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Entries Tagged ‘Wiki Updates’

Garmin Oregon 550t — Picture Perfect?

In a nutshell, so far so good.
I think back to the first weeks (or months?) after the releases of the Garmin Colorado and Oregon and I never would have left home without a backup GPS.   This past week I traveled many miles with my Garmin Oregon 550t by car, by boat and on foot and, [...]

Garmin Dakota Wiki Opens

For the last few days I’ve been setting up the skeleton of  a Garmin Dakota wiki.    For those of you who use the Colorado and Oregon wikis the Dakota wiki should be very familiar.  While the Dakota is starting to look like a smaller Oregon with very similar software features I’ve decided it would be [...]

How To: Using Preinstalled 400t Topo Maps in Mapsource

A frequent complaint about the Colorado and Oregon 400t has been the inability to use the preinstalled Topo 2008 maps in Mapsource.   Shortly after getting my Colorado 400t I worked with some clever folks who were able to make it work but the procedure wasn’t quite ready for prime time.   After messing with this for [...]

Oregon and Colorado Connection Modes

One of the most frequently asked questions about the Oregon and Colorado is how the unit will behave when connected to different USB cables or USB power adapters.   Sometimes the GPS will continue to operate as a GPS, other times it will enter “USB mass storage mode” which is the mode that allows you to [...]

Garmin Colorado wiki versions page added

From time to time I’ll post updates on GPS Fix when I make major modifications or additions to one of the wikis. Today I’ve taken the popular Oregon wiki Versions page and added it to the Colorado wiki. The Colorado Versions page is a summary of how to update your Colorado, where [...]