Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 15:21:04 -0600 From: "phillip ramirez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [LIB] Win95B/98/now street atlas
Well on the dash they do work fine.. My gps12 works fine usually.. Only a couple times of drop out.. The gps2 connects to the laptop via a serial cable.. The information from the garmin unit interfaces with the laptop and you use the laptop for the moving map.. This is what I do.. Well when I need to zoom in when I am close to a location since my gps3 does not have uploadable base maps.. If you goto that gps joes website again you will learn everything you need to know about gps and how things work and what doesn’t work.. For the etrex the base model works fine as I have used one before well a friends and worked great.. But when you get into tree cover it does loose the signal.. Now the re-radiating ant works great for keeping the signal and it does not need to connect to your unit.. It basicly rebroadcasts the signal -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Hanson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 1:22 PM To: Libretto Subject: RE: [LIB] Win95B/98/now street atlas Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2002 19:16:27 +0000 From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [LIB] Win95B/98/now street atlas Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 21:52:16 -0500 From: Pres Waterman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > What's your plan for getting a working GPS? > >I am using a stand-alone Garmin GPS-2Plus I see these are offered on EBay for a 'Buy Now' price of $120, which may mean they could be won for a bit less. I don't see any mention of mapping, moving map, or that maps can be uploaded to it via the Garmin MapSource CD. It does have an external antenna which I would think would be good in a car... though Phillip seems to think the Etrex internal antenna works well on the dashboard. I wonder if the cabover on my camper that comes out in front of the windshield would interfere with the signal. The Garmin eMap looks like a newer and more powerful unit that has moving map, uploads MapSource data, and has an optional external antenna. I see a couple have sold on EBay for $115-$120 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1326959418 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1327713771 And at Garmin at: http://www.garmin.com/products/emap/index.html It lists for $242, and can take 8MB and 16MB memory cards to store data from the complete line of Garmin MapSource CDs. Looks like about the most bang for the bucks that I've found so far. I'll have to install the Windows Accessibility features and test your suggetion here Pres. Matt >As a general reminder, I will tell anyone wanting to use a moving-map >program on any laptop ( except a Japanese Libretto which "lacks" >PrtScr but there is a Fn+something workaround ) to do the following: > >1 Start...settings...control panel...Accessibility Options > >2 go to the display tab > >3 go straight to settings, never mind the "use high contrast" >checkbox for now select USE SHORTCUT ( which will be your choice of >this >ONLY option: LEFT_SHIFT+LEFT_ALT+PRT_SCR ) > >4 select high contrast color scheme as CUSTOM > >5 then pick High Contrast White ( or any other color scheme but try >that ) > >6 then go to the general tab, and UNcheck automatic reset. > >Now, hit LEFT-SHIFT plus LEFT-ALT plus PrtScr and wait a few moments. > >HUZZAH! The screen, and the menus, are delightfully big, bold, dark >black on a white background. The map itself is no different but >Windows, and its menus, is great to read. You can tune up the "High >Contrast White" settings in display properties even further. > >Shame the "mobile map colors" feature on Street Atlas makes the map >black with green pointers. Who thought THAT was a visual aid? > >As to getting the map from the HDD? No problem if you have a CD with >the runtime files. Run the program, use the EXTRACT program, and >extract various areas ( or the whole USA ) to the HDD. It will be in >c:\program files\Street Atlas 7\mapdata > >By the way, during install if you have room, pick the MIDDLE option of >"store locators on HD" so you get nice things like "Locate by Address" >available. It takes about 256MB of space, and it sometimes doesn't >install correctly anyway so you have to redo it. And BTW to REinstall >Street Atlas the only way to do it is to delete or rename >c:\win...\sa7.ini > >Pres Waterman, W2PW >c/o Patchogue 112 Ford//Kia 112 >Long Island Ford and Kia Dealer > >Currently 2 NEW 2002 T-Birds in stock, $50k ea. _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. 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