[GeoStL] Re: garmin malfunctioning
- From: "Gale R. Nie" <showme69@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 13:30:38 -0500
Mike,
In a way, I am creating a new WP with the same coords, because to enter it I
have to mark my present location then change the waypoint name and coordinates.
Your response made me think that maybe when I marked my location and then went
in to edit, I had changed the coords first then the waypoint in the past and
possibly it would make a difference if I tried to edit the waypoint first,
before changing the coords. I just tried it and it worked fine changing the
coords first so it still seems to malfunction at times, not accepting the new
waypoint and then going back to the screen with more options, to change the
coords.
Gale
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Griffin
To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 1:16 PM
Subject: [GeoStL] Re: garmin malfunctioning
You might consider deleting the original WP. When you think you are renaming
the WP, it sounds like you are actually creating a new WP with the same coords.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: Gale R. Nie
To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 1:02 PM
Subject: [GeoStL] garmin malfunctioning
I've had an off and on problem lately with my etrex yellow and wanted to
see if anyone else has had this happen. Many of you probably won't since I
enter my waypoints manually. Anyway, when I enter a new waypoint and go to
change the name to the "GCXXXX" name on gc.com, I change all the digits, then
the OK at the bottom of the screen is highlighted and I push the button to
enter it. Well instead of renaming the waypoint, the cursor jumps back up to
the first digit of the waypoint. I then have to back out of the screen to
continue. At first I thought the waypoint name wouldn't be changed, but when I
chose the original number for that waypoint to go to it, the map screen with
the little walking guy shows the original number, such as 172, and behind it is
the new waypoint I punched in. I can see the "G" sticking out to the left of
the number 1 in 172 and the last digit of the waypoint is to the right of the
number 2 in 172. Since it first happened, I've had it work normally again,
then revert back to the malfunctioning way and now it's working ok again.
Hasn't prevented me from caching so I'm not too worried right now, just wanted
to see if anyone else has had this happen and if it's a sign of bigger, future
problems.
Gale
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