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Does anyone have experience of, and therefore able to recommend, what size and speed of micro SD card is the optimum when using between 30 – 50% of the mapping on the Garmin NT Europe DVD on the Montana 600? Thanks.
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From what you say
4GB is more than enough but as the prices are so low, you might as well get the 8GB ones Class 4 is fine - anything faster does not get used. (unlike in a smartphone) I prefer Sandisk micro SD cards |
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It would have been a smart move to include a trickle charging system which would kick in when it detects the use of rechargeable AA's. |
I spent most of Saturday traipsing around Moscow trying to get my Montana fixed, and the only options I've found so far are to have Garmin swap it out for $$$ or to have a bodge-job done on it by a corner GPS repair shop. I might just stick with AAs, since it will be in the cradle most of the time anyway.
For anyone who cares, as far as I can tell the Garmin shops at Gorbushka in Moscow have now closed or moved, so that is a pain! |
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Bertrand, thanks, but I've already been through this--only the first of those shops is of any use, it is the main Gamin rep here and is the only place that can actually fix Garmins, the others are just sales points (according to the one I went to on Saturday). And this main rep of course does not work on weekends and is very inconveniently located.
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sorry - it was the best garmin had to offer me:blushing:
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The audio output from my Montana 600, via an Autocom system, is barely audible at anything above approximately 40mph. I have adjusted the earpieces to the optimum position, the Autocom is at its highest setting as is the volume control on the Montana. Does anyone know of a piece of kit that would significantly increase the volume? Preferably something that would simply plug in to the current set up. Thanks.
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Embee
I haver read of so many autocom woes that I have stayed away from one. Apologies but can't help with that device. A simpler solution ( my opinion only- no flames please!) Just use in ear buds - works a treat. Most people with an ipod/smartphone will already gave a set. Alternatives are many such as the Sennheiser ear buds- brilliant! If you need even more sound then there is an amplifier gadget that boosts the audio - one on fleabay. Used with a splitter with an ipod so if I really need voice directions :funmeterno:, I can hear the Montana perfectly on my pogo up to 70mph provided the ipod is either 'off' or 'paused' else the sounds get mixed up/ Keeping things simple makes life easier for me anyway!:smiliex: |
coming back from the ukrainian border yesterday over a crappy paved road, my Montana flew out of its cradle when I wasn't looking...I went back and looked, but could not find it. doh
So it looks like I'll be buying a new one. The little security screw on the cradle does not really work because of my windshield (ie, I can't get the little tool into the space). I have a couple of my knobbed security screws from my Zumo, but can't get the stock security screw out of the cradle--it seems attached to the cradle somehow, and I can't get grip on it to pull it out. Any suggestions? |
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Instead I make sure it clicks into the rugged mount and I have attached a lanyard(like the ones used for security access or ID cards) and wrapped that around the stem of the mount as a " just in case" The Montana has 'never' come loose even through the crap roads of Russia and Kaz, and that includes a lot of off road due to road works I am thinking it was not in place properly in your case. I don't believe I have have read of anyone else on the Montana thread losing one out of the cradle once inserted correctly, that thread on ADVrider is now 5,000 posts long |
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I didn't notice that it had a slot for a lanyard, I'm am pretty religious about using lanyards when possible. |
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For 'belt and braces', consider the vibration reducing TT mount. A few euros of course and it depends how important your gps's health is to you! |
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