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THIS MIGHT BE A DUMB QUESTION, BUT IS THERE ANY WAY YOU CAN HOOK THE GARMIN TO YOUR LAP TOP AND USE THE LAP TOP FOR A MONITER ? JUST AN IDEA FOR THE TRUCK, THE SCREEN GETS A LITTLE SMALL AT TIMES, THNAKS ADVANCE

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no idea, but that would be pretty cool

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i would say so you have usb port on the garmin for down loads . i aint no p/c guru but if you can down load to it you should be able to pull from it right?? just a dum hoosier but sounds good right.

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TRUE BLUE.
ILL LET U KNOW IF IT WORKS, JUST NEED A LAP TOP NOW

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Currently there is no "live" feed of information to the USB port from the hand held....

You can download history from both the hand held unit, and a more detailed history from the collars (yes, they keep a separate history as well), but you can not do it "live"....

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I'd say it may be possible with some of the 3rd party software packages out there. But they will require some computer savvy are probably kind of buggy.

I haven't tried to make any of these work but a couple (Clew, Earth Bridge) look promising.

http://www.maps-gps-info.com/fgpfw.html#Windows

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Originally posted by John D
I'd say it may be possible with some of the 3rd party software packages out there. But they will require some computer savvy are probably kind of buggy.

I haven't tried to make any of these work but a couple (Clew, Earth Bridge) look promising.

http://www.maps-gps-info.com/fgpfw.html#Windows

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Its do-able, just like everything else in the world of programming, its only a matter of time and money.

What software were you using?

I'd bet a nickel that these 3rd party packages would require some tweaking, at best. Something that works on one Garmin might work on the Astro with some mod's. By that I mean reprogramming source code, which is something that I've done enough to know I don't want to do it, lol.

Be alot better to just wait for Garmin to come out with something...

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