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I have a winter cache that was not winter-friendly. I deactivated it for the winter and forgot to reactivate come spring and they Archived it. How would I turn it on again?

I am hoping to do the Route 66 power trail next week. Is there any way to get the entire power-trail with one pocket query? Thanks

I am sure the software/ firmware is 5 years old. I will have him calibrate his compass too. Good suggestions. The unit has probably not been used in 2 years. He had lithium batteries in it and it was set to lithium batteries in the system set up.

I was visiting my brother this weekend and we decided to try a cache or two with his older grey vista. It was a perfect coll and clear fall day. I entered a couple of caches into the unit and off we went. I was using the compass to direct us and it could not lock and direct us to ground zero. It would point us to around 25 meters then as we approached it would spin 180 degrees an point us in a new direction. Essentially it was unusable. Do these units get tired? Can it be fixed? Thanks

I have heard mixed reviews. I don,t seems to get much help when I turn it on.

People who take travel bugs and keep them :-(

This has happened to me too! Frustrating!

Someone place your bug in a super-remote cache. Mine was dropped a year ago in 5/5 cache that is only accessible by kayak :-( Nobody ever goes there.

I have a Palm Pilot Tungsten T3 with the slider for sale. It comes with a stylus and a docking station with computer interface and two additional travel chargers. The unit powers up an holds a charge. Moved to a Blackberry and have not used it in a while. $35 + shipping for everything!

Thank you, I'll have to look into one of those. Second the Dakota with Maps. Works well

Got a new DAKOTA and would like to load Topo maps.

I couldn't agree more, especially when they are in the middle of the woods....what is the point?

1st Gen Legend Dakota 20

My DAKOTA was recently replaced. I put the North AMerica road MAp on a micro Sd card. I loaded the card via Mapsource. The device is not recognizing the map. Have I done something wrong? Thanks

Same here with my Dakota 10. Sounds like there maybe a fundamental problem with the Dakotas. Anyway, Garmin replaced it quickly with great customer service. Its has been working great since. Sent mine back to Garmin. Hope it comes back quickly. Thanks

If I get it going through pulling the batteries out and reinserting them, I can turn it off with the switch. will try custom service again Thanks

I have had the Garmin Dakota 20 for about a month. I had a 4 MB card and City Navi maps loaded. The Unit worked really well. It seems that it is slow to be recognized by my PC when I plug it in though. It started giving me a hard time turning over the past week. The on switch will not turn the unit on. It seems that only way I can get it to turn on is to take the batteries out and put them back in and the unit self boots up. I have updated the firmware. Taken out the SD and removed all maps and caches from the unit. In addition to putting in new batteries. I spent 87 minutes online today with tech support and the tech support guy was less than helpful. He had me remove my Maps and let me go. It will be expensive for me to ship to the states and I will have to pay duty on the unit when it comes back to Canada. Do any of you techies have a fix for this problem, which seems common? Thanks Ross

Reduced to $40

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I have a Garmin Etrex Vista for sale with a serial cable for sale. This unit has the compass built in. A great starter unit that has had very little use. $55 dollars by paypal.

Palm Tungsten T3 with Slider Screen for sale. Comes with a stylus and Docking station and USB cable. Also have a small travel charger. It is great for Cachemate and getting into paperless caching inexpensively. $50 by by paypal SVP.

I have an original Garmin Vista for sale. I could put the Maryland premium map on it for you too. It come with serial cable. $55

I have a Vista with the Mapsource software on my computer. Would it be possible to use the computer serial interface and place the vista on the dash to get direction in new cities? If so, what would the set up be? This may be handy. Thanks

I have recently moved to Canada. Anyone want to trade Gamin US TOPO maps and Mapsource for Canadian? Email me at andersenre@gmail.com. Thanks

Thanks Bob, Anyone else try yet?