wildroamer

That was one of the questions Garmin rep asked, "Is glonass enabled?" Just too much money to say, "Hey, just disable this feature and it might be ok." I don't rely on a GPSr for my life, but I do rely on one to get me a mile or two out of the woods in the dark. Zero confidence in these units now, unfortunately. I think/hope the comment about a bad batch to Cabela's might have been right on.

Funny the firestorm that always erupts when people hear something they don't want to hear. I'm guilty too, nobody wants to think they dropped $400 on something that people are having issues with. BTW, I don't think "Try turning off Glonass..." is much of a solution. "Having trouble with 5th gear on your car? Try not using that gear..." Anyway, I did soft and hard resets on the first unit to no avail. Then when I received my second unit, I ended up having the exact same issue. Wide open view of sky in area that has never given me trouble with any of the many gps receivers I have owned in the past. After almost an hour, it did lock on. Garmin told me the usual fixes, resets, make sure you have clear view, allow 20 minutes for lock, etc. Really like the unit, functionality, basecamp is great... Will wait for next iteration, or some more firmware updates before trying again.

Second unit, same issue. Thing works perfectly sometimes. Other times, I turn it on and it simply will not lock on to satellites. Spoke with customer service at both Cabela's and Garmin. After extensive troubleshooting with the first one, including hard reset, Cabela's overnighted me a replacement. Oh, plus I got a nice voicemail message in which the rep told me he was assured by Garmin that the device was functioning correctly, and that no gps receiver will work well in dense canopy. Duh! I never said I was in dense canopy, in fact I told them that this was ocurring with a clear view of the sky! Replacement unit is doing the same dadgum thing, "Acquiring Satellites" "Weak GPS signal" "Lost GPS signal" I find it difficult to believe I am the only one who happens to buy 2 dadgum lemons, back-to-back...