Garmin Colorado 400i
Dec 11, 2007 garmin, gps navigation
The rumors were true; Garmin does have a new series of handheld GPS receivers called Colorado. In fact we have full details on Garmin Colorado 400i – a different model than the Colorado 300 which we announced yesterday.
- Pre-loaded with detailed Coastal U.S. marine charts including Great Lakes, Hawaii and Alaska
- Unique ”Rock ‘N’ Roller” input device
- 65K Color TFT display
- 240 x 400 pixels
- 16 hours on AA batteries
- Accepts SD cards for optional downloaded maps
- 2-axis electronic compass
- Altimeter
- Temperature sensor
- Waterproof
- ANT Communications to wirelessly exchange routes, tracks, waypoints, and geocaches between two units
- Paperless Geocaching supports display of detailed geocache information
As you may have already guessed it is designed for marine enthusiast in mind and comes with pre-installed marine charts. It is already on sale at BassPro for $600. The image of the product however is for the model 400i – but the page only talks about 400. We don’t know what the differences between 300, 400, and 400i are just yet but we’ll be sure to let you know… via
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December 12th, 2007 at 4:18 am
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December 16th, 2007 at 7:41 am
How is the 2-axis electronic compass different than the one on my GPSmap60CS?
February 6th, 2008 at 12:24 am
This thing is 100% garbage. Check out the defect & bug list here: http://garmincolorado.wikispaces.com/
Mine went back to REI after much frustration and calls to support. BTW, they answer the phone, but not email. Either way, your problem will not be solved.
February 18th, 2008 at 5:28 am
WHICH GARMIN COLORADO HAS RADIO COMMUNICATION INTERFACE – POSITION REPORTING CAPABILITY FOR MINIMUM 10KM BY DATA TRANSMISSION AND VHF COMPATIBILITY FOR DATA TRANSMISSION?
HAS ANY OTHER GARMIN GPS HAS SUCH FEATURE.
NEEDS IMMEDIATE REPLY.
March 8th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
Dear Friends,
I own many Garmin GPS and I like them until I Bought this Colorado 300.
I own an III Plus, a 60 CSx, a 498 and a Colorado 300.
I think that Colorado 300 is a Map GPS, that you can do almost nothing using the maps.
For example:
1) I can enter a Waypoint using the map, but I cannot move the waypoint using the map.
2) I cannot enter or edit a Route using the Map. I’ve to program all the waypoint before I Plan a route. (It’s the worst way I can enter a route, ever).
3) When I chose “view map” in the Route Planner, Colorado shows me the entire route in a 3″ display and I cannot zoom or scroll the map to see the route!
These are only 3 examples, but if you try to use Colorado to Plan Routes and manage waypoint, you will see that are so many difficulties and the map is not used at all.
They put a revolutionary interface and made a very pretty GPS, but I think that the software needs to change allot. The only way to insert routes and waypoint in Colorado is using Mapsource, but I cannot carry my notebook on the trail or to the sea.