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Dumb question?: Present position on etrex Vista HCx
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| hacksmail@gmail.com 2007-08-31, 10:33 am |
| Hi everybody. I'm new to this group and just received my etrex Vista
HCx.
My problem is probably dumb and simple to solve. I can't find a page
that give me my current position. On the map page it "shows" the
current position, but the only position readout I see is the map
pointer position. My old Garmin GPS 12 had a page that showed
position, track bearing, rate and some other stuff.
Thanks in advance,
Hack
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| Gordon Beaton 2007-08-31, 10:33 am |
| On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:45:57 -0000, hacksmail@gmail.com wrote:
> I can't find a page that give me my current position. On the map
> page it "shows" the current position, but the only position readout
> I see is the map pointer position. My old Garmin GPS 12 had a page
> that showed position, track bearing, rate and some other stuff.
Doesn't the compass page show you that stuff?
/gordon
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| Bert Hyman 2007-08-31, 10:33 am |
| hacksmail@gmail.com (hacksmail@gmail.com) wrote in
news:1188567957.725190.194840@x40g2000prg.googlegroups.com:
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> My problem is probably dumb and simple to solve. I can't find a
> page that give me my current position. On the map page it "shows"
> the current position, but the only position readout I see is the
> map pointer position. My old Garmin GPS 12 had a page that showed
> position, track bearing, rate and some other stuff.
The satellite screen should show your current location at the top.
Then, the map and compass screens each have selectable data fields,
one of which can be your current location. You have to first enable
data field display, then pick one and change its display value.
The data fields on the trip computer screen can also be changed to
display whatever value you like.
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Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN | bert@iphouse.com
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| Dan Anderson 2007-08-31, 12:33 pm |
| Bert Hyman wrote:
> hacksmail@gmail.com (hacksmail@gmail.com) wrote in
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> The satellite screen should show your current location at the top.
[snip]
The satellite screen is not in the page sequence as
the HCx is shipped but available in the main menu.
It can be added to the page sequence (and will be
removed from the main menu) with the "Page Seq."
function in the main menu.
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Dan
(email change 2001 to 2004)
(www.gpsmap.net)
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| hacksmail@gmail.com 2007-08-31, 3:33 pm |
| On Aug 31, 7:58 am, Bert Hyman <b...@iphouse.com> wrote:
> hacksm...@gmail.com (hacksm...@gmail.com) wrote innews:1188567957.725190.194840@x40g2000prg.googlegroups.com:
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> The satellite screen should show your current location at the top.
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> Then, the map and compass screens each have selectable data fields,
> one of which can be your current location. You have to first enable
> data field display, then pick one and change its display value.
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> The data fields on the trip computer screen can also be changed to
> display whatever value you like.
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> Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN | b...@iphouse.com
Hi. I looked at the data fields and it seems like I can have almost
everything except for the map position. It is on the compass page
which I have added to my page sequence.
Thanks for the replies, everybody.
Hack
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