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Downloading caches to Garmin eTrex 10


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Hi 02Tracey,

 

I have an eTrex 10 too. If you plug it into your computer's USB port, then wait a minute, you can open it as a drive. Then click into the Garmin folder, then the GPX folder. Place your cache files in there. You can either download GPX files for individual caches from their cache pages, or you can do a pocket query. Either way, you place the files in the GPX folder.

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PC instructions for loading a Garmin GPS. Applicable to other units, but without the GARMIN tags and the GARMIN/GPX/

folder info.

This method does not utilize a browser, thereby eliminating browser-related problems.

 

Boot up the PC. Do not activate a browser.

Plug Garmin into PC, turn on Garmin and allow it to boot >

Connectivity would be revealed by an acknowledgement beep or such >

Open the PC "Start" Menu >

Open the "Computer" tab to display available drive units >

Your Garmin GPSr should be denoted as a drive, named as "Garmin" >

Click on that Garmin drive to open it >

Within, locate a folder named something like Garmin/GPX/ >

(If using a microSD card, that file should be on that card -- eTrex 10 units do not use a card)

Open a new window and locate the downloaded PQ data file >

(If that is a single zipped file, it must be unzipped first. Unzipping 'should' produce two files: xxxxxxx.gpx AND xxxxxxx-wpts.gpx)

Drag and Drop (or copy/paste) BOTH of those .gpx files to the Garmin/GPX/ folder >

Hover cursor over the Garmin drive and Right-Click to open a drop-down menu, select 'Eject'. The computer will tell you when it is safe to uplug the Garmin >

Turn off the Garmin and unplug it. Done!

 

IMPORTANT: Boot up the Garmin again and CHECK to make sure the geocache data loaded BEFORE going afield. It's a real pain to be miles from your computer to find out that no data was loaded. It happens upon occasion.

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PC instructions for loading a Garmin GPS. Applicable to other units, but without the GARMIN tags and the GARMIN/GPX/

folder info.

This method does not utilize a browser, thereby eliminating browser-related problems.

 

Boot up the PC. Do not activate a browser.

Plug Garmin into PC, turn on Garmin and allow it to boot >

Connectivity would be revealed by an acknowledgement beep or such >

Open the PC "Start" Menu >

Open the "Computer" tab to display available drive units >

Your Garmin GPSr should be denoted as a drive, named as "Garmin" >

Click on that Garmin drive to open it >

Within, locate a folder named something like Garmin/GPX/ >

(If using a microSD card, that file should be on that card -- eTrex 10 units do not use a card)

Open a new window and locate the downloaded PQ data file >

(If that is a single zipped file, it must be unzipped first. Unzipping 'should' produce two files: xxxxxxx.gpx AND xxxxxxx-wpts.gpx)

Drag and Drop (or copy/paste) BOTH of those .gpx files to the Garmin/GPX/ folder >

Hover cursor over the Garmin drive and Right-Click to open a drop-down menu, select 'Eject'. The computer will tell you when it is safe to uplug the Garmin >

Turn off the Garmin and unplug it. Done!

 

IMPORTANT: Boot up the Garmin again and CHECK to make sure the geocache data loaded BEFORE going afield. It's a real pain to be miles from your computer to find out that no data was loaded. It happens upon occasion.

 

I could kiss you!! Thanks for specifying that BOTH files needed to be placed in the Garmin folder. Most things I have read have omitted that bit of info, and for us total newbies, its something that is best clarified! Thanks again!

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