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Your finds are stored in a text file called "geocache_visits" in your Garmin folder on the unit. Plug into your computer, navigate to your Oregon, open the Garmin folder, open the file, delete all of the records, select 'file' then 'save' and you're done.

Thanks, so if I understand correctly, the 'distance adjusted' is the distance between the original coord snapshot and the final number when I press the save button. So I should use whatever coords are displayed at the end as the cache location and the distance adjusted is just a reference number. If I took coords again (90+ minutes later) hopefully the distance adjusted would be smaller signifying agreement with the earlier coords. Thanks again!

OK, I have the 2.97beta and I see how to use the waypoint averaging button, so I let it average for a minute or so and it now says 100% sample confidence and averaged coords of N32 49.abc W117 05.xyz and a distance adjusted of 10' What does the distance adjusted mean? Are these coords the ones I should use when I publish my cache? (With my 60Csx I would just average for 100 seconds or so then was done) Thanks!

I just ate 200 cans of Altoids for NOTHING? I'm gonna be sick!

I'm using a 4GB class 4 microSD and have the GPSfiledepot CA 24k Topo, CityNav2009NT (all US & Canada), and Garmin Topo 100K for CA,OR,WA,NM,AZ,UT,CO,TX. So far no problems with map redrawing, but I think the limitation will be on map segments (max 4000). I believe Garmin recommends against the class 6 but I can't find a reference for that.

On my Oregon 300 I have a 4GB microSD card and have CityNav 2009NT with all of the US & Canada, Garmin Topo 2008 with WA,OR,CA,AZ,NM,TX,CO,UT and the CA 24K Topo from GPSfiledepot (free!) for 20' contour lines in CA. It fits into just under 2000 map segments and a little over 3 Gigs of space. The shading from the Garmin Topo looks good with the improved detail from the 24K maps.

Comp-U-Plus has it for $285 http://www.compuplus.com/i-Garmin-GPSMAP-6...ck=searchViewed I bought both my 60Csx and my Oregon 300 from them.

The basempas on all of the Garmin handhelds are very limited. As noted GPSdepot has great free maps, or you can get the Garmin CityNavigator NT 2009 for around $100 which has all streets for the US & Canada and is routable.

Get the full version CityNav 2009NT, the update version is for changes and is marketed for Nuvi owners who just need updated maps. Garmin now has a lifetime subscription (NuMaps) deal for up to 4 updates a year for $119.

so,for those of us that do not, or have not, used these new apps...can anyone tell us what they are...exactly? Waypoint averaging..what is its use/purpose? Man Over Board smae thing, what is it, wan when or why would I use it? and finally...sight and go....same questions. Thanks people smarter than me. Waypoint averaging takes coord readings over time to get and average value -- a feature on earlier Garmins like the 60Csx -- better accuracy. MOB. Marks current position and starts navigating back to it...your mother-in-law fell out of the boat...now you can find her. (Thanks Garmin, thanks a lot.) Sight N Go, another way to project a waypoint, again a feature available on earlier Garmins

I just put the Oregon 400t 2.96 Beta on my 300, so far no problems. All of the features seem to work. I added my name/phone number to the startup screen. Added the MOB/Waypoint Averaging/Sight N Go buttons from the Setup/Main Menu choices Changed to 4 data fields. Averaged a waypoint (Yay!) You can check logs only when viewing a geocache! Thanks!

Don't get really caught up on this one. If you are a former die hard 60CSx user - you really see the feature set differences. If you are not - you tend not to miss anything at all. The Colorado and Oregon have very similar feature sets to each other except for "track management". The Colorado lacks any real integrated track manager. The Oregon has a nice one. The 60Csx has an adequate one. Many hikers like the ability to manage and separate tracks. Not sure it is highlky beneficial to Geocaching. Both the Colorado and Oregon are missing (compared to the 60CSx) - waypoint averaging, ability to edit geocache waypoints (not a big deal in my book), long battery life and a few others. The biggest thing former 60CSx users miss is the rock solid stability of the saved track. Newer units save a somewhat "dirty" looking track in comparison. However all 3 units are similar in accuracy of the reading. There is a workaround for waypoint averaging. You can use the 'Build your own GPSr' Wherigo cartridge which has a waypoint averaging feature. Helpful for taking coords when placing a cache.

The difference is that the 400t has the whole US topo map built in at 1:100,000. If you get the 300 you will have to either spend $100 for the topo (1:100,000), or borrow someone else's and because of the map segment limitation, you can't have the whole country on at once (there is a workaround for this) If you prefer, Garmin also has a superior 1:24,000 topo series but they are around $100 for just a few states. Most people I know are opting for the 300 (and Oregon's at that) because they already have the topo's.

Another 'gotcha' is to make sure the GPS is set to 'off road' navigation, otherwise it will bring you to the nearest point---on a street--to the cache.

Garmin GPSMap 76CSx, just like the 60Csx and it floats. $290 at Comp-u-plus.

Yes it was pretty slick, but he had to scold me for moving my mouse while he was trying to open some files. It's cool watching the pointer jump around and find the files.

Kind sole? like a flounder? I did this too. I both emailed and called called Garmin tech support. The email response was 'send the unit back' but the phone support was great! They remotely took over my computer and re-installed it for me.

There is a 2000 geocache limit on the Oregon, but there is a GSAK workaround that lets you put unlimited caches on as custom POI's. I load the 2000 closest to home with the built-in geocaching mode, but I keep the whole county (about 5000 caches) as custom waypoints...same full cache pages of data, just a few more screen taps to get to, and they're broken down by cache type...traditional, mystery etc http://jjreds01.googlepages.com/download

Sometimes posting a wide-eyed log helps. 'Gosh I got there within 5 minutes of publication but it looks like someone else was faster, they found it yesterday! Congrats.' or 'Where can I get one of those time-machines?'

Around here the gentleman's rules are that if you have prior knowledge of the hide, you may sign the log (at the bottom or back of page 1 usually, with the note 'Beta Tester') but you don't log the find until the first player who finds it after publication logs it, but when you do log you note that it was as a beta-tester. That way players who run PQ's for unfound caches or get alerts for new caches can still have their fun and you still get a smiley, which is what the OP wanted. IMHO the FTF ought to go to the first player to find it after publication. If a player logged an unpublished cache or logged before publication, as a cache owner I would happily disqualify and delete their log as being out of bounds and unfair. My cache, my rules. YMMV.

If you don't own it, you can sign the log as a 'Beta Tester' just don't claim FTF and everyone is happy.

In my experience, the PN-40 was just as fast and accurate as the 60Csx, it was a little weird having all those digits though (1.35 feet?). Now I'm using an Oregon and I find that its just as accurate...eventually...as the other 2 but when I first arrive at a cache site I end up walking in a lot more circles than I used to. I'm usually showing less than 5' while signing the log, but it just seems a lot slower to nail down GZ.

You can have as many logs as you want with the GSAK Oregon macro, and there is another macro to get spoiler pictures too. If you need the image for a puzzle cache while out caching you'll need a web enabled phone AFAIK, even then I doubt you'll be able to solve any puzzle over about 2 difficulty while in the field.

10,000 Finds!!! That makes Duncan! the 'Ultra-Slacker' Congratulations D!!! Cache on, Bubba! X 1000!

You might also be able to return the unit to Garmin and they might replace it for you.