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Thread: Fenix 6x Pro Solar and custom maps

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    Fenix 6x Pro Solar and custom maps

    Anyone else with a 6x Pro?

    Using topomap.co.nz I can save a .kmz file and then put this on the watch via Basecamp.

    However, I can't load more than 1 map file because it seems the 6x is limited to 100 jpg's. Each .kmz file contains over 50 jpg's so I get an error trying to put the 2nd map onto the watch.

    The Fenix 5x has a 500 jpg capacity @R93 and can hold a lot more maps.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tikka7mm08 View Post
    Anyone else with a 6x Pro?

    Using topomap.co.nz I can save a .kmz file and then put this on the watch via Basecamp.

    However, I can't load more than 1 map file because it seems the 6x is limited to 100 jpg's. Each .kmz file contains over 50 jpg's so I get an error trying to put the 2nd map onto the watch.

    The Fenix 5x has a 500 jpg capacity @R93 and can hold a lot more maps.
    I still haven't sussed it but not worried.
    I only have 1.2 megs of storage left on the watch it says, but haven't looked at what is clogged the storage yet. Might be porn from last owner

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    LOL...well played.
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    Solved. Seems to be an issue with Basecamp. Works fine if you copy the .kmz map file directly into the custommaps folder via file explorer.

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    Phew! Now you won’t get lost while exploring the whisky section at whisky galore


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    LOL - or in my backyard. Zero sense of direction.

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    @Tikka7mm08 You have a whiskey section in your backyard????

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tikka7mm08 View Post
    LOL...well played.
    Did you pick it up? I bumped the price up a little- so sorry about that
    Be keen to hear how you like it as I need one and wondering re this model or the 5x as I’m no mountain man/ gorilla in the mist type.


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    Nah some rooster named Paulo from Wlg made me pay more...watch is as new and I am fussy but happy as still a lot cheaper than a new price i could find.

    The 5x is just as good. TBH the 6x Pro is pretty much the same with some improvements and if you love gadgets gives a few more things...if it is purely as a tool the 5x does the same job for hunting.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SiB View Post
    @Tikka7mm08 You have a whiskey section in your backyard????
    I have a whisky collection as big as my backyard.

    Not really. My backyard is huge.

 

 

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