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Spinner has given you some excellent tips for using the GPSMAP 396, but I have a couple tricks too.  While flying back from the Aircraft Electronics Association  Convention in Palm Springs, CA, Spinner noticed that the some of the buttons on the GPSMAP 396 have more than one function.  I explained that the dual function [...] The post Prop & Spinner: Page/Mode Button Shortcut...

GPSLodge.com posted their review of the Forerunner 205. They were especially impressed with the 205’s new high sensitivy GPS receiver. “The Forerunner 205 had no trouble picking up a signal through our roof and I was nowhere near a window, I swear. I sat there with a good signal on the Forerunner 205 while the [...] The post Forerunner 205 Gets Two Thumbs Up...

Did you know that you can save screenshots of any Garmin USB-enabled GPS unit?  A few of the units like the GPSMAP 276C and 376C allow you to upload pictures to be used as the splash screen on the unit.  The software tool you need to achieve this is called xImage and is available for [...] The post Chet’s Corner: xImage appeared first on...