I just bought a Etrex Legend CX from Best Buy recently with the auto navigation kit. I love it, but after updating the firmware in the unit and performing a hard reset. I am still getting bad accuracy and readings around caches. I have yet to call Garmin about this issue. I am sure others have, but I need to find time to call and see if they are going to patch this unit soon. It is absolutely necessary to be able to have accurate readings and to pay this much for the unit, I should expect Garmin to patch it soon. Unless someone has a answer to fixing this problem....
The situation:
We first bought a etrex legend cx from best buy and used it while caching and all was well, accuracy was better than the garmin III we had before. We then used the cig lighter adapter to power the garmin which came with the unit and to much of our luck, the car or the cord shorted out the unit and it never came back on after plugginf it in. Next step was to stand in line and exchange it, we got a new one and a service plan so if it happens again we can replace it. We started to use the new one and found the accuracy was way off when I went caching with some friends, they had a Garmin 60 model with the sirf chip and he was getting 3 feet from the cache and I was way off in the distance 30-50ft away where my etrex legend cx was saying it was. I had eneabled waas and upgraded the firmware on this unit and I didn't lock it to the road when navigating. We even marked points one night with his GPS and mine, but this time we did it in a open parking lot with clear night sky and the accuracy was much better, I was able to get 2 ft from where he marked his points. I don't know why it doesn't give this kind of accuracy when geocaching in some cover or any tree cover. Please help me!!
