garmin 660fm

[ChristineandAlan]

Hi everyone,
I have a garmin 660fm,can anyone tell me what the diffrent formats are for THANK YOU Alan P/T

 

[emmerson]

C&A, not sure what you mean, but we have a Garmin 660 nurvi, which came without an owner's manual. Apparently, if you want instructions, you have to download them from their website.All 70-odd pages.........We've just learned as we go along.
We only use the direction finder, and then only in conjuction with a map, and a large dose of common sense.

 

[ChristineandAlan]

Hi emmerson,
when i went to france i had to change the format to the second one down,i could'nt put the gps cordination in.there is four different formats, no 1 is h ddd mm sss, no 2 is hddd mm.mmm/ no3/h ddd.ddddd/no 4/british national grid.it use to work on the first one,which one should it be on THANKS Alan P/T.

 

[ChristineandAlan]

Hi emmerson,
when i went to france i had to change the format to the second one down,i could'nt put the gps cordination in.there is four different formats, no 1 is h ddd mm sss, no 2 is hddd mm.mmm/ no3/h ddd.ddddd/no 4/british national grid.it use to work on the first one,which one should it be on THANKS Alan P/T.

 

[JTQ]

The first three of these are for defining a location by its Latitude and Longitude.
ddd mm ss simply means its location in degrees, minutes and seconds.
ddd mm.mmm means degrees minutes and decimal minutes.
ddd.dddd means degrees and decimal degrees.
and:
British national grid is the Ordnance Survey's way of giving a map reference

As an example the CC's Baltic wharf site's location can be quoted in the four systems as:
GPS co-ordinates
Latitude: 51. deg, 26 minutes, 49 seconds. North
Longitude: 2 deg, 36 minutes 54 seconds. West
Latitude: 51 deg, 26.8167 minutes. North
Longitude: 2deg, 36.8938 minutes. West
Latitude: 51.44696 deg North
Longitude: 2.614896 deg. West [ this might be quoted as -2.614896, the minus is another way of saying its located west of Greenwich, the zero meridian]
OS ref: ST573722
Fingers crossed I have worked these all out correctly!
Which one to use??
The simple answer is whatever the location happens to be quoted in. So if the site brochure for example quote its location in Deg, minutes and seconds for both the latitude and longitude then use that.
Note: references using the Ordnance Survey system sometimes prefix it with the Landranger map sheet number, generally you ignore this and start with the letter bit.

 

[emmerson]

The last two posts might have been written in Serbo-Croat for all the sense they made to me!! I just put in the post code, both here and in Europe, and it generally takes me somewhere close to where I want to be.
I've found it to be a great servant, but a poor master.

 

[ChristineandAlan]

HI JTQ,
Thanks im not a wiz kid,but i do understand what you said i looked on the garmin web site it did'nt mention anything about the formats. im going to spain with the caravan in a fortnight i wanted to clarify it i did'nt know what they were for thats why i asked on the forum theres always someone who can help. Thanks Again All The Best Alan P/T