Actually, push in the upper right button (page), joystick (push in while perfectly centered - this is the problem button as it gets decentered when you push on the on button), and while holding these two in, press the on button. There's no timing sequence other than trying to keep the first two pushed in while pushing the on button for the normal second or two to turn the unit on. Takes me about ten tries to get it right. You'll know you've accomplished it because you'll get the warning screen instead of the normal startup screen.
FYI - I only got the hard reset to work when pressing all three buttons while the unit was OFF...
Sorry - I forgot to mention that.
Sorry to be a pain. This is my first post.
I just can't get the hard reset to work.
I'm just about to head out on my first search for a geocache. I'm planning on using my phone and running gps as the main forms of locating the cach but i also have my old Vista HCx. I rarely use it these days and when I plugged it in to USB the vista just switches off. I remember looking on some forums some time ago and suggesting doing a hard reset but basically when i try it nothing happens.
Any combination of the buttons and power = switches on
Any combinations of the buttons + joystick (all orientations plus pressed) - and it won't switch on.
A couple of times I have had the screen change colour slightly in a similar way to if you try to switch on when the batteries are dead, but no test screen, hard reset or master reset can be achieved?
Any ideas? Thanks for your help
Chris
