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GPS City Q&A » Outdoor GPS » Is the Foretrex 401 capbable for Military use?

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Is the Foretrex 401 capbable for Military use?

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Mike
London, UK

Reply #20 on Dec 28, 2011, 6:29am

Hi,
I'm also in the the British Military, and was wondering if there was a way to change the bearings from displaying in degrees to mils? I have checked through the manual and can't find a way to do it.
Many thanks.

Mike
London, UK

Reply #21 on Dec 28, 2011, 6:32am

Cancel my last, I've worked it out. Set Up - Headings - Angle

I was too busy looking in Units...

Sergeant First Class
New York

Reply #22 on Mar 5, 2012, 8:39pm

Sam, lets talk 8 and 10 digit coords...

If you are given a point.. 1234 1234 (8 digit coord) add a 0 to the end of the east-west and a 0 to the endo of the north south coordinate.

1234 1234 is now 12340 12340. GPS uses a 10 digit by default. If you are given a 10 digit grid to work with, great... Nav to that.... If given a 6 digit coord, 123 123, tack on two 0's at the end of 123 and another two 0's to the second set of coords.

12300 12300

Some land nav guys (like myself) will issue a 6 digit grid to those I have on a land nav course to see them get jacked up using gps. It is a FANTASTIC training tool... If your boys think they can navigate to a point, give them a 6 digit coord and watch them get way off course. Hammer in the extra 0's

Swith a 10 digit to an 8? 12348 33344 becomes 1235 3334 (round up or down)

1LT
Columbus, GA

Reply #23 on Apr 8, 2012, 7:46am

I just bought the Garmin Trex401... I've read through the manual and tried looking through the actual Garmin but can't figure out how to display my current grid location. How do I go about doing this?

Jordan
GPS City

Reply #24 on Apr 9, 2012, 5:42am

** Please post new questions in a new post so others can benefit **

There are a few ways to access you coordinates. First is just hold down the 'Mark' button. It will being up you current location on the waypoint screen. This will mark a waypoint. Press Page to go back without marking a point.

Page over to the trip computer screen and then use the arrows to cycle through the data fields. If you do not see a coordinate field you can add one via the main menu.

Dylan
Australia

Reply #25 on Apr 18, 2012, 5:15am

Does anyone know if the garmin Forerunner 910xt can give you the coords in MGRS like the Trek401 can?

Jordan
GPS City

Reply #26 on Apr 18, 2012, 7:36am

Yes the Forerunner 910XT can do MGRS and other coordinate systems. I personally would recommend it over the Foretrex 401. The one draw back would be it uses an internal battery and you can not use standard batteries (AAA) like the Garmin foretrex.

Dylan
Australia

Reply #27 on Apr 18, 2012, 11:24pm

Thanks for the quick reply. That is a fairly large drawback considering I would obviously partly use it for military use (no powerpoints out bush) but the 401 doesnt have the sports features that im looking for so the 910XT is still a better choice

Jordan
GPS City

Reply #28 on Apr 19, 2012, 7:14am

The Garmin Foretrex 401 has some sport features such as Heart rate monitor compatibility and Cadence. You can display the fitness metrics on the screen while you go for a run.

Anthony
Canada

Reply #29 on Jun 30, 2012, 3:44pm

Ok. I have it on MGRS, but its giving me "20T HQ 56734 53045" as a present position. how do i get a 10 digit out of MGRS?

Kiss
Ft. Polk

Reply #30 on Jul 8, 2012, 12:46pm

56734 53045 is the 10 digit grid.

Randall
Milwaukee, WI

Reply #31 on Dec 30, 2012, 8:18pm

how do you use Cadence on the trek 401?

** Because your question is not related to this topic we moved it to a new post. You will find it under the QnA tab on the Foretrex 401 page.

Alexander
Raeford NC

Reply #32 on Apr 11, 2013, 4:56pm

I'm military do I need to have my trex 401 on UTM to be accurate on ft bragg?
Also what north would be the best to use?

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