Trip Waypoint Manager Garmin' title='Trip Waypoint Manager Garmin' />Vista HCx. Overview. The Garmin Vista HCx, brings a high. Garmins popular line of e. Trex handheld units. It features a small GPS receiver and navigator with a color. The Vista HCx is. Trex Vista, the color Vista C and the Vista. Cx, which brought expandable memory to the e. Trex series.  Now it. Garmin. units, the high sensitive receiver chip is not a Sirf product, rather a. Media. Tek 3. Designed for outdoor use, such as on the trail. HCx also can be used for highway. Garmin City. Navigator maps. Overall, the. operates nearly identical to the Vista Cx, with just a few minor. The only feature change in the HCx. The Vista. HCx lists on the street for 2. Check discount prices here. Garmin has also upgraded its line of e. Trex models with. Trex Summit HC, which includes an electronic. 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Source Trip and Waypoint manager, which allows you to connect the. HCx to a computer and manage your waypoints, routes and tracks. It contains a similar basemap that is loaded in your unit. Features. The most important key on the Vista HCx is the page key, which is on. This is how you bring up the different. I have. found the best way to get acquainted with the unit, is to press the. HCx has the capability to do. Here is a photo of keys, starting on the right and going clockwise Right SidePageQuit Key. Final Fantasy 8 Disc 2 Iso: Full Version Software more. PowerBacklight KeyLeft SideZoom Out. Zoom in. Joystick Key Front of unitFindMenu Key. Satellite Page. This will show you the status of the satellites. It will. show if it has a satellite lock by giving the latlong. Pressing. menu will allow you to use the unit indoors by turning the GPS function. GPS elevation. This pages also shows you the elevation, but according to the GPS satellites, not. Satellite page shows accuracy, current latitude and longitude and. D indicates the unit is getting WAAS correction from a. WAAS satellite, in this case, 4. Map. This is the map page, and this shows optional City. Navigator detail. The black triangle represents my position. The data fields. which here show speed and elevation are customizable and also allow two. A screen example of the optional TOPO 2. Routes. When you create an active autoroute with the optional City. Navigator map detail, it will give you step by step. You can show times to go, or. Compass. This is for getting to a location off road. It is not an. actual compass, but works from determining your movement. This is until you turn the electronic compass on and your. You can also customize the data files on this. Remember to press and hold the. This view shows that I am heading directly west here and the red arrow. The data fields show I. It also gives an ETA. The numbers on the compass icon, indicate the heading. For. example from this screen shot I am heading 2. Altimeter. This is the built in barometric altimeter page. You can calibrate. You will then. be prompted for either the current barometer pressure or you must know. You can also use the joystick key and. Also using the joystick key. It will also bring up the date and time of. And when you press the joystick button in, it will. For example, if you hike a. This is discussed in. Tracks section of this article. This allows you access to the setup page, as well as mark, find, and the following other features included in the unit. Tracks. One of my favorite features in a GPS is the ability to be able to log. Vista. HCx will record your latlong, speed. GPS. for future reference. This screen shows a saved track, which you can name and customize the. You can also use Trac. Back which. is a feature to help you follow the breadcrumb trail you have. This screen, with TOPO 2. The red line is a trail I hiked to get to a. I have saved it so it always shows up on the map. You can save a track and manually select where you want it to. If it is more than 5. You can also do a. Map. Source Trip and Waypoint manager. GPS. You can save a total of 2. Vista HCx. This is the profile screen, that you can bring up by pressing menu. Note the red cross hairs are. See image below for example. Cursor shows where the actual location is from the profile page. Note the two saved tracks visible on this page, the red and the. You can also see. Round Knoll and Tent. This is similar to what you can also do on the altimeter page. The Vista HCx has a few other features not directly related to GPS navigation. Sun Moon. This page allows you to get the readout of sunrise, sunset, moonrise. You can adjust this by date, if you want to know. You can also find the sunrisesunset for. Hunt Fish. This uses the celestial tables to calculate a prediction for wildlife. You can also change the date and location for a. Asus Winbond Voice Editor. Games. There are a few games you can try. Some are actually for use. Others are simple games you can play while. Stopwatch. The stopwatch allows you to calculate laps, by either distance or manual use. Calculator. This is a standard calculator and also has scientific calculator abilities. Calendar. The calendar lists sunrisesunset, as well as icons representing. You can save a waypoint in the calendar. This data is lost if you delete the waypoint however. Highway. This is the highway page, which gives you a layout of your route. X7 Chat 3. It is somewhat of a 3 D view, and you can zoom it in and out. Settings. Like all of the e. Trex models, you can customize many fields, the screen. I have found this to be an excellent. Here is a summary of your options System. This page allows you to select the GPS mode you want, from normal, to. You can also enable or. WAAS, select the battery type, between alkaline or Ni. MH, the. language, including English, French, Spanish or Portguese. This. is also where you can enable the proximity alerts and pressing menu. You can also bring up the card. Custom POIs. Display. Display allows you to select between the daytime bright look and. You can also select. The default for. this is 1. Interface. This allows you to connect your unit as a Mass Storage Device, to. SD card.  You must. Vista HCx will. automatically restart in a GPS mode. There are no options for. NMEA data or other format through the interface, except for the. Garmin protocol. Tones. You can customize the tone sounds and turn them off, for a message. You can also specify tones for the proximity. Page Sequence. This is a nice feature, which allows you the option of only selecting. For example, I have my unit. You can add pages. You can also. access any page from the main menu, even if it is not in your page. Routing. This allows you to customize between following the road if you have. City Navigator Maps or use the basic basemap included in the unit or. When autorouting on roads, you can select. Faster Time and Shorter Distance. The faster time will. Routing. Color setup is a new feature in the HCx and allows you to select the. Trex models.   Follow Road Options allows. You. can also avoid U turns, toll roads, car pool lanes, etc. Image of a pop up screen which shows you the upcoming turn, including. Geocache. You can set up the icons for geocaching and whether you want the.