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what was the name of the retailer?

For my card bought in January. other areas came out later!

The box and the SD card plastic container are stamped December 2008. There is no unlock code on the SD card but there is updated 'firmware' which is out of date. You need to check your firmware on the unit. The newest is less than 2 weeks old. You are right the SD card does look suspicious as it is not marked Garmin! I have two SD cards from different retailers and both are identical.

Garmin UK Libert House Hounsdown Business Park Southampton SO40 9RB 02380524000

Basically in the UK you unlock the DVD to the PC and then you unlock it to the unit. It takes two procedures!

CityNavigator Europe v2009 or v2010 or Garmin Discoverer for your area. You can have them on SD card or on DVD or download. For planning a route and recording a track you need it on the PC from a DVD.

This has been covered here The Oregon 300 download is incomplete 712kb instead of 3.81MB The download for the other units should work, I used the 400t. http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php...220121&st=0 The Oregon 300 download has been corrected.

Connect the unit to the PC Garmin Oregon (K) Open Garmin File Open Text File Start up Make your changes and save I use 20seconds [enough for someone to write down a contact phone if they find your unit]

OR 200 - http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=4395 OR 300 - http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=4393 These have been removed again as they were incomplete.

http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=4397

http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=4397 Changes made from version 2.95 to 2.96: * Added Waypoint Averaging application. (For more information visit our new Trail Tech website at http://garmin.blogs.com/softwareupdates/trail-tech/) * Added Sight 'N Go application for the Oregon 300/400i/400c/400t. * Added option to display four configurable data fields on the map. * Added customizable text to unit power-on screen (see \Garmin\startup.txt) * Added Man Overboard application * Added the ability to view geocaches logs separate from the description * Increased the number of waypoints viewable from the Waypoint Manager and Where To?>Waypoints * Report problems with software to OregonBeta@garmin.com.

Unless you can select the option shown, then the MetroGuide maps transferred to the unit will not 'autoroute'. MetroGuide North America v7 and MetroGuide Europe will not have this without 'manipulation'.

In the UK Metroguide does not autoroute on the units. I have on my unit Metroguide NA v7 that does not autoroute on the units. However, by following certain website threads you can 'manipulate' Metroguide and then autoroute. It does not require 'unlock codes' from Garmin.

TOPO GB supports autorouting on roads but not 'off-road' - they are just straight lines between via points.

You can backup to the PC and restore it to the same SD card. You have not explained your question

After all my posts on my accuracy I now experienced this same problem

No idea but Mapsource shows it here. N54.45425 W3.21166 Sca Fell Pub Pil S1537 G Jones 05 04, #5227

I walked along the 'kerb' of the road in both directions and the variations were not more than 6 feet! The points were at 1 second intervals. Here is screenshot #1 of mapsource at zoom level 80 feet with the track in both directions. Here is screenshot #2 of the Oregon at zoom level 20 feet with the part track in both directions showing the biggest variation.

If we all have Oregons with v2.95 then:- Why if I walk the same footpath 3 times in the same direction [West] I only get a variation of 10 feet? Why if I walk the same footpath 3 times in the same direction [East] I only get a variation of 15 feet? Why if I walk the same complete footpath 3 times in both direction I only get a variation of 22 feet? Why am I delighted with my results/accuracies when the results elsewhere are not accepted as being acceptable? How many people have tested a set route three/ten times? I get most of the time a GPS accuracy of 15 to 8 feet without WAAS [which accounts for my variations]. I believe that accuracy should not be measured on a route in both direction, as there are other factors to take into account. Why has yogazoo a 80feet accuracy and I have with one identical route on three different days, a accuracy of 22feet? I am asking not because I'm right, but because I would like an explanation. So is it a poor unit or a poor view of the satelites or dependent on the direction of travel? I did say

I have been following the topic on poor accuracy. The last post shows tracks on the way out and then the way back. I tried a 1.2mile round trip[with some tree cover and found:- that the route out and the route back was totally different as did the last poster. I then tried the same route three times at different recording intervals [down to one second interval] and found that the three 'way out' were similar and the three 'way back' were similar.[i split the routes] This I think was dependent on the position of the unit in relation to the satelites [mainly South and West] here in Wales. It was also dependent on which side of the body I carried it on [to get an interupted view of the satelites] Are you laughing - Try it! It gives interesting findings. I also tried it following a roadside kerb [an accurate route both ways] Always the direction giving a good satelite view was more accurate than the return. So is it a poor unit or a poor view of the satelites or dependent on the direction of travel? Keep laughing! The east route compared to west route [the better]- the biggest variation in the three routes in one direction was 15 feet. To get this on the PC Mapsource I create several points on the contour lines. The two shown are 0.1miles apart on the mapsource at zoom 80 feet.

The same bug is here!

You have loaded certain maps into your unit that are not on the PC/Basecamp. I have CityNavigator and certain areas of TOP and Discoverer but I cannot find it! I have not got this so it may be specific to a map you have loaded to the unit. The only map in Basecamp for me is TOPO GB

Sorry jotne I do not know how to that!