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I have had some of these same problems, and done lots of fiddling with all the settings above. Lately, I find things mostly working except that I have to calibrate the compass all the time. Annoying, and I hope still a setting problem. Maybe it would be worthwhile to put the settings here for geocaching (if you like these, that is): lock on road = off (Menu, Setup, Map, General icon) orientation = track up (Menu, Setup, Map, General icon) North Reference = true (Menu, Setup, Heading) Switch to compass heading when below = 3m/h (?) (Menu, Setup, Heading) What should that last one be so the compass works correctly?

Indeed, just as the instructions say. Sorry about that, my jetlagged eyes could not see the spaces.

After reading all these posts and looking at a sample of the data on the Garmin site, I'm appreciating more the topo I used in France. It did not have street names (just route numbers, which are most often not marked for drivers), but it did have routing and the trail level of detail was so fine that city staircases (between roads) were marked. However, it was a regional version (just the south east), which could explain that level of detail. This was a topo map too, not a city map. Why isn't there one perfect product out there??? I have no maps for the US, and given that I have nav in my car, I will probably purchase the 2008 US topo. By the way, the French topos are not so easy to get -- the stores you would expect it at have to order it. I found mine in a smaller specialty shop. So for anyone expecting to go over there are purchase what you want on the spot, might want to do some investigation well before leaving. The MapSource Europe maps advertised on the websites over here in the Americas are definitely *not* everything available. Here's a site for example: http://www.gpstopo.fr/index.php that has the French topos that work great on the Garmin 60csx. Germany is a more activie geo-caching country, so they probably have good stuff there as well.

Search is not working for me. I type +garmin+topo+2008, and I get a lot of results with only Garmin in them (useless). Also some of my searches say that I have an error, and they are normal searches. I can't believe there would be a bug this big, so I must be doing something stupid... Thanks!

Thanks for that info. I think I was just using it heavily and probaby had backlight on when I didn't know it. On the new rechargeables, I'm still going after 5 days -- using it each day for a hike and/or cache. Backlight always off, never need it.

Dumb question, search didn't turn up anything for me -- has anyone had battery life problems? I see some people say it is good. I had alkaline in my brand new unit -- don't know how long they lasted but seems about 5 hours. I thought I had it on 0% backlight for some of that time too. Is there something else turned on in the factory defaults that is sucking power that I need to turn off? I like tracking and some of the other features like that but will turn it off if it affects the battery that much. Thanks!