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quilombo
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Initially Posted - 04/22/2008 :  21:12:57  Show Profile
just bought a magellan sportrak pro marine handheld gps, anyone have one of these,,,? what do you think
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 04/22/2008 :  21:52:58  Show Profile
Too late.
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Stu Jackson C34
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Response Posted - 04/23/2008 :  13:26:49  Show Profile
Until recently Garmin required the user to go through a three to five step menu to simply GO TO a waypoint. I hated that. They've gotten a bit smarter with their newer models. Our old Magellan has a, get this, button that says GO TO. How clever.

Whatever you have you can't go wrong, just learn to use it by reading the manual, preferably a few times, then again a month later and so on.
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aeckhart
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Response Posted - 04/24/2008 :  13:46:43  Show Profile  Visit aeckhart's Homepage
Dave,

I couldn't stop laughing at your tongue-in-cheek comment. Hell, i'm still giggling.
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quilombo
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Response Posted - 04/24/2008 :  20:16:11  Show Profile
I dont know what the #%%$%& you guys are talking about, but I have a feeling it has nothing to do with my question
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OLarryR
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Response Posted - 04/25/2008 :  05:28:34  Show Profile  Visit OLarryR's Homepage
I have a handheld Magellan Marine (pretty sure it's not the sportrak pro model). A friend of mine who bought a new motorboat (26' Larsen) got a built -in GPS with it and gave me his old Magellan handheld as a gift. He told me it was best not to fool with it's software (loading addl things, etc) because it took him a long time to get it configured with our Potomac River region. Since I am on a river and really have both sides of the river in view it has little use for me except when travelling down the river into areas I am not as familiar with then it's most helpful for the buoy markers and depth/contours of the river bed. Also, I occasionally use it just to see how fast I am going from point to point.

A couple of years ago, my wife and I and two other couples, we all celebrated our 30th wedding anniversaries with a european cruise onboard the Celebrity Millenium. I was trying to find the software to load on the Magellan Marine so I could fool with it on the cruise boat for the areas we were visiting. However, I was never able to find/get the software. Believe the Magellan I had was discontinued and software options hard to find....that's also when my friend told me recommending not to start fooling with the Potomac River file he loaded because it was a bear for him to get it configured properly.

Once again, the model I have is an old one. It does work well for it's intended purpose.
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aeckhart
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Response Posted - 04/25/2008 :  12:44:17  Show Profile  Visit aeckhart's Homepage
quilombo,

Not laughing at your expense. Dave's criptic response, which I'm sure was meant in jest, referrerd to your asking our advise about your new purchase after you bought the gps. What if we all said that the Magellan Sporttrack was not a good choice......for whatever reason?

Personally I've had two Magellans and liked them both. For a lot of reasons, Garmin seems to be the preferrred choice these days though.

Crap, Dave's comment still has me chuckling.
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Response Posted - 04/27/2008 :  21:44:16  Show Profile
very cool, thanks guys,,
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