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russgunn Regular Visitor
Joined: 15/08/2003 19:24:12 Posts: 223 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 11:34 am Post subject: Need handheld GPS with large speed display |
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Does anyone have any ideas on what handheld devices, whether Garmin or Magellan, can display the speed measurement fairly large on their screens? I need it to fix to a bike and kitebuggy so speed is the most important information for me. |
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Dave Frequent Visitor
Joined: Sep 10, 2003 Posts: 6460 Location: UK
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Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 1:38 pm Post subject: |
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You have to bear in mind that most Garmin and Magellan screens have other information on them, and certainly some of the screens like Garmi eTrex's or Geko's can be rather small.
Here's an image from an eTrex, but most Garmin's will have this similar screen.
To have a large screen you'd need something like a Garmin GPSMap or Magellan Meridian/SporTrak. |
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ernieb Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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Magellan Merdian Color has a speedo dial, quite large, and on the same screen four customisable fields. i.e Heading, ETA etc. Speedo dial changes ranges automatically to give best display.
I have a scan of the dial but not sure how to attach?
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ernieb Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 7:33 pm Post subject: |
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Dave,
Just thought that Pocket GPS have a review of the Meridain Color which shows the speedo display.
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Dave Frequent Visitor
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russgunn Regular Visitor
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Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 9:45 am Post subject: |
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Thanks guys for all your help. I went for the Garmin Etrex Venture in the end as the trip computer has a 'Big Numbers' feature allowing me to show 4 sub sections larger on the screen. |
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