Howdy Doug I have the Legend HCx (same model line I believe) and want to do the same, would you mind sharing your experience/advice, please? Cheers Ecke
2009/10/13 Doug Franklin <[email protected]>: > I've got an eTrex Vista HCx and I've been very happy with it. However, I > haven't pushed it all that hard. I was lucky enough to find some excellent > free maps for Bulgaria before I went there, and I've added the North > American maps since. I didn't have any trouble doing geotagging with the > K10D, HCx, and one of the free tagging programs. I also haven't had any > trouble pulling tracks from the device or downloading maps to it via the > software Garmin provides, except that I've had some issues with getting maps > activated, not altogether resolved. I've even stuck it in the pocket of my > driving suit on the track before. I was driving an old 1st gen RX-7, and it > had trouble seeing enough satellites to keep the accuracy tight, but still > did surprisingly well. I figure it would have done much better mounted > under the windshield instead of in my "pants pocket" under the metal roof of > the car. > > -- > Thanks, > DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
