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Garmin eTrex Legend Cx Handheld GPS Navigator | 
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| Brand: Garmin
Category: CE
Buy New: £131.99
New (5) from £131.99
Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 22182
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 6 x 3.8
MPN: Legend Cx
Model: Legend Cx
UPC: 753759049140
EAN: 0753759049140
ASIN: B000FDKIQS
Release Date: May 5, 2006
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 256-color, sunlight-readable display makes it easy to distinguish map details &mdash | | • | plus, it looks fantastic | | • | Supports English, Spanish, Portuguese and French languages | | • | Extra-long battery life brings you more hours of outdoor enjoyment | | • | Fast USB computer connection so you can transfer waypoints and other data to your computer |
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Product Description
Pack more detail into your adventure with the eTrex Legend Cx Garmin has added removable memory to these pocket handhelds, making it easy to pack light and add maps on the go. The eTrex Legend Cx is loaded with the same popular features found in the eTrex Legend C, including sunlight-readable color and advanced GPS routing capabilities ? all in a waterproof design. In addition, it comes with a blank 32 MB microSD card for storage of optional map detail. Download maps directly to the card or purchase microSD cards preloaded with MapSource Topo and inland lake maps, BlueChart marine cartography, and City Navigator? street maps. eTrex Legend Cx's features make it a mainstay among outdoor enthusiasts: - 32 MB microSD card for MapSource data gives you the versatility of adding highly detailed maps 256-color, sunlight-readable display makes it easy to distinguish map details and see where you?re going Support for English, Spanish, Portugese, and French languages. Automatic route generation, off-route recalculation, turn-by-turn directions with alert tones, and icon-driven menus for finding points of interest (when combined with Garmin?s optional MapSource CDs) navigate you safely to your destination Longer battery life for more hours of outdoor enjoyment Mini-USB port for fast, convenient download of map data from Garmin?s entire library of optional MapSource CDs using a PC You won?t miss a thing when you take this rugged, lightweight, easy-to-use handheld out hiking, biking, boating or even geocaching. Package Includes:eTrex Legend Cx 32 MB microSD card Europe: Atlantic Recreational Basemap MapSource Trip & Waypoint Manager CD PC/USB interface cable Lanyard Bike clip - for use with handlebar or automotive mount Quick reference guide Owner's manual
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| Customer Reviews:
 Does what it says on the box - and does it very well December 28, 2007
BMW riders (UK and USA)
While I agree with other reviewers that the basemap isn't brilliant this is a lovely unit. Fast satellite acquisition, very sensitive and very accurate. We regularly achieve 5' position accuracy on our waypoints. I loaded up the city navigator maps that came with my other Garmin unit - you can use the maps on up to two registered products - and it had no problem routing us happily through the urban jungle and didn't lose satellite reception at all, unlike the in-car unit that often loses reception among tall buildings. If it had voice prompts as well it would be perfect for all uses! With a 2GB mini-SD card I'm sure you could load up the whole of Europe at once - or even North America if you're going there on holiday.
The batteries seem to last forever - had ours for a year now and only on the second set, although we did pay extra for long life 'digital' batteries.
We also bought the Garmin case, but the unit spends more time out of it than in as the reflection on the plastic screen of the case is annoying.
Overall a superb hand-held.
Excellent - with the right maps... May 4, 2007
Dave M (Hampshire, England)
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
This device is ideal if you are wanting to use it mainly for walking or the such like. It is not really meant to be used as a car mounted device, although it is also not bad at that job as well.
Having said that, with the right combination of maps it works perfectly adequately in the car, despite the small screen size. Screen size is always going to be a compromise if you want a device that is suitable to carry around in your hand most of the day when out walking, and then use it in the car to drive home.
As far as maps go, then for walking the TOPO Great Britain is the one to go for. It is not cheap a cheap option, but an essential option. If you want to use it in the car, then the Metroguide Europe provides a suitable level of detail. Personally I have both where I keep the main areas where I walk covered by the TOPO maps and the Metroguide is then used to cover the rest of the UK so that I don't have to worry about driving off the edge of the world...
Both of these options will mean that you need to buy additional memory. I would strongly suggest that putting a 1Gbyte card is the absolute minimum that you should consider if you don't want to be constantly reloading maps. This take about one hour to fully fill with mapping data, but if you have chosen your areas carefully, then it is not something that you should want to do too often.
Some of the other Garmin handhelds still only have a serial port. The Legend Cx has a USB which also supplied power to the unit while it is connected to your PC.
I have also seen other reviews that ask whether paying the extra for a colour display is worthwhile. I would say that it is close on essential if you want to get anything like the information that you would expect to see on a good OS map. Incidentally, you do get the choice of map references being shown in Lat and Long, or in OS Grid references (amongst an array of other choices).
In use the battery life is very good, providing you are running with the backlight (variable brightness) on. The display is very readable in daylight without the backlight and this should not be a problem in normal outdoor use.
Don't think for a moment that you can just buy this unit and use the base map that comes with it. The provide base map does not give any real information that you would find useful for navigating. You do need to buy at least one decent map to download onto it.
If you are also considering using in the car, you will want a car mount, and I would suggest the one which is a suction mount onto your windscreen. You will need to place it sufficiently low so that the bottom on the unit is firm on the top of the dashboard to stop it vibrating to the extent that reading the screen isn't really an option if you want to still keep an eye on the road.
If you do want a car device and will never use it outside of the car, then this is not the unit for you as you can get much better car units for less money.
 Good unit for planning cycle routes and for general outdoor navigation but the basemap is useless August 19, 2006
Oscillator (Carluke)
130 out of 130 found this review helpful
If this was either cheaper or came with a much better basemap it would get more stars. Marketed primarily as an outdoor unit I use this in combination with TrackLogs mapping software to plan cycle routes. I plot the route and waypoints on my computer using TrackLogs OS licensed maps then transfer the route to the GPS. This allows me to set up waypoints with instructions such as turn left ahead etc. I don't really need detailed mapping on the unit as I'm basically following a breadcrumb trail and it works well enough for cycling pre-planned routes without needing any extra mapping installed. The colour display also makes it quite easy to read under sunlight -you don't have to squint at it.
Now some reservations: if you want this unit to autonavigate out of the box from place A to place B forget it. Before going anywhere you'll need to splash out on extra mapsource mapping (very expensive)as the level of detail on the basemap is very poor - motorways, some town names and that's your lot. However, if you can afford to splurge on compatible detailed mapping that supports route generation calculations (such as the topo GB DVD) you can do more with the unit and let the unit, rather than yourself, suggest the route you should take. I've tried this with a few routes and in the main it works well enough although sometimes the options you specify for the route calculation (e.g no unpaved roads) seem to be ignored. On balance though I think it's preferable to plan the route yourself using a digital mapping program. Another problem I have is that when you zoom in the map screen it doesn't remain zoomed in - when screen transitions take place it zooms back out. Maybe what I'm asking for is impossible but with the topo map installed I do actually wish to make use of the level of detail the map can provide, such as street names etc. The topo map is a quantum leap from the basemap but it's still not up to the standard of an OS Landranger map.
To use this on a bicycle you will need to purchase the bike mount but you must keep hold of the bike mount connector part that comes in the box otherwise you're snookered.
Although it isn't equipped with the well received (no pun intended) SiRF star III chipset it spends most of it's time attached to my handlebars and it usually gets a clear path to the sky so I don't have a problem with it losing signal. Haven't used it heavy forest areas yet so can't comment on the strength of the signal when under tree cover. It also has useful functions such as current speed, odometer, trip odometer etc.
Remember that this unit is not primarily intended to be used in car - it's intended to be used outside in all kinds of weather. If you want primarily a car navigation system you would be better to look at other units such as the Garmin Nuvi range. Out of the box this Extrex doesn't auto navigate, with the appropriate mapping it does after a fashion, but it's primary usage will be recreational (cycling,walking,hiking) - anything outdoor really. I have used it in the rain a few times now and the only issue I have is that you need to wipe the screen down every so often.
Note that it also comes with a micro SD card slot with a card already in it although not a large capacity card (mine came with a 64mb card). Garmin are now providing some maps on micro SD cards. As to how much mapping the unit can hold - I managed to transfer approx a third to a half of Scotland from the topo GB DVD onto a 512mb micro SD card.
The build quality seems good, the menus are relatively easy to navigate (no pun intended again), the buttons seem okay although the rocker/joystick thingy can be a bit of a pain at times, it takes AA batteries, and the battery life, if you don't have the backlight on, is much better than you would get on a GPS equipped PDA for instance.
I'm quite pleased with the functionality of the device but it's expensive to begin with and even more expensive if you need to buy extra mapping for it.
If you want to use it for geocaching i would suspect it will be more than adequate and might actually be overkill. If you already own digital route planning mapping software such as TrackLogs, Memory Map, Anquet then this will allow you to use more features of the software.
I must stress that the only maps you can actually load to the device are garmin maps and a few third party maps(such as contour maps). You can't load maps from TrackLogs, Memory Map etc to the device - you can only transfer the routes and overlay them onto the device's mapping.
Hopefully, other people will review this and advise of it's suitability for walking/hiking/geocaching etc
I can't imagine people will buy one of these this without doing research first but I hope the above is of some help.
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