Re: [Paddlewise] eTrex versus my old Magellan GPS

From: Michael R Noyes <mnoyes_at_gsinet.net>
Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 11:52:24 -0400
arlene wrote:

> The eTrex GPS does not come with an advanced manual. For those that have this
>
> GPS, are you able to get a "bearing" to display on the screen in a GOTO mode?
>
> Can the LAT/LON be displayed on one of the four initial screens, or does it
> require going deeper within the screens?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Arlene
>
> http://www.ilos.net/~amartin

The new owners manual (replaces the advanced users guide) can be down loaded from
the following link;
http://garmin.com/products/etrex/manual.html

In answer to your questions, yes.  On the pointer page if you hit the up or down
keys you will scroll through the options at the bottom of the screen.  Your
lat/lon, bearing, heading, speed, distance, sunrise, sunset, and elevation
(useless) are all there.
For instance, the main boat ramp for Massabesic Lake is on a bearing of 285
magnetic from my back yard.  Now that you know how to get there from here I'll
tell you how to get here, if you really want me to! :-)

Mike


--
    Paddling along through fog so thick that only one's thoughts are
visible, your reverie is abruptly shattered by the ancient cry of a great
blue heron as she lifts uncertainly from the brilliant blue of a
mussel-shell beach witnessed only by the brooding, wet spruce....your
passage home seems as much back through time as it does through space.
Mark H Hunt


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