60cx software

Ephemeris - A table giving the coordinates of a celestial body at a number of specific times during a given period. I would say it improves the units ability to acquire signal when in motion The step of Ephemeris Collection is the process by which the receiver obtains the precise satellite orbit parameters from each satellite by decoding the broadcast 50 BPS data message. The ephemeris data provides the means by which the receiver computes the true position of each satellite as a function of time.

Depending on where message synchronization is achieved relative to the BPS message length, the process of ephemeris collection can take between 18 and 30 total seconds. This seems to be happening to me all the time. The fist time I got worried. Then I realized I had to power off the unit every time after any update. Thanks for the info. Just updated mine from 2. Would it be a good idea to hard reset the unit to make it go out and get all the initialization data for the new software?

No need to. My seemed to gather its new almanac just fine in a few minutes by letting it see the sky again. I just used webupdated and when it turned back on after its little cycle it read 2.

No extra reboot needed. A good update for me here. No problems. My update using the webupdater went fine. Update, turn it off, go outside, turn it on and aquire the sats. No issues. I'm at work so I sent myself email to remind me to do this tonight.

Thanks for the update. Like others here, I didn't get a notice from Garmin even though I'm signed up for email notification. I never got any email notification either even though I signed up, I got lucky checking the update page. Has anyone noticed a change in the timing of the turn-warning signal? To me the final warning seems to come a little bit earlier. Now THAT would be a welcome change.

I've always felt that the warning on my 76CSx was much later than on my old 76CS. When there is a long off ramp it can be a real problem. How do I tell what version it is? I don't see it saying anything about version number on the welcome screen when I turn it on. What is this for?

Surely there isn't a thermometer in the thing, is there? If there is, I apparently have never ran across it, and can't figure out how to use it, but it sure would be handy. To check software version goto main menu, setup,system, on the system screen press menu and select software version. You should see software version 3. The webupdater will check and say something like your garmin device already has the latest version, then you get two options, first is proceed to check to additional updates, and second is reinstall the same verison.

Just updated my 60CX. No need here to turn the unit of and on again. It just had to aquire the sat signal to reset the clock. No one seems to be reporting any noticable improvements - but then it does say changes are to improve factory testing It seems like with 2. Now with 2.

I had a slight problem no one listed here. I connected my 60csx and ran webupdater. It said no new updates. However, the Garmin MapSource BlueChart does have the nautical charts of the area, and as I intended to take a diving course the BlueChart data would be useful. I will be doing a full review of the BlueChart data in another article. The basemap was ideal for tracking my progress during the flight. I had set a waypoint in the centre of the runway at Grantley Adams airport.

This allowed me to check up on the pilot, making sure he was going the right way. Of course we were and as we approached Barbados the captain very kindly over flew the airport and gave us an aerial view of the Barbados Hilton where we were staying along with Carlisle bay and the Caribbean Sea pictured on the right where I went diving. I had the GPS receiver in the centre of the cabin and was still getting a 5 satellite differential fix.

I had preloaded the BlueChart marine charts of the Barbados region prior to leaving home, and found the Airport and created a waypoint at the airport. This allowed me to track my progress during the flight. I had also marked Gatwick so I was able to track our return as well.

Now the Marine charts don't contain too much information on the road network, and in Barbados road signs seem to be nonexistent. But this was not too much of an issue once our destination had been pinpointed. I set a Waypoint at our hotel, and was able to navigate with almost as much confidence as with normal street mapping systems.

When I was out driving it was a simple matter of selecting a road that was heading roughly in the direction shown on the GPS. We had a bit of fun in the capital Bridgetown, but we never got lost. This is a requirement if you are going to use it for navigating on the water.

In particular salt water and electronics don't mix very well. I can put my hand on my heart and say that this GPS receiver is certainly waterproof. Not only did I take it out every day on an open dive boat, but getting in and out of the boat the GPS and the rest of me got completely submerged in the waves.

I also had to ensure that all the salt water and residue were washed off. This entailed dunking the GPS in a barrel of fresh water. Not a single drop of water entered the GPS. I used the GPS as a recording tool for the dive trips. At each location I created a mark or waypoint so that I could return to that spot again if I ever go back there tickets booked for next year.

In the screen dump from the MapSource application you can see the dive trip from the 30th Jan highlighted in yellow. There are many other tracks shown in white there as well. On one of the tracks the one exiting to the left of the image we did a dive in the open sea.

I made a mark where we entered the water, and a second one where we were picked up. The Topo Great Britain mapping software is a combination of NavTeq street routable maps and Ordnance Survey topographical data things like contours, paths, rivers and streams. The street mapping side of the software can create turn by turn instructions, including recalculation if you go off route, to your destination.

It is not the same quality as the dedicated personal navigation devices, as it doesn't issue voice commands. However it does beep to indicate a turn and the turn instructions are clearly displayed on the screen. If you do want to use the Topo Great Britain you will need to get a larger microSD card as the 64MB one supplied with the GPS receiver only allows a small number of tiles to be downloaded.

This is not as big an issue as it might seem. I can get most of the south east of England on the 64Mb card. I don't really need all of that in such great detail. What I can do is load the detail for the areas that I need it and then leave the rest as the Base Map.

The Basemap contains routeable information of major roads so you get the best of both worlds. Detail at your start and destination, with major roads in between. It is multifunctional and can be used for driving and routing on the road, on bike.

It is a very rugged device, it took a fair amount of abuse while I was in Barbados, it is weather and waterproof. It is amazingly sensitive. The wizards at Garmin have sprinkled their magic dust on the design and production of the 60Cx squeezing the last bit of sensitivity from the antenna and SiRFStar III chipset.

If you are looking for a good all round GPS then this is hard to beat. This is definitely one GPS that will accompany me on my travels. Have any comments about this review? Post them here. PocketGPS Web. Weekly Newsletter. Or you could disable your ad-blocker for this site. Submit A Support Request. Starting at the top left and following the buttons anti-clockwise the buttons and their functions are: Zoom in: change the display scale for more detail. Mark: create a waypoint at the current position.

Quit: generally exits the currently selected function. Menu: displays a context sensitive menu for the page you are currently viewing. Page: cycles through the main displays see below.

Out : change the display scale for less detail. On the left side of the rear there is the lanyard attachment, plus two connectors: USB : this is the connection to transfer data to and from a computer.

The image to the right shows a number of features: Serial Connector: This allows the transmission of data between the GPS and older PCs using serial data protocols. How can I tell how much map memory is in use on the GPS? As I have my old 60csx Carlos Andres Sanchez. The details vary between programs, of course. Our favorite tips to worry about water getting inside. The GPSMAP 60 series simply treats geocaches just like any other waypoint while allowing it to be displayed with one of two possible symbols, 'unfound' and 'found'.

It is recommended that you disable screen savers or other programs running on your PC while you go through the update process. Equipped with sensors and bit PCs. Quickly making this for my sister who just got her GPS and needs to know how to use it before her trip tomorrow!

You can change this as a lanyard is intended. To resolve the battery compartment, or geocache compass. Hi, 'unfound' and from Garmin's website. Rehabbing from ankle surgery, I haven't had the chance to take the GPS out for a walk in quite a while. Hope you have a laptop near windows on the side of the house the with more signals. This professional grade custom cable outperforms the original! Problema Garmin 60csx Carlos Andres Sanchez.

It sounds like an issue with the device, however let me reiterate, I have 3 or 4 cables that will work with some devices and not others. The data, then it before her GPS. Trips and Waypoints Manager came with the unit and will do it. The current 64st has some cool new features such as imagery and GLONAS, but barely enough to see me using it in place of my old 60csx. These are updated versions of the 60 and 76 series, released in You can change this location if you like.

Take a moment now to compare the contents of this package with the packing list on the box. GPS menu, Simplified user framework 3. However let me to know how much map memory. The best handheld Garmin made, or will ever make in my opinion.