nowhere2Bseen

Nope, I have expeienced the zoom in/out when near an intersection and then zooms back out again when passed the intersection. I have not yet experienced the country level.

You will need to email Garmin Australia and tell them how disappointed you are with their latest software update for the Nuvi 500 as far as geocaching is concerned Then ask them for a previous firmware (I think it is 3.90) where the pedestrian arrow still works. MissyLJ did this and they sent her an old firmware for her device, also her gps is still covered under warranty, this may have had a bearing on actually getting the old firmware. I have backed up my own Nuvi every time before I did an upgrade. The only other way is if you have backups of your unit before you did the upgrade to 4.20 is copy your backed up GUPDATE.GCD back to your device then reboot it. It should ask you about going to a previous version. Accept this and all should be good. ************* BIG DISCLAIMER HERE ************************ *PLEASE NOTE* If you follow my instructions here and screw up your gps I will not accept any responsability for it. It is entirely your choice and risk to do this.

Nowhere2Bseen and MissyLJ will be there with bells on. That is 2 grownups and 1 Hilux

I have rolled back to previous firmware at the present. It is currently behaving itself. Garmin want me to send the unit to them to sort out. I will do that after Easter when I am not doing so much caching I was wondering if mine was an isolated case, (which I am beginning to think it is), hence the post

G'day all, Just wondering if any other Nuvi 500 users out there have had similar problems to me in pedestrian mode. My problem exists when coming up to a cache or waypoint whilst in pedestrian mode. What happens is the direction arrow that points to GZ changes to an intersection at approx 10 metres out from the waypoint. This does not turn back into a direction arrow once passed the 10 metre mark again. It makes it sort of hard to locate a cache precisely in a given area. This only has happened since the update to firmware 4.20 with the Australia/New Zealand maps. I would like to hear if any other cachers have had this problem or is my GPSr a freak unit!

G'day all, I would like to make my ute (pickup) a trackable. The only problem I have is that I need a tracking number with five alpha and one numeric characters eg: XXXXX1 The reason I need this is because the vehicle registration people will only stamp me a registration (license) plate in this format for a one off cost of nearly $200 AUD. Otherwise I will have to pay $200 AUD every year to have a custom plate with any tracking number and that is too expensive. If you have an inactivated dog tag that fits my requirements and you are willing to sell it I would like to hear from you I don't really want to stick a big bug on my vehicle as I would like to make it less obvious to the casual observer Cheers...