Re: 76CS -- not my favorite GPSR (a bit lengthy)

From: Fred (kaufmanfl_at_att.net)
Date: 06/16/04 

Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 07:04:03 -0700

On 13 Jun 2004 07:34:45 -0700, rmundy@hotmail.com (Roger Mundy) wrote:
 
>"Fred Hiltz" <not@home.ca> wrote in message news:<F7KdnTSIstaKIFbdRVn-sA@adelphia.com>...
>> Stuart Middleton-White wrote:
>> > "Fred Hiltz" <not@home.ca> wrote:
>> >
>> >> You might like to compare it with this less emotional review:
>> >
>> > Except that review is for the GPSmap 76S *not* the 76CS being
>> > discussed.
>>
>> Oops. Sorry.
>
>That's OK, some of the review covers some of the same features the
>76CS has. Just got mine on Thursday and LOVE it. The only feature I
>would like to see added would be the "NEXT STREET" feature that the
>old E-Map had. It comes in handy when you are going throug
>subdivisions at night looking for a particular street, and also when
>going down the road looking for a street that the 76CS does not have a
>name for on the screen. Maybe Garmin will read this and add that very
>nice feature. I disagree/agree with some of the opinions expressed
>about the unit but then I never owned a 76S. I agree that there
>should be an option of turning the status screen on/off, and GAMES?
>They are nothing more then a marketing ploy. The memory could have
>been better served with other useful features. You can access the
>diagnostic screen by pushing the enter key and power on keys at the
>same time. Useful for checking the voltage of your batteries. Since
>I teach GPS classes at the local community education, I will put
>together a class for the students of mine who bought the same unit
>with me. But first I need to educated myself!!

Having just used mine navigating around Vancouver, BC I would like the
screen to rotate like on the Garmin V. The unit will not stand in the
narrow "v" between the windshield and dash of my Subaru Outback so I
had it lying down sideways with the buttons to the right and the
screen to the left. It would have been nice to be able to "rotate"
the screen portrait/landscape orientation for this position. The map
was kind-of okay this way but all the other info, text, prompts were
harder to deal with.

The screen is quite a bit smaller than the older 76 series. If you
look at the new 76CS series, fill out the area where the screen is, to
the full extent of the indented area around it. Obviously, Garmin
used the same screen for the 60/76 series. The color may have had
something to do with the choice and then ease of programming the two
units the same way