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[110tHunDer]

When MapSource has received the tracks, you can highlight them, right click and tell it to display the tracks on the map like this . . .

[110tHunDer]

One last neat feature is the ability to simulate navigating a saved route.  From the "Settings" --> "General" --> "GPS" menus, select Use Indoors.

[110tHunDer]

This turns the navigation off.

[110tHunDer]

Then choose the route you want to navigate.  In this case, I chose "Wednesday Maggie Valley."

[110tHunDer]

Then it will ask if you want to simulate driving that route.  It will only ask you this if you have turned the GPS "off" by selecting "Use Indoors" earlier.

[110tHunDer]

It will then begin navigating the route for you.

[110tHunDer]

The downside is, it basically does this in real time, probably using some default MPH based on the type of road you are on in the route, but the neat thing is you can hit the screen to put the map into 2-D mode and then navigate around the route to check any area you want to by sliding your finger across the map to move it and using the "plus" and "minus" keys to zoom in or out on any detail you want to see.

[110tHunDer]

All in all, I think this is a really nice unit and I'm anxious to use it on the bike come spring time!

[spydglide]

Great report on the 2720, Brian.  So, the bottom line is: User friendly enough for a old fart to manipulate?  [smiley=nixweiss.gif]  spyder

[110tHunDer]

Thanks, Spyder!  It's pretty intuitive, more so than I anticipated it to be, so I say, YES!  By the time you get done messin' with that new digital camera and new PC, the 2720 will be a piece of cake! [smiley=xyxthumbs.gif]

[Twolanerider]

Brian, when we see each other again play with the 2620 a bit in comparison.  The screen resolution on yours will be sharper.  The ul/dl and logging functions are a real plus along with the ability to group waypoints the way the 2720 can.  Oddly though you don't have some functions that the 2620 did have.  Some tab editing and other handy functions.  

Checking the two out comparatively it seems all the changes are things that would definitely be characterized as compromises to ease of use.  It's just a shame they couldn't have kept all the other higher end manipulation functions in the new one as well.  All tolled the 2720s gains are important.  But there are losses.  I've read a couple of really unhappy comparisons between CN6 as used in the 26XX and CN7 for the 27XX.  Seems in side by side comparisons the CN6 "older" software actually has a larger POI database and a "smarter" routing algorithm.  There's going to be pros and cons both ways.  It's just a shame that the benefits of the new one couldn't come at the cost of losing some of the functionality of the prior model.

Does your have their 4.2 or 4.4 software loaded for the base unit?  If not 4.4 the difference is probably worth the quick upload.

All kidding about upgrades aside, however, give it another year or so and we're all going to be behind the curve.  About a month ago the USAF threw the first of the new generation II-R GPS satellites in to orbit on the nose of a Delta II rocket.  2R M1 was declared "healthy" just a day or two before Christmas and it is already being used for fixes.  Three more II-Rs are scheduled for launch early in 06 as USAF continues to upgrade the system.  Give the mass market a year or so to start marketing the L2C II-R capable receivers and we'll all be behind the curve again.  

Of course they'll start out pricey and have to come down.  But the resolution and some other details will be very very cool.  I just hope that some capability of the new birds will be to "traffic cop" a lot of the overlap that has come to be with the advent of so many FAA satellites now flying with the USAF birds.  WAAS is nice for correction, don't get me wrong, but when we're already finding eight, nine, ten or even eleven satellites on a regular basis for locks over much of the country anyway for highway navigation use we're really not hurting.  Of course I'd say something different were I shooting a precision approach in bad weather in an aircraft.  So... um... never mind  

[110tHunDer]

Does your have their 4.2 or 4.4 software loaded for the base unit?

[110tHunDer]

All kidding about upgrades aside, however, give it another year or so and we're all going to be behind the curve . . .

That is exactly why I shyed (sp?) away from choosing the GPS option for the car I ordered and bought last year.

[SEUC-OCD]

For those who were curious about the difference between the 2720 and the 2730, the 2730 is the same unit with added XM Radio and map integrated XM Traffic/Weather.  Also, the 2730 has an FM transmitter to transmit the XM and voice navigation.  The cost difference is about $150 + $13/month for the XM subscription.

And thanks 103!  That was an excellent presentation!

I have not played with the GPS yet because mine is back ordered until Jan/Feb.  

Anyone notice a pattern with everything I get?  It's never available, then it's on order, then it's delayed.  Same thing with the house I am building.  Is there some sort of message I am just not getting or just rotten luck?

[110tHunDer]

OCD, I've been second-guessing myself a bit over not getting the 2730.  The only thing that stopped me at the time was I have a Sirius subscription for my car and I was having difficulty coming to terms with purchasing yet another satellite radio subscription, but maybe I was just being cheap.  For those who want to add satellite radio capability to their bike, this is an easy way to do it!  Just means you might be taking the GPS along at times when all you really want to do is listen to tunes, but what the hey!  Traffic and weather would be nice as well, though the tunes would be the main selling point for me.

Glad you enjoyed the posts.