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(15 customer reviews) 36 of 41 people found the following review helpful
Good quality, but get the data+power cable...,
January 10, 2001 David Lindes (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: GARMIN PC Interface Cable - RS232 Serial Port Connector (eTrex H, eTrex Legend, eTrex Vista, eTrex Venture, eTrex Summit, Geko 301,201) (Accessory)
The quality of this cable is fine, but it doesn't give you access to the power pins that are in the Garmin interface. Get the cable that does power and data instead... or if you're a hardware geek, then make your own with the stuff from purple open projects (pfranc.com)
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Expensive, but a cable is necessary,
June 14, 2001 "totsm23" (Pasadena, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: GARMIN PC Interface Cable - RS232 Serial Port Connector (eTrex H, eTrex Legend, eTrex Vista, eTrex Venture, eTrex Summit, Geko 301,201) (Accessory)
This little cable is very, very overpriced, but unfortunately, for those of you that own the original eTrex or any eTrex model with no cable, you'll want to own this or an equivalent so you can download the latest updates to your GPS receiver from garmin and load them onto the unit. And you want this ability because Garmin does a good job of fixing bugs and adding new little software features. But if you can't build your own cable, then you should grab one of these...
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Excelent for Portables.,
June 17, 2001 By A Customer
This review is from: GARMIN PC Interface Cable - RS232 Serial Port Connector (eTrex H, eTrex Legend, eTrex Vista, eTrex Venture, eTrex Summit, Geko 301,201) (Accessory)
The cable doesn't come with any software, but is great for upgrading the software on your eTrek(avilable from Garmin's website) You will need a GPS compatible mapping program to get the full advantage. The cable connects very securly to the GPS, and is plenty long enough.
