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| Peter T. Arnold 2007-03-17, 7:33 am |
| I just ordered a refurb S/P2610 after some discussion of such on the
NG and about 5 years of good service with my S/PIII. That unit does
100% of what I wanted, a bit slow and short of capacity but it was
faithful. The screen is starting to fail so it's time to move up.
I understan that I should purchase an SD card to store maps on. 2gig
will hold all of USA, right?
Would the unit run better with a 1Gig card for East Coast and 1 Gig
for west coast?
I've never been able to download my waypoints, actually never really
had need to. I'd like to be able to do that now, am I missing
something, besides knowledge?
--
Peter T. Arnold, Master Mason
"Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company."
Pres. George Washington
A Masonic Brother
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| jdkalb@hotmail.com 2007-03-17, 7:33 am |
| >
> I understan that I should purchase an SD card to store maps on. 2gig
> will hold all of USA, right?
My 2610 takes a Compact Flash Card.
>
> Would the unit run better with a 1Gig card for East Coast and 1 Gig
> for west coast?
>
>
I use a 2 Gb card and have no problems.
On the waypoint problem. It should work.
There are the litlle boxes to check for the things you want to
transfer. You must have the GPS connected to the computer to transfer
waypoints and tracks. You cannot transfer them to the card if you are
using a card reader you must tranfer to them to the unit itself.
John
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| jdkalb@hotmail.com 2007-03-17, 7:33 am |
| Correcting my spelling
On Mar 17, 7:08 am, jdk...@hotmail.com wrote:
>
> My 2610 takes a Compact Flash Card.
>
>
>
>
> I use a 2 Gb card and have no problems.
>
> On the waypoint problem. It should work.
> There are the little boxes to check for the things you want to
> transfer. You must have the GPS connected to the computer to transfer
> waypoints and tracks. You cannot transfer them to the card if you are
> using a card reader you must transfer them to the unit itself.
>
> John
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| Peter T. Arnold <PM7088@comcast.net> wrote:
> I just ordered a refurb S/P2610 after some discussion of such on the
> NG and about 5 years of good service with my S/PIII. That unit does
> 100% of what I wanted, a bit slow and short of capacity but it was
> faithful. The screen is starting to fail so it's time to move up.
>=20
> I understan that I should purchase an SD card to store maps on. 2gig
> will hold all of USA, right?
I read SP 2610 uses CF *not* SD memory card. The SP 2610 is what I have
in mind for quite sometime too, and one of the reasons I like it because =
it
supports external memory instead of internet and preloaded map which =
can't
be upgraded.
> Would the unit run better with a 1Gig card for East Coast and 1 Gig
> for west coast?
CF is so cheap these days, you can get 2GB for at little as $20 (after
rebate)
=20
> I've never been able to download my waypoints, actually never really
> had need to. I'd like to be able to do that now, am I missing
> something, besides knowledge?
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| Jack Erbes 2007-03-17, 10:33 am |
| Peter T. Arnold wrote:
> I just ordered a refurb S/P2610 after some discussion of such on the
> NG and about 5 years of good service with my S/PIII. That unit does
> 100% of what I wanted, a bit slow and short of capacity but it was
> faithful. The screen is starting to fail so it's time to move up.
If you liked your SP III then you'll really like the 2610. When you get
that if comes with City Navigator North America V7, you can use the
sales invoice (shows date of purchase) to get a free update to V8 from
Garmin. They do that when you purchase older software after the release
date of a new version.
> I understan that I should purchase an SD card to store maps on. 2gig
> will hold all of USA, right?
Actually, if uses CF cards. But I have an SD to CF adapter that lets me
use SD cards in my 2610. It is a CF card with a SD card socket in it.
I got that on eBay so I could use the SD cards I already had in the 2610.
The 2610 will recognize and use 2 GB card but not 4 GB cards. And it is
best to buy the standard speed cards, there are some problem with the
Ultra or High Speed cards. I've had good luck with SanDisk cards and
usually try to buy those.
> Would the unit run better with a 1Gig card for East Coast and 1 Gig
> for west coast?
It does not make any difference in use. The 2610 will count the maps on
the card at startup and more maps will add some time to that. I am
using a 2 GB card in my 2610 that has about 2,600 maps on it and it only
takes 5 seconds or so to count them.
I have two 2 GB cards, one for the Eastern U.S. and one for the Western
U.S. Each card has both City Navigator and U.S. Topo maps on it. You
can turn CN off and Topo on from the unit, there is a short delay and
the display flickers as you do that.
> I've never been able to download my waypoints, actually never really
> had need to. I'd like to be able to do that now, am I missing
> something, besides knowledge?
Maybe not. Your SP III came with a serial cable for connecting to a PC
right? If you don't have a hardware serial port on your computer you'll
need a serial to USB adapter. With a serial port, it is just a case of
making the connections, finding it with MapSource, and downloading
routes and waypoints. Then you can upload them to the 2610.
The 2610, like the SP III, uses the external memory (CF card) for
mapping and stores the other data (waypoints, routes, and tracks) in
main memory.
With the 2610 you can skip the serial port thing and just connect the
2610 to the USB port. My 2610 refurb came with the USB cable and an AC
adapter so yours should too.
The 2610 does not have batteries in it so it will always need to have an
external power source. Some consider that a flaw but I consider that
acceptable as it keeps the size and weight down. Besides, I have a 76Cx
for portable use. If the 2610 was portable it may have deprived me of
being the happy owner of a 76Cx and a 2610. :> )
Jack
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Jack Erbes in Ellsworth, Maine, USA (jackerbes at adelphia dot net)
(also receiving email at jacker at midmaine dot com)
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| Jerry M 2007-03-17, 3:33 pm |
| On Mar 17, 12:16 pm, Jack Erbes <jacker...@adelphia.net> wrote:
> Peter T. Arnold wrote:
>
> If you liked your SP III then you'll really like the 2610. When you get
> that if comes with City Navigator North America V7, you can use the
> sales invoice (shows date of purchase) to get a free update to V8 from
> Garmin. They do that when you purchase older software after the release
> date of a new version.
>
>
> Actually, if uses CF cards. But I have an SD to CF adapter that lets me
> use SD cards in my 2610. It is a CF card with a SD card socket in it.
> I got that on eBay so I could use the SD cards I already had in the 2610.
>
> The 2610 will recognize and use 2 GB card but not 4 GB cards. And it is
> best to buy the standard speed cards, there are some problem with the
> Ultra or High Speed cards. I've had good luck with SanDisk cards and
> usually try to buy those.
>
>
> It does not make any difference in use. The 2610 will count the maps on
> the card at startup and more maps will add some time to that. I am
> using a 2 GB card in my 2610 that has about 2,600 maps on it and it only
> takes 5 seconds or so to count them.
>
> I have two 2 GB cards, one for the Eastern U.S. and one for the Western
> U.S. Each card has both City Navigator and U.S. Topo maps on it. You
> can turn CN off and Topo on from the unit, there is a short delay and
> the display flickers as you do that.
>
>
> Maybe not. Your SP III came with a serial cable for connecting to a PC
> right? If you don't have a hardware serial port on your computer you'll
> need a serial to USB adapter. With a serial port, it is just a case of
> making the connections, finding it with MapSource, and downloading
> routes and waypoints. Then you can upload them to the 2610.
>
> The 2610, like the SP III, uses the external memory (CF card) for
> mapping and stores the other data (waypoints, routes, and tracks) in
> main memory.
>
> With the 2610 you can skip the serial port thing and just connect the
> 2610 to the USB port. My 2610 refurb came with the USB cable and an AC
> adapter so yours should too.
>
> The 2610 does not have batteries in it so it will always need to have an
> external power source. Some consider that a flaw but I consider that
> acceptable as it keeps the size and weight down. Besides, I have a 76Cx
> for portable use. If the 2610 was portable it may have deprived me of
> being the happy owner of a 76Cx and a 2610. :> )
>
> Jack
>
> --
> Jack Erbes in Ellsworth, Maine, USA (jackerbes at adelphia dot net)
> (also receiving email at jacker at midmaine dot com)
Jack there is no problem at all using ultra II compact flash cards in
the 2610. It makes it much faster for my 2610 then standard card.
Thought you understood that from other posts I have replied to you.
The only problem is not to use ultra II micro secure digital cards in
the units like GPSMAP 60CSx. The x units can not handle them properly
but definitely go for the ultra II in the 2610.
Jerry
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| Jack Erbes 2007-03-17, 3:33 pm |
| Jerry M wrote:
<snip>
>
> Jack there is no problem at all using ultra II compact flash cards in
> the 2610. It makes it much faster for my 2610 then standard card.
> Thought you understood that from other posts I have replied to you.
> The only problem is not to use ultra II micro secure digital cards in
> the units like GPSMAP 60CSx. The x units can not handle them properly
> but definitely go for the ultra II in the 2610.
> Jerry
Okay, thanks correcting me on that Jerry. I should have remembered that.
I've sort of been avoiding the faster cards of all types in general,
partly on the price of them.
I'm actually using standard speed 2 GB SanDisk SD cards in my 2610 now
in a SD to CF adapter. I'm not sure what the effect of that is on the
speed but I don't notice any objectionable delays.
Jack
--
Jack Erbes in Ellsworth, Maine, USA (jackerbes at adelphia dot net)
(also receiving email at jacker at midmaine dot com)
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| Dave S 2007-03-18, 12:33 pm |
| Jack Erbes wrote:
> Dave S wrote:
> <snip>
>
>
>
> As an after thought, have you seen Diver hank's page for the 2610? There
> is some great stuff there:
>
> http://home.socal.rr.com/diverhank/...m#_Toc144991156
>
>
> and he has it all in a PDF file too.
>
> http://www.geocities.com/diverhank/...r />
atures.pdf
>
> Jack
Thanks a lot, Jack, for posting the link to the official manual.
Yes, I have read the Undocumented Features and Useful Tricks. I love it
when someone puts together a really useful document like that.
Trouble is, he's got me thinking about getting a gilsson external
antenna now. Not that I've experienced any dead space yet, here in the
prairies, but a friend with the same GPS has had dead space on a
tree-lined boulevard. Perhaps he has one of those difficult windshields.
Dave S.
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| Jack Erbes 2007-03-18, 12:33 pm |
| Dave S wrote:
<snip>
> Thanks a lot, Jack, for posting the link to the official manual.
>
> Yes, I have read the Undocumented Features and Useful Tricks. I love it
> when someone puts together a really useful document like that.
>
> Trouble is, he's got me thinking about getting a gilsson external
> antenna now. Not that I've experienced any dead space yet, here in the
> prairies, but a friend with the same GPS has had dead space on a
> tree-lined boulevard. Perhaps he has one of those difficult windshields.
>
I have a Gilsson antenna and haven't used it with my 2610 yet. I'd
probably be happy enough with the receiver performance on the 2610 if I
did not own a 76Cx with a SiRF III chip set. But I've not found any
dead spots yet.
My 2610 will get a fix in the when I have it in the living room
connected to my laptop for anything. But it will lose the fix pretty
quickly if I mask it with my hand. On the 76Cx the bars just go down
some.
Jack
--
Jack Erbes in Ellsworth, Maine, USA - jackerbes at adelphia dot net
(also receiving email at jacker at midmaine.com)
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