Garmin GPS - Re: Tone Volume and Routing Recalc Questions

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Re: Tone Volume and Routing Recalc Questions

Cooter

2007-08-27, 10:33 am

Your 60Cx will ALWAYS calculate a route, even though you're transferred it
from a PC. Reason - the route itself is not transferred, only the start and
finish points, and any waypoints (VIAs) that you include in your route. The
only known way around this is to include enough VIAs in your PC route so the
60Cx will be forced to go where you want it to. But keep in mind you can
have only 50 VIAs per route if you use the "Follow Roads" option, so you
might have to break up a long route into multiple routes. Also, check your
route setup page (menu key twice > Setup > Routes) to be sure you have all
the options set the way you need them.

As for the tone volume, there is a tone or sounds page under Setup where you
can choose different sounds for different reasons. Some of them are louder
than others, but I don't think there is such a thing as a volume control.

Hope this helps.

"Andy Waddell" <andywaddell@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Just got a 60Cx as a replacement for my GPS-V. I have two questions:
>
> 1) Is there any way to adjust the volume of the "turn approaching" beeps?
> I haven't found one and they're very soft, too soft to hear easily.
>
> 2) When selecting a route from a list of routes from the main menu, routes
> I've created in advance in MapSource and downloaded to the 60Cx, when I
> select the route I see a "calculating" display for a few seconds. Why
> would it be calculating a route that I've already decided on in advance?
> Sure, if I've selected some waypoints and am asking it to BUILD a route,
> yes, it needs to calculate. But I don't WANT it to calculate my route I've
> already planned. The only way I can see to maybe defeat this action is to
> turn off Off Route Recalculation, but I that feature available if I have
> to divert from the preplanned path for some reason. How do I force it to
> just do the route like I planned it in Mapsource?
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> ADW
>

Andy Waddell

2007-08-27, 10:33 pm

Cooter, you said:
"Your 60Cx will ALWAYS calculate a route, even though you're transferred it
> from a PC. Reason - the route itself is not transferred, only the start
> and finish points, and any waypoints (VIAs) that you include in your
> route."

How come my GPS-V never said "calculating" when I selected a route from the
Main Menu "Routes" selection?

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"Cooter" <cooter@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Your 60Cx will ALWAYS calculate a route, even though you're transferred it
> from a PC. Reason - the route itself is not transferred, only the start
> and finish points, and any waypoints (VIAs) that you include in your
> route. The only known way around this is to include enough VIAs in your PC
> route so the 60Cx will be forced to go where you want it to. But keep in
> mind you can have only 50 VIAs per route if you use the "Follow Roads"
> option, so you might have to break up a long route into multiple routes.
> Also, check your route setup page (menu key twice > Setup > Routes) to be
> sure you have all the options set the way you need them.
>
> As for the tone volume, there is a tone or sounds page under Setup where
> you can choose different sounds for different reasons. Some of them are
> louder than others, but I don't think there is such a thing as a volume
> control.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> "Andy Waddell" <andywaddell@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>
>

Cooter

2007-08-28, 3:33 pm

I've never owned a GPS-V so can't comment on what it does. I just know that
the 76 / 60 C(S(x)) series goes through the route calculation routine.

"Andy Waddell" <andywaddell@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Cooter, you said:
> "Your 60Cx will ALWAYS calculate a route, even though you're transferred
> it
>
> How come my GPS-V never said "calculating" when I selected a route from
> the Main Menu "Routes" selection?
>
>
> --
> ADW
> "Cooter" <cooter@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>

Andy Waddell

2007-08-28, 10:33 pm

OK. Thx. It's weird to me that the -V wouldn't indicate that it too was
recalculating, unless somehow Mapsource "knew" to send ALL the points to
the -V, but only MY via points to the 60Cx.

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"Cooter" <cooter@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I've never owned a GPS-V so can't comment on what it does. I just know
> that the 76 / 60 C(S(x)) series goes through the route calculation
> routine.
>
> "Andy Waddell" <andywaddell@comcast.net> wrote in message
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