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bajalou
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Different spot on Garmin site $535.70 for the 60CSX and about $589.27 for the 76CSX.
http://www.garmin.com/products/gpsmap76csx/
Didn't see a firm release date though.
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[Edited on 1-6-2006 by bajalou]
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Neal Johns
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Garmins are available for much less that Garmin List Price, so shop around on the Internet.
Here are some Internet vendors:
http://gpsinformation.us/main/vendors.htm
[Edited on 1-7-2006 by Neal Johns]
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Mexray
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Garmin really went all-out in Las Vegas...
...from the look of all those snazzy photos on their new site listed by Neal above!
I noted that Garmin's World Headquarters are located in the Cayman Islands...Hmmmm, that must be 'rough' duty, working at the home office! I wonder
if I could get the Lat/Lon of their numbered bank accounts there...maybe there's a Geocache with some goodies nearby!
According to my clock...anytime is \'BAJA TIME\' & as Jimmy Buffett says,
\"It doesn\'t use numbers or moving hands It always just says now...\"
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bajalou
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Was looking at one of the forums on handheld GPS and the coments about the SirfIII chip was really something "in the glove box" etc. Now if I can
restrain myself for the discounters to come in. GPScity 76CSx $549 and taking orders only - less than $30 difference from the SRP
No Bad Days
\"Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference\"
\"The trouble with doing nothing is - how do I know when I\'m done?\"
Nomad Baja Interactive map
And in the San Felipe area - check out Valle Chico area |
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Bruce R Leech
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http://www.garmin.com/products/gpsmap76csx/
this is the one I want. map76csx
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Neal Johns
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I just got back from the Consumer Electronic Show in Vegas. Stopping by the Garmin booth, I got to play with their new toys. A little bird told me
they will be putting Bluetooth in some of their units this spring.
What does that do for you? Well, Bluetooth is a wireless radio data transmission system with a range of about 30 feet. You could transmit the GPS data
to a laptop that was equipped with Bluetooth and have Big Screen GPS!
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Mexray
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So Neal...
...what was your impression of the N?vi ? Do you think it's a good gadget, worth it's asking price? It looks good from their ads, but a bit 'steep'
in the gold coin department, I'm thinking...
Any other neat stuff from the show that got your eye? I'm sure I would have been like a kid in a candy store in there!
Come on, give us the 'real' low-down...
According to my clock...anytime is \'BAJA TIME\' & as Jimmy Buffett says,
\"It doesn\'t use numbers or moving hands It always just says now...\"
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Neal Johns
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Mexray, I got my ex-wife to buy a n?vi. It is a great road/sidewalk navigation toy for world travelers, but too expensive, as you point our. It got
outstanding reviews for brightness, speaking the street names (instead of just saying "turn left") and general simplicity of operation. It is not a
general purpose unit that you can enter Long/Lat into so is of little interest to me.
Other things: New Plasma and LCD TV's all over the place. The hot ones (will also burn a hole in your pocket) are the 1080p (for progressive) one that
paint the complete picture on the screen at once. They look great, but I read more than I watch TV. Well, there is The Soprano's coming up....
I only spent one day there, so skipped a lot of stuff. It is really easy to get sore feet there. The Samsung "booth" was literally the size of a
football field.
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bajalou
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John, did you see any 12V flat monitors that could be mounted in a vehcile and operated by a laptop under the seat or somewhere. The Ozi forums have
mentioned them and now I'm kind of interested. Old eyes have troublewith GPS screens
No Bad Days
\"Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference\"
\"The trouble with doing nothing is - how do I know when I\'m done?\"
Nomad Baja Interactive map
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bajataco
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajalou
John, did you see any 12V flat monitors that could be mounted in a vehcile and operated by a laptop under the seat or somewhere. The Ozi forums have
mentioned them and now I'm kind of interested. Old eyes have troublewith GPS screens |
Is this one big enough?
Not sure if it is 12v, but I can find out. I think plugging into an inverter would be easy enough though.
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Bruce R Leech
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nice truck bajataco
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bajalou
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Great setup bajataco - I've looked at your website and know you've got the right stuff. I was at Best Buy today looking a monitors. 15" is a little
large but all that I saw were 12 V. With a laptop running on 12V doesn't have to have a inverter.
Also priced the miniSD or TransFlash cards - 512m for $60, 256 for about $35 and 128 for $25 - The adaptor reader was about $20 I think.
No Bad Days
\"Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference\"
\"The trouble with doing nothing is - how do I know when I\'m done?\"
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Neal Johns
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bajalou, I did not look at monitors because for good sunlight visibility you need about 1000 nits of brightness. (You gotta love the term "nits" - I
don't know who came up with that one). A bright laptop has about 200 nits and the screen washes out badly in a vehicle. 1000 nit monitors are
available but cost about $1000.
The solution is a large GPS screen (much less pixels so they can get the brightness way up, it seems.) The Lowrance Baja is really bright and has a
five inch screen. Another model has a seven inch screen. Lowrance maps are not quite as good as Garmin's but the GPS's sure are cheaper. All you need
is a rich, generous wife. Here I am, ladies! (Disclaimer - my wife is married).
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bajataco
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Neal, you crack me up
Thanks guys, but actually, that is not my truck. That is a Tacoma that belongs to my good buddy Steve (I think Neal knows him, they are both pros on
the Socal deserts). Anyway, Steve set that monitor up so he can use it with a laptop that sits in a slide-out cubby behind his seat. The monitor is on
a swing-arm that swings it up to the ceiling for when he is driving. So I think he pretty much just uses it when he is out in the boonies exploring.
He has it set up with OziExplorer so he can see both USGS topos and sat images. He also keeps an electronic copy of his Toyota factory service manual,
and various other info. on the computer. Pretty cool. You can see his truck on my site...
Steve's Tacoma
Neal has a good point about screen brightness. That is always an issue to be reckoned with in a vehicle. Thanks for the info on the "nits" Neal, now I
can quantify just how bright that bright should be. You mentioned Lowrance, and they are coming out with a 10" touch-screen GPS. Now that is going to
be sweet!
I have another friend, Jack, who is using a small touch-screen monitor in his Toyota LandCruiser, that he has connected to a Ipaq PDA running Windows
and GPS software program that works with Garmin. That is pretty neat.
I am currently running a 7" LCD monitor in my truck, but it is not hooked up to a GPS. There are five cameras mounted on the truck and I can view all
of the cameras from the drivers seat. It is REALLY cool! But it is also a perfect location to have a GPS screen, so I might work on that at some point
in the future.
You can see the complete article on the camera system/LCD monitor here... Total Vision camera system
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jack
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The articles from Steve were great. Thanks to him for sharing them with everyone. It's always interesting to see how other people set up their
vehicles and RV's.
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bajataco
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| Quote: | Originally posted by jack
The articles from Steve were great. Thanks to him for sharing them with everyone. |
I'll let him know!
| Quote: | Originally posted by jack
It's always interesting to see how other people set up their vehicles and RV's. |
I agree. I enjoy it very much too.
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Taco de Baja
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New Garmins 60csx abd 76csx
My contact at Garmin says that Garmin will not begin shipment on "back ordered" 76csx and 60csx units for at least another week or so.
Nice topic lots of good info in all the comments!
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