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Equipment & Gear => All Other Gear => Topic started by: bowhunterforever on May 03, 2014, 03:02:36 AM

Title: Garmin 62s?
Post by: bowhunterforever on May 03, 2014, 03:02:36 AM: So I have a garmin 62s and after so many miles my tracks go away for some reason :dunno: Is there a way to make it so my tracks never go away?Thanks
Title: Re: Garmin 62s?
Post by: Whitpirate on May 03, 2014, 05:23:02 AM: Are you running out of memory? I'd replace the card and save tracks to the SD card... I put a 16GB in mine.
Title: Re: Garmin 62s?
Post by: Bmcox86 on May 03, 2014, 06:10:22 AM: :yeah:
Title: Re: Garmin 62s?
Post by: Rider on May 03, 2014, 06:42:16 AM: Download to your pc/mac.
Title: Re: Garmin 62s?
Post by: bowhunterforever on May 03, 2014, 03:44:50 PM: Not sure if i'm running out of memory, How do I check that? I am also using a hunt washington chip in mine if that makes and difference.
Title: Re: Garmin 62s?
Post by: Whitpirate on May 03, 2014, 04:21:40 PM: Pull out the manual and read about the settings pages.... you'll be able to see what is consuming all the space. I don't have a huntingGPS map chip in mine so I can't help there.
Title: Re: Garmin 62s?
Post by: bowhunterforever on May 05, 2014, 02:37:56 AM: Bump
Title: Re: Garmin 62s?
Post by: jdb on May 28, 2014, 07:34:59 PM: What's a hunt washington chip?
Title: Re: Garmin 62s?
Post by: jackelope on May 28, 2014, 08:04:30 PM: Quote from: jdb on May 28, 2014, 07:34:59 PM
What's a hunt washington chip?

A huntinggpsmaps chip for WA state.
Title: Re: Garmin 62s?
Post by: Bob33 on May 28, 2014, 08:37:03 PM: The 62s stores a maximum of 10,000 trackpoints. Download the tracks you want to a PC before they start getting overwritten.
Title: Re: Garmin 62s?
Post by: bowhunterforever on May 29, 2014, 12:24:25 AM: Quote from: Bob33 on May 28, 2014, 08:37:03 PM
The 62s stores a maximum of 10,000 trackpoints. Download the tracks you want to a PC before they start getting overwritten.
Well that sucks I thought they would always stay on there. Guess i'll just let them go away. Do they disappear from oldest to newest?
Title: Re: Garmin 62s?
Post by: Alchase on May 30, 2014, 12:31:29 PM: The 62s has an internal memory of 1.6gb.
So unless you have allot of tracks, I doubt that is your problem.
Are you saving the track before you turn the unit off?
Are overwiting the previous track?

On mine I also have a 8gb microsd card and save the track to the card.

Download "Basecamp" from Garmin, after each hunt/hike upload your tracks. You can also reverse that and set way points in "Basecamp" then download them to you 62s.
It is great for new areas.
Title: Re: Garmin 62s?
Post by: Bob33 on May 30, 2014, 05:04:09 PM: Quote from: bowhunterforever on May 29, 2014, 12:24:25 AM
Quote from: Bob33 on May 28, 2014, 08:37:03 PM
The 62s stores a maximum of 10,000 trackpoints. Download the tracks you want to a PC before they start getting overwritten.
Well that sucks I thought they would always stay on there. Guess i'll just let them go away. Do they disappear from oldest to newest?
That would require unlimited memory. Do the math: a trackpoint every 10 seconds is 6 a minute and 360 an hour. The 10,000 trackpoint limit would be reached in 27 hours.

If you are using a Hunt GPS chip you cannot write to it.