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how do i drag and drop the 2.70 firmware for my dakota 20 i have tried what you say but cant get it to drag and drop anywhere just worked it out thanks --------------------- Ah - edit - I forgot to mention. When you download a Garmin RGN file, the way to apply it to your unit is to plug your unit in, turn it on, then drag and drop the RGN file on the WebUpdater application. That will cause WebUpdater to execute and load the file you have specified. Power down, and up again, and the updated firmware will be applied to your unit (same as the usual WebUpdater process, only you get to select the file being loaded).

from today at http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...56-c35c8b35a5a2

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yes... I know exactly what problem you're having. I bought a dakota 20 in august and have experienced similar symptoms. Here's what I found: after the unit was powered on for a while (maybe a half hour or so) the compass would spin wildly. I could be facing a cache according to the compass, then I'd turn the unit a small amount, say 20 degrees one direction, and the compass would flip a full 180 or some other amount that was much more than the amount I turned. Basically navigation was impossible. I then tried to calibrate the unit and it would fail everytime. I found out that I had to power down the unit and power it back on (effectively "rebooting" it) and then calibrate the compass immediately and the calibration would be successful. This issue with the compass spinning wildly would always come back after the unit had been powered on for some period of time and I found that just "rebooting" the unit would bring the compass back to proper operation. I had a similar compass issue once with my etrex vista: after i changed batteries the compass wasnt working properly - I had gone from one brand of battery to another, the battery composition was different and threw off the compass sensor, so a calibration was necessary. So to be sure, I tried several different kinds of batteries in my dakota, and removed the case, carabiner clip, my watch, basically anything that could possibly be interfering with the compass sensor but the issue was still present. I assumed my unit was defective so I sent it back to amazon and had it replaced, only to find the replacement unit had the same problem. I assumed the issue would be fixed with a firmware update in the future, or that garmin would recognize the issue and start fixing it under warranty so I kept the unit. I haven't checked for a firmware update lately so I'll go do that now and see if the update fixes my problem. i see there is a fix for this . i have never had this problem, i must have had the latest firmware in my dakota.

this is right i had this problem, till i seen i was turning it the wrong way . also when doing this try to hold it strait or it wont work . easy when you know how

this can also be done on the dakota 20 you connect your dakota 2 your pc and find the startuptxt open it and you edit it where you see my name and number <!-- Edit this file to display a message while your unit is powering on --> <!-- Allow one full power cycle after editing for your message to be updated --> <!-- Set the display number to the minimum number of seconds your message is displayed --> <display = 10> <!-- Type your message on the next line --> boabness 1111111111 then save

thanks mate thats how its done.

i could load as many as i wanted when i had a normal account.

They are in the gpx and on the unit - go out to the menus - select a geocache and one of the menu options is hint. this is what im getting in the paperless bit the difficulty, terrain, cache size, tractables, concordance, the bit where they tell you about the cache, comments from people who have found it. and at the bottom trackables again . no encrypted hints that you get on the site thats how i was asking is there something i never ticked . if you dont get the encrypted hints paperless is a bit pointless lol

i have did all that i have it all on my gps . but i dont get the encrypted hints with the description all i get is the descrition and some user coments is there a box to tick to get the encrypted hints

how do you get the encrypted hints in a pocket queries , is there somewhere im not ticking all i get is the description and some comments from finders. im using Groundspeak for the pocket queries is there something im not ticking lol i have a dakota 20

i started a new topic for my question