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Originally Posted by Warthog
Disadvantages:- Light goes off after 10 secs regardless: a PITA when trying to navigate at night: you have to nudge any key for it to re-activate
I have used those free maps: they are fine...
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Page 37 of the handbook for the Vista HCx I have states that the backlight timeout in the display settings can be set to stay on. I have set mine to only switch off the light when the external power is lost to alert me but it otherwise stays on at the level I set with the power switch/thumb rocker.
I have the Europe Garmin routable city nav on microSD (cannot be used n a computer, GPS only but cheaper) as well as the Topo GB on disc (route planned on computer then transferred to card but more expensive) and both are very good. But as I wanted more countries and also be able to route plan in Europe on my computer, I tried the OpenSourceMaps found HERE. These maps are full of POI data and reasonably accurate, certainly enough to navigate by. Best though is that they are free and routable on your computer and GPS. They also work on MapSource (on PC) & RoadTrip on (Mac).
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