The Magellan Communicator; Direct Installation Of The Magellan Communicator From Www.magellangps.com; Installing Geocaches (Drag N Drop); Installing Geocaches With Drag 'N Drop - Magellan eXplorist 310 User Manual

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The Magellan Communicator

The Magellan Communicator is used to communicate
between geocaching.com and your Magellan GPS
receiver. You can install the plug-in by using the
steps above or by going to the Magellan web site as
explained here.
Direct installation of the Magellan
Communicator from www.magellangps.com
1.
Go to www.magellangps.com and click on
the "Products" tab, and then select "Outdoor
Navigation."
2.
In the software section, select "Magellan
Communicator."
3.
On the Magellan Communicator page
(http://www.magellangps.com/Magellan-
Communicator-for-PC or http://www.
magellangps.com/Magellan-Communicator-for-
Mac), select the "Download Now" button.
4.
When the download is complete, run the
Magellan Communicator file to install the
drivers. (If you get a Security Warning, press
'Run' to continue.)
5.
When the Installation Wizard has finished
installing the files, select 'Finish' to complete
the installation.

Installing Geocaches (Drag n Drop)

Users of geocaching.com who are not premium
members will have the "GPX eXchange File" button
greyed out. It is recommended that non-premium
members use the "Send to GPS" button but it is
also possible to save the geocache as a LOC
Geocache File.

Installing Geocaches with Drag 'n Drop

1.
Go to www.geocaching.com on your browser.
2.
Use the search tools on geocaching.com to
select a geocache to load.
3.
Click on the "GPX eXchange File" button.
4.
Files are saved to your computer with the
filename <GeocacheID>.gpx. The Geocache
ID can be found in the upper right corner of the
web page describing the geocache.
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5.
A "Save File" dialog window will open on your
computer. Save the file to your computer.
(The location of where the file is saved will
depend on your browser and how you have it
set up to save files.)
6.
Turn your receiver on and connect it to your
PC with a USB cable.
7.
Select "Connect to PC" on your receiver.
You may need to wait while your computer
recognises the device.
8.
(There is no need to save one geocache at
a time as explained above. Continue saving
geocache files until you have all you want for
this session.)
9.
Open the "MAGELLAN" device that has been
installed on your computer.
10.
Open the "Geocaches" folder in the
MAGELLAN directory.
11.
Drag the GPX file (GC1FGDZ.gpx in this
example) to the Geocaches folder in your
receiver.
12.
The geocache (or geocaches) are loaded
in your receiver and can be found from the
Geocaches menu option in the Main Menu.
(You need to disconnect or restart your
receiver to exit the "Connect to PC" screen.)
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