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Bom dia, Não sou utilizador de equipamento dessa marca por isso não lhe conheço os particulares. Contudo, de uma forma generalistica, deverás verificar no manual de instrucções se porventura haverá alguma forma de fazer um reset à máquina, seja ele de software ou hardware (normalmente há). Caso isso não resulte, tenta verificar no site da Magellan se há algum update do firmware que possas fazer ou simplesmente recarregar o firmware que tens actualmente. Em terceiro e último recurso entrega o equipamento ao fabricante para reparação. Boa sorte. Cump,

Good day, I too had a major issue with my brand new Oregon 400T and had to ring up Garmin Portugal for help. They told me to come in and show them the unit. I spent over 1:30h with a technician testing a brand new unit that became mine and talking tech stuff My problem was solved and I still learnt a good deal about the GPS system and the Garmin equipments themselves! Very happy with their service, at least here in Portugal. Cheers

Good day to all, I got totally fed up with my Oregon and phoned up Garmin at Portugal about it's strange behaviour. After a short drive to their headquarters I was was told my unit had some sort of a problem with the electronic compass module. As soon as the technician hooked the unit to the testing tool the compass wouldn't stop spinning. He also told me that although one can switch the compass off, the unit still uses it to cross-check the info from the GPS tracking so it is always screwing up the direction arrow! I was given a new unit which was extensively tested outside their door by the technician and me. Things were totally different!! I spent all my day today under rain geocaching in some woods near Lisbon and the equipment worked flawlessly. The new unit came with a 2.90 firmware which is the last shipping firmware and was told to update it to 2.95 at home. Which I did... All is fine now! Cheers,

WHO-DEY- I don't usualy use that hat on the caching outings. That is my thinking hat!

I use the 3D topographic map that comes with the 400T. There are no Garmin TOPO maps for Portugal to buy...That was why I bought the 400T and not the 300 model. Cheers

Yes I have. Compass on or off the problem persists... did that in all fimwares.

Hello to all! I am from Lisbon, Portugal and I too purchased a brand new Oregon 400T last week. I immediately updated the unit's software to 2.95 and also immediately stuttered when I tried to go geocaching with it. It is simply useless!! I have a Geko 301 that was my tool untill now and never had any direction pointing problems like this. When used in the car the needle keeps a good solid lock on the correct direction, but once you step out and start walking the last meters it goes berserk and swings all over the place and often freezes in a wrong direction...all this with 6m accuracy showing! I have rolled the software to 2.94; 2.93; and 2.85 and it is still the same!! E-mailed the OregonBeta guys and they told me to calibrate my compass...which I had already done some 20 times!! Then I sent them a very detailed description of my problem and their response was that they had understood what I was writing nothing more. Today I went out caching and almost threw the dadgum unit in the garbage can! I was standing 20cm from the cache and it was pointing in all possible directions and telling me I was 12m away! For the time being I am still crying my 500 bucks I spent on this unit... Cheers to all,