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if I switch to a road map with a garmin 545s will it work?

I was wondering if anyone else had experienced this, and how they found the Garmin (Europe/UK) repair service.

Last night I went to programme my 60CSx for this weekend's walking trip, and it wouldn't turn on. Not a thing, dead as a dodo... New batteries, the works.

If I connected it to my PC via a USB hub as usual, nothing. If I connected it with a direct USB connection, then it powered on, but ...

There is a disc that I presume fits to the windscreen that has a red circle on one side and black plastic on the other.

There is no mention in the manual how to use it/if this is needed at all?

Which way round does it go as the mounting arm will secure itself to either side (by a magnet possibly?)

Could I not use it and just attach the mounting arm direct to the ...

I have a Garmin StreePilot 2610 bought in July 04. I use it on car and motorcycle. Over the past few months the top layer of the screen has been progressively delaminating / bubbling up. Soon the unit will be unuseable.

I've emailed Garmin but have not yet received a response. Does anyone else have experience of this defect on Garmin products?

Thanks.

Clive

Ok so just discovered geocaching but on top of this it has again awakened my desire to own a gps.

What I really want is good advice on whether the garmin 310 will cover my needs i.e. i want a gps for driving ireland and the uk that will give me good accuracy for geocaching. does anyone know also can european maps be loaded onto this unit....any comments would be greatly appreciated.

I got my 60CSx and just learning to use it really. I have dowloaded v2.71 and everything appears to be working. On my balcony, I am getting strong signals from 7 or 8 satellites. I have WAAS enabled but none of the signals are showing a D and my accuracy is only about +/- 20 feet. Does this sound right? Thanks!

New unit and the 64 mb card is too small to store maps for an approaching trip. Topo data appeared as expected from MapSource Topo on the 64mb card. I guess I got greedy and purchased a 1 GB SanDisk card. I probably only used about a third of the card's memory. Topo data is no longer visible, even after downloading the map sets twice.

Is 1 GB too large? How large of a memory ...

I just purchased the Garmin 360 the other day. Honestly I was a bit disappointed because I had the Mio 310x and it has some neat features. You can customize the map features a lot more than you can the 360. I like how it shows multiple street names while I'm driving and also displays the actual name and not CR-11. Anyway, the nuvi is pretty cool. It's accurate, has a lot of features, and ...

I recently bought a Garmin Edge 205. After my first ride, I downloaded the info from the Edge to my Training Center program. It showed my track, but no street references. The Help page said something about unlocking MapSource. I called Garmin to find out how to do this, I was informed that I would have to buy the MapSource for about $130. I called back to find out if Traing Center is compatible with ...

Hello,

I already own a Garmin GPS 76 and a GPSMAP 76CSx

I am considering the Foretrex 201 and the Forerunner 205

I realize that the forerunner is for atheletes and is NOT a hikers GPS, but it really does have 2 advantages over the Foretrex.

1. SiRF StarIII chip

2. Much more compact on the wrist

I downloaded the manual for the Forerunner 205 and noted that it CAN record Waypoints and Routes..... and ...