<para>
This lets you override the default codec used for your device when reading or writing
strings from or to your Garmin device.  The default codec is device dependent, you can see
what codec is being used with your device by adding the -vs option to the command line.
</para>
<para>
  <userinput>
    gpsbabel -vs -w -i garmin -f usb: -o gpx -F garmin.gpx
  </userinput>
  <userinput>
    gpsbabel -w -i garmin,codec=windows-1251 -f usb: -o gpx -F garmin.gpx
  </userinput>
  <userinput>
    gpsbabel -w -i gpx -f garmin.gpx -o garmin,codec=windows-1251 -F usb:
  </userinput>
</para>
