Magellan eXplorist 310 User Manual

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Magellan eXplorist 310 User Manual 13GeocachesGeocaching is an outdoor activity that uses your receiver to find hidden treasures (geocaches) that canbeplaced anywhere in the world. A typical cache is a small, waterproof container containing a logbook and“treasure.”The Magellan eXplorist receiver is designed to connect with millions of passionate adventure seekers at www.geocaching.com. Geocaching.com is the premier website for organising the world’s geocaches. Whether youwant to learn about geocaching, hide or seek a cache, log your experiences, or find out about a localgeocachingevent, Geocaching.com is your one-stop shop for all things geocaching! No need to worry about clumsy dataconversion as the eXplorist receiver connects seamlessly with the website for popular features such as Send toGPS, Upload Field Notes, and transfer Pocket Queries.Installing Geocaches (Send to GPS)Installing Geocaches with ‘Send to GPS’ (ListPage)1. Go to www.geocaching.com on your browserand register or log in.2. Use the search tools on geocaching.com toview a list of geocaches.3. In the row indicated above with the red box,Magellan Communicator only needs to beinstalled the first time a connection is madebetween an internet browser and the receiver.6. Click on the “Download” button.7. The geocache selected is uploaded to yourGPS receiver and can be accessed from theGeocaches function of the Main Menu on yourreceiver.If these buttons are greyed out, check tosee if your browser is requesting you to runActive X. You may need to close the pop-up window and send to GPS again.click on the ‘Send to GPS’ icon on the righthand side which opens the “Send to GPS”window.4. Select the Magellan tab in the “Send to GPS”window.5. The Send to GPS function first detects if youhave the Magellan Communicator installed. Ifnot, the message “Magellan Communicatornot found...” appears. Select the “click here”link to install the Magellan Communicator. The