Pia, what made you select the 76CSX over the 705?
Michael
On Dec 22, 9:18 pm, "Piaw Na(蓝俊彪)" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I agree that voice-prompts in heavy traffic are a near requirement.
> > The Vista and Edge, et al. all use the Garmin maps, so there is no
> > 'map' advantage (i.e. better maps on car-based units) to any other unit.
>
> I guess I'm an exception, since I used my Garmin 76 CSX to navigate
> out of the train station in Montepellier through heavy traffic, as
> well as into Geneva. It's not the worst thing in the world to miss a
> turn in heavy traffic in a city, because the auto-rerouting just
> figures it out and you just pick up the next turn. If you have it
> turned to "show map mode", it's very usable on a bike. In a car, where
> you can't just hop a curb and wait for the rerouting, that might be
> problematic. :-)
>
> > I doubt the Edge does voice prompting. I think Garmin wants people
>
> The Edge doesn't do voice prompting simply because a speaker loud
> enough to cut through traffic noise will be prohibitively heavy, draw
> excessive battery life, and few people will pay for one (in either
> cost, battery life or weight). Folks are already complaining about the
> Edge's battery life.
>
> > I am sure you can use the Edge for hiking, mtn. biking with Garmin
> > topo maps (note, you MUST use Garmin maps). Not sure if it has a
> > compass and altimeter, but it will tell you direction when you are
> > moving, and altitude with topo maps.
>
> There are free sources of maps, but Garmin's are the most convenient
> and I haven't really investigated free sources, but rest assured folks
> to use free sources. The Edge 705 has compass and altimeter, but not
> the 605.
>
> > 1. With built-in batteries, you will have to keep them charged. I
> > would guess battery life on the order of 16 - 24 hrs.
>
> This is a less of a big deal to me now than it was, now that I've
> found a reasonable
> solution:http://piaw.blogspot.com/2008/06/review-gomadic-charging-system.html
>
> > 2. With the mapping Edge units you will need maps. Maps cost about
> > $100 for North America roads, the same for Topos. If you want to use
> > for auto use, I'm not sure if Topo maps do the auto-routing. You
>
> Topo maps do not allow the unit to do auto-routing. All of Europe is
> available for about $125 or so, which is a great deal.
>
> > will also need a memory card, about 4 GB to hold all the NA maps. If
>
> 2GB is sufficient with the NT Garmin maps. Look for those. In fact,
> with the NT maps, I can load all of North America, and still have
> about 800MB left for track storage. In any case, many of the Garmin
> units won't handle more than a 2GB microsd card anyway, so I would
> check carefully before buying a bigger microsd card!
>
> > you use a Mac, you will NOT be able to load maps to the Edge (or any
> > other Garmin unit or any other GPS for that matter)
>
> That has changed recently, but since I dislike Macs and most Apple
> products, I won't talk anyone else into trying to use it with a Mac.
> But one of my friends here has a Mac, and uses an Edge 605. If it
> matters I can ask her about it. (Don't expect a reply until after the
> new year, though!)
>
> > 3. If you use for hiking, driving, in addition to biking, the unit
> > will not keep track of biking mileage (i.e. you can't turn mileage
> > accumulation off while driving, at least I can't figure out how).
>
> Heh. The easy solution is to not drive. :-)
>
> --
> Piaw Nahttp://piaw.blogspot.com
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