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hello

evden eve nakliyat — Saturday, January 30, 2010 - 13:52

HI i like this post very useful ...

v-900 speed problem

bajszi — Friday, November 20, 2009 - 04:13

Hi everybody!
I have an interesting question. I would like to use this logger during flying, but above 300 km/h it doesn’t want to log the coordinates, just one in a while. ( once maybe in 5 minutes) And the setup for the overspeed alarm goes up to 300km/h. Is it related to this problem? Some website says the device is good up to 1000 knots. Does anyone have any idea what kinda settings I should use?

Hi all, I just found the

dnuc — Monday, October 19, 2009 - 00:38

Hi all,

I just found the software "myTracks" (http://www.mytracks4mac.com/myTracks_2.0/Start.html) and it seems to solve all the problems you were talking above. It works fine with the V-900 und you can directly import your photos into iPhoto if you want. You can also edit every waypoint etc.

The only disadvantage is that it isn't freeware. But this sofware is so much better than TimeAlbum. I will continue testing but at the moment I'm really willing to pay the 10€ because Time Album sucks...

Whoooaaaa....... drooling

Carl-Johan Sveningsson — Thursday, July 23, 2009 - 05:10

Whoooaaaa....... *drooling* Gimme one!!!

Issues importing importing photos - Columbus V900

Jason — Saturday, June 20, 2009 - 23:30

Hello I cam across this page when I was looking for reviews on the V900 and was pleased with the information. I purchased the unit a couple days ago but I am having a problem importing the photos for geotagging.

I am running MAC OSX 10.5.7, I dragged the TimeAlbum App 1.6 to the desk top. I matched the time on the computer to my Canon D40 to the second. I walked around my condo, took some pics and added some audio. When I ran the TimeAlbum app I changed the timezone to GMT -4 (I am located in Toronto). I can added the CSV. files, link them together or keep them separate and add the audio files without any problems. When I go to select the photos, they are there, I select them, it looks like something is going to happen but it just comes up with a box "photos = 0" Audio = 1, etc.

I can't seem to figure this out but if someone else has any ideas it would be greatly appreciated.

p.s. I should note that I could not get the unit to connect with a solid blue light to my iMAC. Seeing that it came with a miniSD reader I did not think this was a big deal, but do you think this could be the root of the problem?

Thanks for the excellent

peters4n6 — Wednesday, June 17, 2009 - 04:32

Thanks for the excellent review of the V-900. I'm strongly considering getting one.

I am a runner who is in love with my Polar heart rate monitor (HRM) and foot pod. Over time I have been developing GPS-envy for my friends' Garmin Forerunner products. I'd love to add GPS data to my runs, but I didn't want to junk my Polar HRM "rig". I think the v-900 would likely fit the bill, although I have no idea how I would incorporate the GPS data with the HRM data for it all to be uploaded to fitness tracking sites (such as trainingpeaks, mapmyrun, or motionbased).

Have you or any of your readers any suggestions or ideas to accomplish this?

peters4n6

Thanks for the great review!

nbost — Monday, June 15, 2009 - 05:00

Thanks for the great review. It was helpful in making my decision. I purchased one from buygpsnow.com and posted a link to this review on Twitter!

Thanks,

nbost

@Kevin, I bought this (and my

nsp — Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - 13:33

@Kevin, I bought this (and my first GPS device) last week based on some reviews but mainly on comments and recommendation on your blog. Thanks for your excellent review.
I am using this along with my Nokia E65 (yes, its little old!) to track my morning workouts and other trips using Nokia sports tracker and GPSed.com.
My phone battery drains down very quickly, but thanks to huge storage for logging and battery life of Columbus, I can use it stand alone.
Things have been great with this device except with some minor problems:
1. The device wanders with 5-10 different locations on my mobile even when its completely still. I am in India; hope this doesn’t matter with the gps accuracy.
2. The GPSed shows time with 30 mins behind. (India is 5.30 ahead of GMT but gpsed shows only 5+ hrs). How to set right offset on Columbus?
3. The supplied app converts its csv file to only kmz format. Is there any way to convert directly to gpx or kml, compatible with gpsed?
4. What I have is Visiontac v900 and not Columbus v900. Didn’t get much on Internet, is there any difference between them?
5. How to change the logging interval so as to increase battery life?

Thanks a ton for any help.

hi there, can anyone

dennis — Saturday, May 23, 2009 - 15:23

hi there,

can anyone please(!) help me: how can i turn the columbus v-900 from miles per hour t the german km/h ?

can´t find any information about this in the user manual.. :(

thank you !!

Bluetooth & Mac

Jens — Sunday, May 17, 2009 - 01:09

@John Macmillan
I have difficulties setting the Columbus V900 up as a Bluetooth Device with my iMac, getting the same error message "This Device Does Not Have The Necessary Services". I'd appreciate any help.
Thanks!