I can't find any mention of this problem on the net hope others here have heard of it.
My 5 year old Etrex, never been dropped or wet is not displaying satellites when seeking them and seems to only every lock onto 3 for an accuracy of 65 meters.
My unit was not used for about 5 months but the batteries were still 3/4 capacity. I turned it on standing in an unobstructed parking lot in the middle of nowhere on a sunny cloudless day and the Sat page shows empty then suddenly it shows 3 satellites but the accuracy is never better than 65 meters.
Change of batteries did nothing, removing batteries over night did nothing. Maybe a drop would help
any ideas??