norman Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 (edited) I have just bought this unit in the US, it has the basemap for the world installed. It doesn't suit me as I use a Mac and uploading routes seamlessly requires Windows. Garmin 300 £250 Hard case £ 15 Chest transmitter for heart rate monitor (built in)£ 10 Call it £270 for the lot, in its new packaging, as new with a 2GB mini card and SD adapter thrown in. If you are interested, please contact me via email as I am out of the country until the 4th July. Edited June 25, 2008 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Damn, I wanted your 60CSx! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norman Posted June 25, 2008 Author Share Posted June 25, 2008 LOL, I have discovered that it is a darned good unit. This one is excellent of course, I just can't load my routes, it will take waypoints and I can construct routes fine (which is easy) but prefer to just upload them. The joys of owning a Mac eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 The essential ingredient for a quality GPS these days seems to be a SirfStar III chipset. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norman Posted June 26, 2008 Author Share Posted June 26, 2008 The essential ingredient for a quality GPS these days seems to be a SirfStar III chipset. Yep, the Colorado has this and logs on to the celestial network as fast as the 60CSx. The software is pretty much identical, the interface a little different but very simple to use, even wearing gloves. Go on then, £250 the lot, last chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_b Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Just look here to see what you are missing http://www.outdoorsmagic.com/news/article/mps/uan/5344 Pete b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmer_Dave Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 That's a nice looking bit of kit Pete. You got one? See you Saturday. Missed you Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_b Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 No I'm looking for one with airspace warnings but the are £700 up. I like xc soar but I cannot get it to start up right on my pda and it will not load the air space just freezes it all. Pocket FMS is too much trouble to set up and cost a fair bit to. Yes I will see you on Saturday honey but try not to let Malcs see us together as he has a thing about smelling me I think Your ever friendly,short,smelly,forest loving,sheep chasing gigalo baby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 £700 up???? My £200 unit has Airspace Warnings? I was driving today and they were popping up all the time. 10km, 5km, WARNING, 0km. Moving Airmap..... all the rest of the stuff... Even new they can be found for £280. SW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 I like xc soar but I cannot get it to start up right on my pda and it will not load the air space just freezes it all. Just a thought, what version of pocket pc is your pda running? theer are several downloads of xc soar depending on which version of operating system you are using. also the airspace file needs to be in the My Documents folder on your pda not on the sd card? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_b Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 I like xc soar but I cannot get it to start up right on my pda and it will not load the air space just freezes it all. Just a thought, what version of pocket pc is your pda running? theer are several downloads of xc soar depending on which version of operating system you are using. also the airspace file needs to be in the My Documents folder on your pda not on the sd card? I am running windows mobile6 and it starts to load the air space from my documents but then freezes Also I cannot run in landscape??(with out air maps it starts up ok ) Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonwrasse Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Hi Norman. Is this still for sale ? I have sent you a PM, Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil_P Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Just bought a Garmin 295 from the US for a couple of hundred. Twenty quid jeppesen database and a free European basemap download and I'm sorted. Replaces my aging GPS90 that will get saved for backup duty. All sorts of bells and whistles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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