Imadogman

Thanks!!

I should have looked harder. ?sometimes you just have to look again I suppose. I have explored the SetUp button and options at length, and have found in there a section called "main menu". Looking through there I found the "Go To" button option, which was not installed. So now that I have installed it as part of the profile menu for my activity, there is a Coordinates option in that sub menu, allowing coordinate navigation. One question though: in putting in UTM Coordinates on the 450 there is seven spaces for seven numbers on the Northing and Eastings in the 450 coordinates "go to" menu. If I am short the last digit on a coordinate -- so six numbers on the Easting and Seven on the Northing, will that make any significant difference on the ground? Example of a known coordinate from a book I would use is: Zone 55 731450E 6370300N Notice six digits in the Easting and Seven in the Northing. (In case you want to look at it, it really is El Dorado in Australia!) Thanks for the replies, they have been helpful to me an I appreciate your responses.

Looking through the manual again, the photos show a "where to" button, which gives a coordinate option. However that button does not show in my unit.

Thanks Ice Cold. My Oregon is a 450. I seem to recall in my frustrated reading last year that the 450 does not have this functionality but the 450t does. I've looked for the reference again tonight, but can't find it, but will keep looking. Also, the unit does not easily tell you coordinates of where you are (you have to create a waypoint, find it on the map and open the point for that data). I want a GPS that will enable me to program in a coordinate to go to a particular place. Other GPSs seem to be able to do this, including my smart phone, but not this Oregon 450 brick. If there are some 450 experts I would appreciate confirmation / resolution to this. I have spent many hours going through forums, manual and the internet without success.

I am searching for a GPX unit that is easy to use for navigating to set coordinates. I had a 450 Oregon but quite frankly it is not worth a pinch. Unbelievably it does not allow me to input coordinates. Any suggestions please from this knowledgeable group. I spend a lot of time in the bush, and while the Oregon 450 is OK for waypoints and so on it cannot take me to a coordinate. I've tried various smartphone phone GPS's but for reliability and safety I prefer a standalone unit with a smartphone back-up as I explore remote areas of Western Australia on foot. Even free Apps seem better than the Garmin 450. Not sure why they were such cheapskates. Seems the Oregon 650 has that capability. I would like to load many maps, and prefer a unit that is good in strong sunlight. Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks for the excellent support for this Aussie tadpole. Wadcutter -- your post was especially helpful. Much appreciated. I'll see if that works out for me. Mobile phones have a lot of areas in Aus with no signal so not sure if the GPX functtion would work on those. Looking at the new GPss the ones where you can download terrain maps look pretty good. I am primarily seeking to use this equipment to track down old gold mines that can be fossicked. So if I find a nice nugget I will buy myself a new GPS. I call it nature's cache!

Quenstion from a newbie/novice. I have an Etrex Garmin -- yellow one with black sides. No apparent model but looks like it was made in 2000 to 2003 by the manual which I downloaded. It does not seem to have the capacity for me to put in a GPS location. So while I can go somewhere and mark a spot and get back to it, I can't define a spot in advance. Or at least how to do that is not obvious to me. I am not an idiot and this may seem like a stupid question to GPS expoerts. Do I need to buy another GPS unit? I got this one as part of another purchase and have been looking for ways to have fun with it. Help!! Thanks.