+toybreaker Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 anyone have any questions about this unit? I am at the show and can ask Garmin. Very nice unit. I will check this in the morning for questions. Quote Link to comment
+MrPeabody Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 When will the 60CS ship? Okay, seriously... I'd like to know: Can it switch from Landscape to Portrait mode like the GPS III+ and the GPS V? Does it come with a cradle? Or does it just sit on your desk when you sync it with your PC? Are there levels of brightness or just one? Can the backlight be turned off to save power? Are/will car mounts be available when they ship? How many characters will fit in the description field in the Geocaching screens? Can the startup screen be customized to include the owner's information? Does it have auto-off features? If you can handle one... how does it feel when interacting with the unit via the button array? Quote Link to comment
Hankhan Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 (edited) Can it switch from Landscape to Portrait mode like the GPS III+ and the GPS V? No, it's portrait only. I've got a couple of questions - Can it do autorouting in the GPS? Does it autoroute on 24k topo? City select? Metroguide? Base map? Edited January 9, 2004 by Hankhan Quote Link to comment
+Halden Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Will they send me one for free? Seriously, I would like to know about the 30 battery life claim. Seemsawfully high but would be great if it were true. Quote Link to comment
+Prime Suspect Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Okay, seriously... I'd like to know: Can it switch from Landscape to Portrait mode like the GPS III+ and the GPS V? Only units with the swivel antenna have this option. Quote Link to comment
+longball Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 WOW, I wish I was at the show! I use my gps at the local golf course to give me the distance from my ball to the center of each green that I have marked as a waypoint. Find out if the 60 can show distance in yards. If so, can it show yards more than 1/10th of a mile?? Thanks, LB:^) Quote Link to comment
+pecka Posted January 10, 2004 Share Posted January 10, 2004 i would like to see some real world pictures of the units from the show Quote Link to comment
capt caper Posted January 10, 2004 Share Posted January 10, 2004 anyone have any questions about this unit? I am at the show and can ask Garmin. Very nice unit. I will check this in the morning for questions. I'm interested in the screen and how well it can show the track compared to the 76S in sunlight,dark tree cover and cloudy skys. Can the active track color be changed or just the saved tracks. Also can the backgound color be changed to help make track stand out. Capt. Quote Link to comment
+toybreaker Posted January 12, 2004 Author Share Posted January 12, 2004 Sorry for the delay folks, Here is what the Garmin folks are saying. Backlight timeout 15sec,30 1min or 2min Backlight level 0%-100% Color schemes 9 - kinda like skins Geoccache mode, seems limited - it is, basically only allows you to set an Icon for Found Caches and not found caches. No Actual "Geocahe" mode Mounts? None Cradle - no Characters in geocache description fields? 10 - Actual this is only a waypoint name field, there is a description field and I believe the numbers were like 45 Characters (maybe wrong but was multiple line of text Car mounts? No Startup screen customized? Yes - you have the ability to put a fair amount of info in here. Autooff features Yes Can it do autorouting? City select cd needed and will only do it on the maps from "City Select" Does it autoroute on 24k topo? City select? Metroguide? Base map? No, No, No Yes Battery life? 30 hours in power save mode? 20-24 hours normal His quote was "that is what the engineers tell us" Find out if the 60 can show distance in yards. If so, can it show yards more than 1/10th of a mile??no - will not display in yards for golf purposes. As far as feel, felt nice, not heavy but not cheap and delicate feeling, Sturdy feel, rubber around the bottom corners. I have a couple pics but need to pull them from my cam, let me know if you are interested in those or the "Specs" from their product sheet. Hope this helps some of you. In general it was very tough to find a Garmin person that knew a lot about these 2 units. MANY of the people strolling by stoppped to check the unit out, I really was impressed by the color of the display and the amount of data it will hold, I believe it was 60 Megs. Rob Quote Link to comment
+aka Monkey Posted January 12, 2004 Share Posted January 12, 2004 Yeah, I emailed Garmin to ask whether MetroGuide 4 would autoroute, and they said no. I also asked whether the unit would fit into the windshield mount I use with my Rino, and they said maybe. Here's their response: I believe the answer is no to both questions but I can't say for surebecause we have not seen this unit yet. It is still in it's initial production phase. The unit is a bit heavier then the Rino so it might not hold up on the suction mount for the Rino. The MetroGuide will not route properly on the unit, it would require the City Select CD. Quote Link to comment
+toybreaker Posted January 13, 2004 Author Share Posted January 13, 2004 Not to be sceptacle <=(?SP?) but it sounds like "don't buy theres, buy ours" sales line. May be true but i would be interested to see if it could be done. Just a guess Rob Quote Link to comment
+aka Monkey Posted January 13, 2004 Share Posted January 13, 2004 You can be sure I'm going to try it. I'll let people know once it arrives. Hopefully only a couple more weeks! Quote Link to comment
+arrowroot Posted January 13, 2004 Share Posted January 13, 2004 A few more observations on the 60/60s: 1) It's basically a one-horned big brother to the Rino 130: a little longer, a bit heavier, a MUCH bigger screen in color, and obviously no radio. 2) Menu system completely redesigned: text entry is off a grid of letters/numbers instead of a scroll-through (yay!) 3) I didn't see tracks, but routes appeared as a purple broad line surrounding the current road line -- much more visible than the 76 renders it. 4) The back has a circular clip for a belt holster, and the same clip snaps onto the mounting bracket on their display. I assume a car mount will work the same way. 5) There are 6 games on it, plus calculator and calendar 6) Geocaching-specific features include marking it as found: changes the icon, and puts an entry in the calendar. No clue on how that data gets transfered to a PC/Mac. 7) USB! USB! USB! See my other thread for other CES GPS info (Magellan, Cobra, Leadtek) Quote Link to comment
+DustyJacket Posted January 13, 2004 Share Posted January 13, 2004 Of course, you won't be able to use it with easyGPS until they do some programming changes. Has anyone thought to send them an E-mail? They may not know a USB to GPS connection needs to be added. Quote Link to comment
YMark Posted January 13, 2004 Share Posted January 13, 2004 I was at the CES and the Garmin booth was packed. I did speak to one person about why the European software was so expensive. He said that in all countries other than the United States, you have to pay a royalty to use their maps. This drives the price up. On a releated note, I drove to the CES from Phoenix. The 2610 put me right there. However, I had to park quite a way away so I pulled out my trusty Legend and marked my where my truck was parked. After the show, I found it no problem. If you've ever had to park at the CES, you can appreciate this. Quote Link to comment
+aka Monkey Posted January 13, 2004 Share Posted January 13, 2004 Of course, you won't be able to use it with easyGPS until they do some programming changes.Has anyone thought to send them an E-mail? They may not know a USB to GPS connection needs to be added. I emailed the author of almost every Mac GPS program to ask whether they'd support the new USB connection (prod, prod). The general response seemed to be "Give it a try and let me know if it works." Quote Link to comment
Jeremy Posted January 13, 2004 Share Posted January 13, 2004 The USB port should just show up as another com port, I assume. Tooting my own horn, I posted a review on the 60c that I had to give back for CES. The geocache mode is neater than advertised above. Quote Link to comment
+pecka Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 I would difinitely like to see the pix you made @ CES. If you have any problem pasting them into the forums just let me know and I'll give you my email. Quote Link to comment
topografix Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 Of course, you won't be able to use it with easyGPS until they do some programming changes.Has anyone thought to send them an E-mail? They may not know a USB to GPS connection needs to be added. USB programming is very different from serial port programming, so all the PC software you use will need to be updated to support the new USB GPS receivers. I'll be ordering a 60CS receiver for EasyGPS and ExpertGPS development. - Dan (author of EasyGPS and ExpertGPS) Quote Link to comment
+aka Monkey Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 I guess since I'm on a Mac, I'll have to just try VirtualPC 7.0 when it comes out in a month or two. Quote Link to comment
+The Cached Potatoes Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 USB programming is very different from serial port programming, so all the PC software you use will need to be updated to support the new USB GPS receivers. I'll be ordering a 60CS receiver for EasyGPS and ExpertGPS development. - Dan (author of EasyGPS and ExpertGPS) Dan, I noticed that Garmin's web site has a screen shot of the 60cs with the caption: "During navigation toward a geocache, a note or hint about the cache is readily accessible (if the cache waypoint contains such information in its comment field)." Is that something that you can integrate into your programs? That would be awesome. -Chris Quote Link to comment
topografix Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 EasyGPS has always sent the contents of the Comment field to all GPS receivers that can display a Note or Comment. There may be further integration I can do with GPX files from Geocaching.com. Quote Link to comment
dave and jaime Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 im interested to see the battery usage. they claim up to 30 hours on 2aa's. is this realy attainable? Quote Link to comment
+toybreaker Posted January 14, 2004 Author Share Posted January 14, 2004 (edited) pics from show, I have all of these in HUGE format that shows very good detail if anyone wants em. If those dont work, here are the links Pic 1 Pic 2 Pic 3 Pic 4 Pic 5 Edited January 14, 2004 by Toybreaker71 Quote Link to comment
+jotne Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 I do not see the pitures. Quote Link to comment
+The Cached Potatoes Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 I found them here: http://www.hotboat.com/image_center/showph...php?photo=37154 http://www.hotboat.com/image_center/showph...php?photo=37155 http://www.hotboat.com/image_center/showph...php?photo=37156 http://www.hotboat.com/image_center/showph...php?photo=37157 Quote Link to comment
+toybreaker Posted January 14, 2004 Author Share Posted January 14, 2004 (edited) Dang, can't get it to work. Anyone have a suggestion as to a place to put the pics to link to them? Thanks for posting those links CIB. =) Edited January 14, 2004 by Toybreaker71 Quote Link to comment
+Halden Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 Man that machine looks sweet! Hit the image button then Copy and paste the URL of the image Quote Link to comment
+pecka Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 TB71: yeah, drop me the high-res pix to "jc AT netforce.cz" thanks Quote Link to comment
+Team BlackZ Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 (edited) Man, that thing looks great!!! Can't wait to get mine! Edited January 15, 2004 by Team BlackZ Quote Link to comment
+longball Posted January 21, 2004 Share Posted January 21, 2004 Find out if the 60 can show distance in yards. If so, can it show yards more than 1/10th of a mile??no - will not display in yards for golf purposes. WOO HOO!!! My 60c was in the mail box when I got home last night!! Saved the house as a waypoint, set units to yards and walked down the street till it read 300 yards to home. That's as far as I can hit it, even down a paved cart path! It's gonna work great for golf!!!LB:^)!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment
+MrPeabody Posted January 21, 2004 Share Posted January 21, 2004 Here is what the Garmin folks are saying. (some stuff clipped out...) Mounts? None Car mounts? No That's odd, considering I just saw a number of accessories (including mounts) on GPSCentral.ca as well as on Garmin's site. Quote Link to comment
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