Re: 60C/CS/CSX questions ..


"GSV Three Minds in a Can" <GSV@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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: Bitstring <120n57gco59r828@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, from the wonderful
: person Dale DePriest <Dale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said
: >
: >
: >GSV Three Minds in a Can wrote:
: >
: >> 1) Can any lucky owner of the x variants confirm yet that the battery
: >>life really has been cut by ~2x from the basic 60C model (quotes 30
: >>hours) to the CSx (17 hours)? I never got a real 30 hours from the 60C
: >>either, so I wonder if some of the delta is just 'marketing hype
reduction'?
: >
: >An S model will get considerably less if the compass is turn on.
:
: It does say 'less if the compass is used a lot' so I assumed the 17
: hours was without using it.
:
: >> 2) With the CS/CSx models can someone tell me how often you need to
: >>re-calibrate the altimeter, and what the unit does by way of 'on the
: >>fly, during use' re-calibration, to cope with changing barometric
: >>pressure? I sort of thought this might be in the documentation, but
: >>apparently not (Garmin trade secret maybe?).
: >>
: >
: >Whenever the weather changes, like any other barometric altimeter. It
: >is best to leave it on automatic calibration unless you know what you
: >are doing.
:
: I know what =I'm= doing, the question was what the unit was doing,
: however I think other folks have answered it (and I've been googling) -
: in auto mode it basically recalibrates itself continuously (over some
: time period which is not well defined anywhere).
:
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