Geocaches; Installing Geocaches (Send To Gps); Installing Geocaches With 'Send To Gps' (List Page) - Magellan eXplorist 310 User Manual

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Geocaching 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 organising the world's geocaches. Whether you
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 about clumsy data
conversion as the eXplorist receiver connects seamlessly with the website for popular features such as Send to
GPS, Upload Field Notes, and transfer Pocket Queries.

Installing Geocaches (Send to GPS)

Installing Geocaches with 'Send to GPS' (List
Page)
1.
Go to www.geocaching.com on your browser
and register or log in.
2.
Use the search tools on geocaching.com to
view a list of geocaches.
3.
In the row indicated above with the red box,
click on the 'Send to GPS' icon on the right
hand 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 you
have the Magellan Communicator installed. If
not, the message "Magellan Communicator
not found..." appears. Select the "click here"
link to install the Magellan Communicator. The
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Geocaches

Magellan Communicator only needs to be
installed the first time a connection is made
between an internet browser and the receiver.
6.
Click on the "Download" button.
7.
The geocache selected is uploaded to your
GPS receiver and can be accessed from the
Geocaches function of the Main Menu on your
receiver.
If these buttons are greyed out, check to
see if your browser is requesting you to run
Active X. You may need to close the pop-
up window and send to GPS again.
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