http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/emap-users/ A discussion group for the Garmin Emap Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:06:51 GMT Brad [VE3BSM] http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/emap-users/message/2347 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/emap-users/message/2347 That's right, they took the tracking out of MapSource and put it into nRoute. Luckily, it's free and not too hard to use (although I don't use it much myself). Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:45:35 GMT rlmartin58 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/emap-users/message/2346 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/emap-users/message/2346 actualy it worked fine and the realtime navigating did also but i needed the update to do the usb transfers with my 60csx so now i cant do the realtime Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:05:00 GMT Brad Smith http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/emap-users/message/2345 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/emap-users/message/2345 I'm not sure. I suspect that you'll need a more recent MapSource version, but it is a free upgrade. Give it a try, you can't break anything. Sun, 28 Dec 2008 21:36:43 GMT rlmartin58 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/emap-users/message/2344 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/emap-users/message/2344 Can I load the the Topo 2008 maps from the dvd into the mapsource 5.4 software i am running ... realtime tracking and navigating. ... the 'Agree." ... since Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:57:58 GMT Brad [VE3BSM] http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/emap-users/message/2343 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/emap-users/message/2343 I'm going from memory here, but as I recall with the auto-routing GPSes, you can plot a route in MapSource and upload it, but the GPS will really only keep the Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:35:02 GMT rlmartin58 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/emap-users/message/2342 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/emap-users/message/2342 I bought myself a GPS 60CSX as a christmas present Topo 2008 is packaged with it but will I be able to use my mapsource with it to do my navigating as I did Wed, 28 May 2008 19:08:13 GMT Brad Smith http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/emap-users/message/2341 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/emap-users/message/2341 I assume you're using MapSource to do the transfer? So in the upload dialog, you check "waypoints" and "routes" and send them to the eMap, but they don't Tue, 20 May 2008 17:17:47 GMT Richard Lane http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/emap-users/message/2340 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/emap-users/message/2340 I use an Emap as back-up for my Garmin 540s GPS/Plotter and want to upload pc generated routes to the Emap using the same Garmin propriety protocol. I find Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:54:17 GMT prathman@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/emap-users/message/2339 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/emap-users/message/2339 As Brad indicated, you can use the free nRoute program to do realtime tracking and navigating. If you still want to load an older version of MapSource, there's Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:12:22 GMT Brad [VE3BSM] http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/emap-users/message/2338 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/emap-users/message/2338 Real time disappeared several versions ago. MapSource is purely for organizing your maps, routes, waypoints and tracks. Instead, you want to look at nRoute, Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:16:23 GMT rlmartin58 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/emap-users/message/2337 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/emap-users/message/2337 I,ve had to reload all my computers and it has been several years since I connected my emap. So I,m relaoding from my original mapsource disks I downloaded the Sun, 23 Sep 2007 13:29:12 GMT bfarcher http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/emap-users/message/2336 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/emap-users/message/2336 Hi guys, I'm new to the group but my e-map died on a vacation trip in Colorado. The batteries died, installed new batteries and tried to power up...no go. When Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:30:56 GMT Dave Hadler http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/emap-users/message/2335 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/emap-users/message/2335 I have opened mine up in the past and it was not too difficult. The backlighting died and I was hoping to fix it. If anyone has a dead unit (that had good Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:31:39 GMT Brad Smith http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/emap-users/message/2334 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/emap-users/message/2334 ... During a route download you say? That sounds more like a "logic" problem than hardware. Before trying to open the unit (which will probably yield undesired Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:12:01 GMT couparangus2 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/emap-users/message/2333 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/emap-users/message/2333 During a route download it stopped working. I had to remove the batteries to turn it off. Now it doesn't turn back on. I tried new batteries and also the cigar