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| diverhank |
Posted - 16 avr. 2004 : 02:57:46
Update by GpsPasSion: Link to diverhank's handy undocumented features webpage
OK. I've been learning a lot from you guys. Many thanks. I have been collecting tips and tricks from y'all and I'm listing what I've got. You should recognize where these were from  . Are there more?
1. Diagnostic Screens. Hold down menu and find buttons then turn on the unit it will boot to a diagnostic screen. This screen tells you such information as software and firmware versions, unit temperature, what type data card you have in it. When on the diagnostic screen you can press page repeatedly to see a bunch of different testing screens.
2. Diagnostic Screens. Other button sequence on bootup are:
Page+Find then turn unit on = force autolocate
Page+Menu then turn unit on = clear user settings
3. Go Home. Pressing FIND button twice quickly: Option to Route HOME. HOME is a waypoint you create and named HOME.
4. Volume Control.
a. Press and hold SPEAK button, the control for volume shows up, volume at current setting.
b. Press it again, the volume is set to Maximum.
c. Press it again, the volume is set to Minimum (Mute)
d. Press it again, the volume is set to current setting (step a).
5. Define Waypoint by entering Lat/Long. Press and hold the page key until a new waypoint is created. Then tap on the location and edit it for the new lat/lon. You can only use the dd mm.mmm in WGS 84 format.
Hank |
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| SlotCAR |
Posted - 26 avr. 2005 : 01:00:17
quote:
Originally posted by EricJRW
SlotCAR, Does the above method also provide an "Auto Arrange" option like on the 26XX?
Auto-Arange is not available in Mapsource.
After you select them, Mapsource 'does' give you the ability to move the waypoints in the route with its up_and_down arrows from the Route Properties screen.
You bring up a good point though. There is nothing from stopping you from using auto-arrange from the 26xx after you download the route and waypoints to the GPS. I just never tried doing that as I spend the time to arrange them manually in Mapsource.
I use it for my backroad Miata trips all the time.
- SlotCAR
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| EricJRW |
Posted - 25 avr. 2005 : 22:01:39
SlotCAR, Does the above method also provide an "Auto Arrange" option like on the 26XX?
I have yet to try it, but I think this is what I want for some of my backroad motorcycle trips.
--- Two wrongs don't make a right, but three rights do make a left. |
| SlotCAR |
Posted - 25 avr. 2005 : 19:05:30
MAPSOURCE TIP: Creating a Route From WAYPOINTS
If you have created some WAYPOINTS in Mapsource
you can quickly create a ROUTE by selecting multiple
WAYPOINTS in the Waypoint Manager Tab and choosing
"Create Route Using Selected Waypoints"
- Launch MAPSOURCE
- Create Waypoints [or call up an existing GDB w/Waypoints]
- Select the WAYPOINTS Tab
- Select "MULTIPLE" WAYPOINTS [use standard Windows GUI - CONTROL-Key+CLICK]
- Select only the Waypoints you want in your Route
- Then "Right Mouse Click" for a content sensative menu
- Choose "Create Route Using Selected Waypoints"
- SlotCAR
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| EricJRW |
Posted - 25 avr. 2005 : 17:55:21
POORER MAN’s “INFRARED REMOTE” DIAGNOSTICS (he owns no digi-cam)...
My TV's remote window has an LED that flashes when it detects I/R. I have used this concept to test other remotes...
--- Two wrongs don't make a right, but three rights do make a left. |
| ghoffman |
Posted - 19 mars 2005 : 07:42:34
You probably already know that from the satellite status screen you can enter a new location by pressing menu, then "New Location". Alternatively, by pressing on the display of your current location, you're taken directly to the "New Location" menu.
You probably already know that from the satellite status screen you can enter a new elevation by pressing menu, then ""New Elevation". Alternatively, you can press on the display of your current elevation to be taken directly to entering a new elevation.
Gene |
| meyerweb |
Posted - 01 sept. 2004 : 04:27:11
Bill:
Microsoft offers **software** updates. So does Garmin. What neither company does is offer **database** updates for free. If you bought an atlas last year, would you expect the publisher to give you this years version for free? If you bought a subscription to last years Microsoft Developers (programmers) Network (support information), do you think MS will give you this years support database for free?
That's what you're asking Garmin to do. Garmin buys it's map data from other sources, and has to pay for it. So if you want that updated information, you have to pay for it, too.
As for "unlocking," what Garmin told you is absolutely true. You unlocked the entire U.S. map database, current as of the time the software was created, at no extra cost. (In the old days, you had to unlock one state or region of the U.S. at a time, and pay for each unlock code seperately.) Nowhere did Garmin ever promise, or even imply, that you'd get lifetime updates to that data.
Hey, I'd love it if Websters would send me a free dictionary update each year, and Britanica an updated encyclopedia, but that ain't the way it works. If you want free map updates, stick to Mapquest or Maps-on-us.
Bob Meyer
I don't suffer from insanity... I enjoy every minutes of it. |
| SlotCAR |
Posted - 22 août 2004 : 05:51:40
POOR MAN’s “INFRARED REMOTE” DIAGNOSTICS
Having problems with your remote on your 2610/2620?
- Is the remote bad?
- Is the GPS bad?
Here’s a way to test if your remote is actually working.
“INFRARED REMOTE” DIAGNOSTICS
1st – Replace the batteries in your remote …
Still not working?
Point the remote at the ‘LENS’ of a DIGITAL CAMERA.
Now while looking at the LCD display of the Digital Camera ...
When you ‘click’ on any of the buttons on the remote, do you see
the remotes IR light BLINKING? [Again while looking at the remote
through the LCD display of the camera with the remote pointed into
the lens of the camera].
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If you don’t see a blinking IR light on the remote, your remote is bad.
If you do see a blinking IR light on the remote the GPS is bad.
[Can you say Garmin Customer Support?].
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- SlotCAR
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| gomez |
Posted - 07 août 2004 : 10:48:11
quote:
Originally posted by Bill Adams
I know of dozens of companies that offer free software upgrades/updates (including Microsoft).
The software upgrades *are* free (ie MapSource on the PC and the firmware in the 26xx). What is not free is new versions of the map data. Garmin has to pay to use this data in its products as does every other GPSR manufacturer. You expect them to pass this on to you for nothing?
You are not *forced* to update everytime new maps are available just as you don't have to have buy a new paper atlas every year for the car.
And I don't recall Microsoft offering free upgrades/updates to, say, Autoroute Express (Street & Trips). They too have to pay for the map data they use which is why newer versions of AR have less info than before as they switched suppliers to a cheaper and inferior source.
If paying other people for their work really bugs you so much, there are utilities out there which allow you to create your own maps. Except they have to be paid for too. |
| Dirty Harry |
Posted - 07 août 2004 : 01:31:52
I keep trying to UNsubscribe from this thread but I keep getting emails about replies. Is there some secret to accomplishing this?
Dirty Harry |
| Bill Adams |
Posted - 07 août 2004 : 01:15:00
I know of dozens of companies that offer free software upgrades/updates (including Microsoft). Apparently the "unlock" scam is held pretty close to the vest in GPS related companies. In any case, I will pursue this no further. I see I am beating my head against a wall. Hopefully, someone will see this BEFORE they buy and will have the information that I did not and can make a more informed decision or buy or not.
Bill Adams
Traveling the US full-time in a Prevost Bus conversion with the DataStorm Internet antenna and my Garmin 2610. |
| brianric |
Posted - 06 août 2004 : 21:59:55
quote:
Originally posted by Bill Adams
Don't see how you can possibly miss my point. Without the city part, the Garmin is not worth half what I paid for it. NOTHING said SOME of the data is unlocked. It simply stated that the entire country was unlocked and here are the features you get. What it should have said was here's what you get, but it's going to be out of date very shortly and we are not going to update it (like they do with the software and the MapSource) unless you pay us again and again and again. I NEVER would have bought this system under those circumstances and Garmin must know that or they would tell you so. I bought mine prior to 6/04 so I have to pay.
Bill Adams
Traveling the US full-time in a Prevost Bus conversion with the DataStorm Internet antenna and my Garmin 2610.
There isn't any company to my knowledge that offers free updates to the data base. If you know of one, let us know. |
| gomez |
Posted - 06 août 2004 : 21:12:05
Map updates and paying for them are well known. Its not hidden from you before you buy. I suggest the only person you have to blame is yourself for not doing enough research. |
| Bill Adams |
Posted - 06 août 2004 : 20:24:50
Don't see how you can possibly miss my point. Without the city part, the Garmin is not worth half what I paid for it. NOTHING said SOME of the data is unlocked. It simply stated that the entire country was unlocked and here are the features you get. What it should have said was here's what you get, but it's going to be out of date very shortly and we are not going to update it (like they do with the software and the MapSource) unless you pay us again and again and again. I NEVER would have bought this system under those circumstances and Garmin must know that or they would tell you so. I bought mine prior to 6/04 so I have to pay.
Bill Adams
Traveling the US full-time in a Prevost Bus conversion with the DataStorm Internet antenna and my Garmin 2610. |
| Bill Adams |
Posted - 06 août 2004 : 16:32:48
I guess the biggest undocumented feature is that you are going to have to pay and pay and pay if you want to keep your Garmin up-to-date. Big ad says "The entire database unlocked, no need to pay for additional databases". In reality, I am now going to have to $150 to UNLOCK the update to the software for my 2610 that is only a couple of months old. Sure I don't HAVE to pay but that's not the point. Garmin updates their software for free, Mapsource updates are free, nothing anywhere told me I was going to have to pay for a program I didn't even know existed called City Navigator.
Hopefully other buyer will be more informed before they make the same mistake that I did by buy this money pit.
Bill Adams
Traveling the US full-time in a Prevost Bus conversion with the DataStorm Internet antenna and my Garmin 2610. |
| DaveFr |
Posted - 06 août 2004 : 05:11:45
This isn't a biggie as undocumented features go but if you press the Menu button twice, it takes you directly to the Info menu with GPS Info highlighted. It doesn't save any time if you're using the touchscreen but it makes it easier and quicker to get to the GPS Info screen while using the remote. I'm using version 3.80 of the firmware so I don't know if this mini-feature works with earlier versions.
Dave |
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