Product Description: Colorado 400I comes with built-in U.S. Inland lakes and a worldwide Basemap with imagery, perfect for all your outdoor pursuits. Map detail includes shoreline details, depth contours, boat ramps and mile markers for thousands of lakes in the continental U.S. With Colorado 400i you can share your waypoints, tracks, routes and geocaches wirelessly with other Colorado users. Now you can send your favorite hike to your buddy to enjoy or the location of a cache to find. Sharing data is easy. Just select "send" to transfer your information to other Colorado units. Intuitive and fun, Colorado features a Rock 'n Roller input wheel for easy one-handed operation and supports Geocaching.com GPX files for downloading geocaches and detail straight to your unit. Customize Colorado's interface based on your favorite activity. Even show off photos of your excursions with its picture viewer. Slim, lightweight and waterproof, Colorado is the perfect companion for all your outdoor pursuits. Colorado 400i has a built-in electronic compass that provides bearing information even while you're standing still, and its barometric altimeter tracks changes in pressure to pinpoint your precise altitude. Up to 15 hours battery life High-sensitivity receiver RoHS version available Accepts data cards - SD card (not included) Waypoints/favorites/locations - 1000 Routes - 50 Track log - 10,000 points, 20 saved tracks Preloaded maps - Inland Lakes Automatic routing (turn by turn routing on roads) Electronic compass Barometric altimeter Geocaching mode - Paperless Outdoor GPS games Hunt/fish calendar Sun and moon information Tide tables Area calculation Custom POIs Unit-to-unit transfer Unit Dimensions - Width 2.4 x Height 5.5 x Depth 1.4 (6.0x13.9x3.5cm) Weight - 7.3 ounces (206.9 grams) with batteries
Amazon.com Product Description--January 21, 2008: From freshwater lakes to backcountry trails, Colorado 400i is your guide to the wet and wild. With preloaded U.S. Inland lakes, this rugged, advanced handheld is ready for adventure. Packed with features, it includes a high-sensitivity receiver, barometric altimeter, electronic compass, SD card slot, color display, picture viewer and more. Even exchange tracks, waypoints, routes and geocaches wirelessly between similar units. Slim, lightweight and waterproof, Colorado is the perfect companion for all your outdoor pursuits.
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Share Wirelessly Share your waypoints, tracks, routes and geocaches wirelessly with other Colorado users. Now you can send your favorite hike to your buddy to enjoy or the location of a cache to find. Sharing data is easy. Just select "send" to transfer your information to other Colorado units.
Keep Your Fix With its high-sensitivity, WAAS-enabled GPS receiver, Colorado locates your position quickly and precisely and maintains its GPS location even in heavy cover and deep canyons. The advantage is clear — whether you’re in deep woods or just near tall buildings and trees, you can count on Colorado to help you find your way when you need it the most.
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Colorado comes with built-in U.S. Inland lakes and a worldwide basemap with imagery — perfect for all your outdoor pursuits. Map detail includes shoreline details, depth contours, boat ramps and mile markers for thousands of lakes in the continental U.S
Expand Your Horizons
Colorado also accepts SD cards, so you can use Garmin preprogrammed SD cards to add maps that serve any and all of your outdoor activities on land or water.
Conveniently plug in optional preloaded SD cards for all your outdoor activities on land or water. Just insert a MapSource card with detailed street maps, and Colorado provides turn-by-turn directions to your destination. Add select topographic maps to take advantage of Colorado’s 3-D map view which gives you a better perspective of your elevation.
The card slot is located inside the waterproof battery compartment, so you don't have to worry about getting it wet.
Rock on. Find Fun
Colorado's innovative Rock ‘n Roller input wheel for easy one-handed operation and intuitive screen interface make it as easy to navigate the device as the outdoors.
Customize Colorado's interface based on your favorite activity.
Even show off photos of your excursions with its picture viewer.
Experience Paperless Geocaching
Colorado supports Geocaching.com GPX files for downloading geocaches and detail straight to your unit. You'll have at-a-glance cache descriptions and details to aid in your search.
Get Your Bearings
Colorado has a built-in electronic compass that provides bearing information even while you're standing still.
Its barometric altimeter tracks changes in pressure to pinpoint your precise altitude. View elevation data before you begin your ascent or descent. You can even use the altimeter to plot barometric pressure over time, which can help you keep an eye on changing weather conditions.
Rating: - Mostly good device - let down by very poor base maps
First, the pictures above are a collage from all the various base maps. This unit can not show the 3D images and has little detail.
First impressions after one day of use. The screen is good and the back-light makes it very readable at night. Fine without the back-light in the day. The menu wheel/push button/rockers are easy to use, After a few minutes of use. It's just a case of pressing one of the menu buttons and selecting the appropriate item. Normally the wheel is the zoom control.
Calibrating the compass and altimeter was easy. And easy to find. All the setup seemed ... Read More
