner99
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Jun 9, 2009
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Hello Folks; I'm new here and have recently purchased the Colorado 400t. Let me ask a big question: is there a moderator here? By the look of the ...
John Stroebel
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Jun 9, 2009
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Hello folks; Do you know what size memory chip I can install in my 400t? Currently I am using a SDHC 8 gb Sandisk chip. I don't notice any difference in ops ...
John Stroebel
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Jun 9, 2009
3:17 pm
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... Individual posts are not moderated. There are administrators that bag spammers so at least they don't become repeat offenders. As one such admin, I'll...
Robert Lipe
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Jun 9, 2009
3:37 pm
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... 8GB is the largest which I've heard people use successfully, I believe that Garmin only claims support for 4GB. =Scott http://garmincolorado.wikispaces.com...
gocashers
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Jun 9, 2009
4:05 pm
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I am shocked how poor the manuals for the Garmin units are. I bought a Colorado 400c and returned it because I could not figure out how to turn off the compass...
Jeff Dunn
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Jun 9, 2009
5:54 pm
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Some good points. However one of Garmin's strong points is that they continue to refine (upgrade) some of their products after the product release with...
mbrenner99
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Jun 11, 2009
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It seems like the best approach is to troll and delete the spam and eliminate spammer accounts as often as those with moderating privileges can get around to...
mbrenner99
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Jun 11, 2009
3:04 pm
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I agree completely - a pdf file would be ideal, and when the software is rev'd, the pdf should be rev'd. The current printed owner's manual is of so little...
Jeff Dunn
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Jun 11, 2009
10:22 pm
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Two words: "Garmin Beta": http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=4397...
Henry Baker
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Jun 11, 2009
10:28 pm
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Wasn't this for the Oregon model? ... -- ********************************************************************************** The NEW Yahoo group that allows...
John Stroebel
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Jun 12, 2009
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FYI -- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5522249/New-sat-nav-badge-for-scouts.html New sat nav badge for scouts [sponsored by Garmin] The...
Henry Baker
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Jun 15, 2009
4:14 am
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I have posted about this before. It regularly takes 20 to 40 min to get satellite acquisition with my 400t. This is in areas that have a little tree cover....
bbob2001
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Jun 29, 2009
4:38 pm
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Something you can test is to turn your Colorado on and see if it shows the correct time/date, or the longitude/latitude of the last location you used it. I...
steve41558
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Jun 30, 2009
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I'm jumping to conclusions, but it sounds broken to me. I'd seriously consider sending it back to Garmin, especially if it's under warranty. I used a 400c for...
Jeff Dunn
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Jul 1, 2009
8:33 pm
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My forerunner 10x was so lousy at keeping a satellite lock that I threw it in a dumpster mid-run. It was either that, or I was going to hunt down the marketing...
Jeff Dunn
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Jul 1, 2009
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I've got a need to have my Colorado 300 attached to a comm port on a PC laptop (details below). Garmin says the 300 can't talk to a PC via serial, only USB....
striplingp
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Jul 16, 2009
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... You can put the the device into Spanner mode under System>Interface>Garmin Spanner and run a program on your computer called Spanner which will allow you...
gocashers
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Jul 16, 2009
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... Yeah, I checked into that. Unfortunately, my laptop runs vista and here's what Garmin says about spanner and vista: "The Spanner program is designed to be...
striplingp
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Jul 17, 2009
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I became so frustrated with the firmware shortcomings of the Colorado, I sold it and got a an Oregon. From a hardware standpoint I think that I liked the...
mbrenner99
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Jul 18, 2009
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I've been getting the most bizarre warning message from my Oregon 400t with 3.01 sofware: Something about "XM Radio not supported on this device". I assume...
Henry Baker
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Jul 18, 2009
12:11 pm
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I'm out in a park with no trees around, sitting still, and the satellite screen bounces around from 12 to 14 foot accuracy. Is this the norm? In town, walking...
striplingp
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Jul 18, 2009
7:49 pm
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My Colorado is loaded with topo for hiking and marine charts for kayaking. So it supports multiple maps ...in fact you can enable both at the same time From:...
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Jul 19, 2009
3:07 am
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It sounds reasonable..it really depends on how many satellites its receiving and where they are in the sky. When there are more satellites closer to horizon,...
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Jul 19, 2009
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Brunton made a GPS that gets weather over XM radio, as do a number of marine chartplotters/radars/gps. Perhaps this is for a future Garmin device, or includes...
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objectify999999
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Jul 19, 2009
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Yes, that is completely normal. 14 feet is actually fairly good -- also, I also believe the unit reports worst possible error. In other words, that is the...
Jeff Dunn
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Jul 20, 2009
4:15 pm
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But, it is limited to displaying 2048 map "segments" (or something like that). The definition of a "segment" is typically a city or region, I believe. A friend...
Jeff Dunn
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Jul 20, 2009
4:30 pm
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I would also bet on the XM weather info. Garmin already makes aviation models that receive and display live XM satellite imagery. It's like magic when flying...
Jeff Dunn
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Jul 20, 2009
4:34 pm
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Yes you can load these maps on a colorado but they must all be built in the same image file. I can build a number of image files and put a mix of them on a...
mbrenner99
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Jul 21, 2009
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i have a 400c when i did a hard reset i lost the marin map with the bass mape could any one help me in getting the mape down loaded to my unit or tell me were...
samson51au
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