cruiseroutfit
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My 6-7 year old Etrex Legend had similar issue, a firmware update seemed to solve the problem 100% as its never repeated itself.
Re: Notebook solutions versus handheld options. Everyones uses will be different but after a couple of years expirimenting with the laptop options I went back to the handheld and picked up a the then new Vixta HCx. For the type of uses I often encounter it has served me well. Keep in note I'm not of the 'download & drive' mentality and in fact rarely actually download a track before I set out. Rather I'll enter a handful of key intersections, mine locations, etc and hit the road. With the handheld GPS I can seamlessly exit the vehicle and hike around. Much of my decision came from the fact neither of my vehicles make good platforms for a in cab notebook. In the 40 it would be extremely distracting and take up crucial cab space... in the Tacoma I just can't seem to make it happen without interfering with a passengers comfort. My recent idea was to use my in dash display (roughly 4" x 6" as a screen) for a laptop remotely mounted but in the end I just havn't found the need for mapping more complex than those my HCx can handle (and I actually use the Atlas or other paper maps more than that). I have checked out in cab solutions of others, for example the notebook and mount in Paul May's 100 Series is very workable both in visibility and passenger comfort, that extra cab space makes a huge difference. If I didn't regularly have a passenger things would be different.
Re: Notebook solutions versus handheld options. Everyones uses will be different but after a couple of years expirimenting with the laptop options I went back to the handheld and picked up a the then new Vixta HCx. For the type of uses I often encounter it has served me well. Keep in note I'm not of the 'download & drive' mentality and in fact rarely actually download a track before I set out. Rather I'll enter a handful of key intersections, mine locations, etc and hit the road. With the handheld GPS I can seamlessly exit the vehicle and hike around. Much of my decision came from the fact neither of my vehicles make good platforms for a in cab notebook. In the 40 it would be extremely distracting and take up crucial cab space... in the Tacoma I just can't seem to make it happen without interfering with a passengers comfort. My recent idea was to use my in dash display (roughly 4" x 6" as a screen) for a laptop remotely mounted but in the end I just havn't found the need for mapping more complex than those my HCx can handle (and I actually use the Atlas or other paper maps more than that). I have checked out in cab solutions of others, for example the notebook and mount in Paul May's 100 Series is very workable both in visibility and passenger comfort, that extra cab space makes a huge difference. If I didn't regularly have a passenger things would be different.
