Re: Magellan Meridian vs Explorist
- From: "Pieter Litchfield" <pvcl@*nospam*plitch.com>
- Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 12:27:07 GMT
I do save tracks to my (big) SD card on a color meridian. This is a bit of
a pain. You have to bring up the main menu, then the card utility menu,
save the track, then bring up the menu, bring up the utlity menu and get
another track. I do it all the time, but it's not very convenient.
Thanks for the info on exchanging batteries. That makes the explorist more
attractive to me.
"Peter" <prathman@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Pieter Litchfield wrote:
>> I just took a look at the Magellan web site, and the Explorist 500 sounds
>> like a more sophisticated and useful version of the Meridiam Color. Of
>> course, if you don't need the extra features, why bother? For my
>> purposes, multiple track recording sounds great.
>
> You should be able to store multiple tracks on the SD card of your
> Meridian. Of course only one at a time could be loaded and displayed.
>
>> If the color display uses less battery that would be great (unknown).
>
> Haven't seen one yet either, but the reviews of the color screen have been
> very favorable and it doesn't appear to need a backlight nearly as much as
> the Meridian Color.
>
>> A couple of possible drawbacks: Using a USB connection can be a problem
>> for those with older PCs. I have an old laptop I use for mapping, and I
>> would have to find a serial-to-USB adapter. Not all of them will with a
>> GPS. In addition, I would be concerned about batteries. If the internal
>> rechargable battery can't be removed (this is not explained in their
>> description), how do you deal with a multi-day trip?
>
> The internal Li+ battery is removable and spares are about $40-50. Another
> way to deal with multiday trips is to use battery holder with 4 AA cells
> and use that to recharge the Li+ cell as needed. I'd still personally
> prefer internal AA cells, but there are reasonable ways to use the new
> eXplorist 400/500/600 on extended trips.
>> All in all, it looks like a neat unit.
>
.
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