Track show, blocks and fields to set - disappointed with new 66ST
Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2021 10:54 am
Hi guys!
Just a question about gpsmap66 st i bought recently.
I had a wonderful Colorado300 since 2008, mounted on my motorbike bar, but it died.
It was fast in zooming and track show after calculation.
This new 66 st is not as fast as the old Colorado300, really slower.
- map zoom is slower (and maps used are the same, osm etc, stored on 32 Gb SD card, kingston class 10)
- when i click on a map point and click on go to, it starts calculating and it takes more time, but above all, when finished, i don't see the violet track to follow if it is "long": i mean that if i'm pointing somewhere at "few km" ok, but if longer... I necessarily have to zoom out and in at least a couple of time then finally i see it.
I tried also moving maps from SD to internal but nothing changes.
My maps are .img uploaded directly with drag and drop but also maps uploaded with mapsource/basecamp.
With old Colorado300 it was faster and faster, and on motorbike while driving it'd be a plus.
I have regularly updated firmware, now version 6.0.0.0 then in theory it's good. But nothing changes.
Another interesting feature i miss is that navigating (to home for example) i have fix fields: speed and ARRIVAL TIME. I'd like to see DISTANCE TO ARRIVAL and i don't find the way to change it. You?
I use quite often only with charger because if with batteries and turn off....it happens that it is completely blocked, and only way to make it starts is removing batteries and re-inserting: and sometimes it happens that even without batteries inside (connected to charger on the motorbike), it turns off but lcd remains with last screenshot, only lighter.
I love Garmin, i had etrex legend, then Colorado300 and now this.
Not interested in other devices but...I'm quite disappointed.
Does it happen only to me or someone else faces same issue?
Thanks for every opinion
Just a question about gpsmap66 st i bought recently.
I had a wonderful Colorado300 since 2008, mounted on my motorbike bar, but it died.
It was fast in zooming and track show after calculation.
This new 66 st is not as fast as the old Colorado300, really slower.
- map zoom is slower (and maps used are the same, osm etc, stored on 32 Gb SD card, kingston class 10)
- when i click on a map point and click on go to, it starts calculating and it takes more time, but above all, when finished, i don't see the violet track to follow if it is "long": i mean that if i'm pointing somewhere at "few km" ok, but if longer... I necessarily have to zoom out and in at least a couple of time then finally i see it.
I tried also moving maps from SD to internal but nothing changes.
My maps are .img uploaded directly with drag and drop but also maps uploaded with mapsource/basecamp.
With old Colorado300 it was faster and faster, and on motorbike while driving it'd be a plus.
I have regularly updated firmware, now version 6.0.0.0 then in theory it's good. But nothing changes.
Another interesting feature i miss is that navigating (to home for example) i have fix fields: speed and ARRIVAL TIME. I'd like to see DISTANCE TO ARRIVAL and i don't find the way to change it. You?
I use quite often only with charger because if with batteries and turn off....it happens that it is completely blocked, and only way to make it starts is removing batteries and re-inserting: and sometimes it happens that even without batteries inside (connected to charger on the motorbike), it turns off but lcd remains with last screenshot, only lighter.
I love Garmin, i had etrex legend, then Colorado300 and now this.
Not interested in other devices but...I'm quite disappointed.
Does it happen only to me or someone else faces same issue?
Thanks for every opinion