kathiella

Just to let you know that Garmin replied and sent me a link to the new beta firmware 3.94 so here it is in case you want to try it. I just installed it so didn't have time to check whether the problem has been solved. http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=5679

I reported the above problem to Garmin and it took like a week to get them to finally accept that it is indeed a bug. I had to send them tracks by e-mail and finally they stopped telling me to reinstall the software and actually tested it. on 19 Jan I got an e-mail telling me that they have reproduced the problem and will fix it but they wrote that they can't tell me when. Then they closed my ticket! I had to log it on the german garmin site because I bought the device in Germany. I installed 3.9 this weekend all excited that the problem might be fixed but sadly no. Additionally I now have a bunch of new bugs where it freezes when i call up geocaches. So I'm not happy with Garmin right now. I just wrote to ask for an update.

I am not that happy with the Software on the Montana. HAve had a few problems since the beginning and they are taking too long to fix them. I have had nothing but problems since upgrading to 3.9. Every time I select a Cache, it freezes on a white screen with the green Go button. I have to pull out the battery to fix it. Happened at least 10 times yesterday so I had to revert to using my iphone because it just wouldn't work. Reinstalled the software but thta didn't fix it. The other problem I reported to Garmon in January and was hoping would be fixed in this version (but wasn't!) was an odometer issue. The odometer tracks distance covered then the device is switched off. So if say, you cycle 10km and then ride a train for 200km it shows 210km, which you obviously don't want. Since I wanted to use it to keep track of my cycling distance that is an important issue to me. It took me a week to get them to accept that this was a problem. First I got the usual back and forth of them telling me to install the latest version etc. and I had to more or less nag them into actually testing it. Finally they managed to reproduce the problem and I have not heard since then. I also resent not having the Wherigo app in there. I had an oregon before but sadly lost it, so decided to upgrade to the Montana. ON a positive note I love the big screen and it's much better in sunlight.

I have a new Montana and am having the exact same problem. I couldn't figure our for a while why it was adding so many kms to my trip odometer, but then I noticed that it was adding the distance to the ofrom the place I last switched it off, to the current position. I had an oregon until I lost it a few months ago and it definitely did not do this. I would say it's definitely a bug and have just reported it to Garmin. It's a shame as I like to set myself distance goals and can forget about that until this is resolved. On a separate note, it's a real shame they didn't put the Wherigo app on there.

Just wanted to post an update, in case anyone else is struggling with the country code issue in their blackberry/trimble set up. So the country codes used are FIPS codes and here is a list of them in English and in German http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_FIPS_country_codes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_FIPS_...%29#GM:_Germany You can enter a region code in the State/provinde line and it will search by German States as well.

I've just discovered a problem with the cache finding functionality of trimble geocacher, for those of us who want to geocache outside the United States or the UK (and possibly a few other countries that might work) If you use the find cache/near address function, the country defaults to US. So if you try to change the code, for instance to UK it works fine. But it won't take any code I have tried for Germany. I've tried DE/GE/BR/Al, and a few others. You can only enter two letters, Example: If I delete the US code from the country line and search for the city of Heidelberg, it comes up with some cache's in a town called Heidelberg in the United States. Unfortunately this means that I can't find caches in Germany unless I'm in the immediate area. It also completely ignores Zip codes from germany as well, so that option doesn't work either. I wrote to trimble and asked whether they can tell me what the code is for Germany and am waiting to hear back.

I just bought the 8310 here in Germany, downloaded the trimble trial and later purchased trimble geocaching from handmark. Had a bit of difficulty getting the trial to transfer into a subscription, but the guys at handmark responded within a couple of hours to my request and I got it working fine. I don't think the carrier matters as I'm using vodafone in Germany which was not listed on the trimble website. I have just ordered a bike holder for it and am very excited about the prospect of cycling round some multi-caches I've been planning for a while. Prior to getting the trimble blackberry combo I used to print off all the cache sheets before I went on a business trip or other travel. Often I would end up on a different side of town than planned and had wasted all that paper. If I forgot any info, or wanted to read some logs I would log into geocaching.com and search for them which took ages and cost a fortune! The trimble software allows me to search for a cache in my current vicinity (or enter an address of course) any time, access all the information and hopefully find a lot more caches than before! I love being able to read logs and get the hints right off the phone as well. When you find the cache you can log it right there and when you get home, complete your note on geocaching.com. The gps is every bit as accurate as my garmin. The reason I got the blackberry instead of the nokia is that I was using a blackberry for work and knew the gps worked great. Unfortunately I have had to buy another blackberry as my work one is blocked for 3rd party applications. So all I need now is a pencil, scrap of paper and my blackberry/trimble combination