Magellan eXplorist 510 User Manual

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Magellan eXplorist 510 / 610 / 710 User Manual 21GeocachesGeocaching is an outdoor activity that uses your receiver to find hidden treasures (geocaches) that can beplaced 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 organizing the world’s geocaches. Whetheryou want to learn about geocaching, hide or seek a cache, log your experiences, or find out about a localgeocaching event, Geocaching.com is your one-stop shop for all things geocaching! No need to worry aboutclumsy data conversion as the eXplorist receiver connects seamlessly with the website for popular features suchas Send to GPS, Upload Field Notes, and transfer Pocket Queries.Your purchase of an eXplorist receiver comes with a 30 day free trial for a Geocaching.com premiummembership*. A premium membership will enable the download of more than 20 unique attributes for eachgeocache, access to “members only” cache listings, Pocket Query generation, and a number of other advancedfeatures. A basic membership is all you need to go geocaching, but the features of the eXplorist receiver arefurther enhanced with premium access.Installing Geocaches (Send to GPS)Installing Geocaches with ‘Send to GPS’ (ListPage)1. Go to www.geocaching.com on your browser.2. Use the search tools on geocaching.com toview a list of geocaches.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.3. In the row indicated above with the red box,click on the ‘Send to GPS’ icon which opensthe “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