Enabling Waas On My Etrex

[+greengenes]

okay, so all of the (yellow) eTrex specifications i see online say that it IS WAAS enabled, yet my owner's manual says nothing about it nor can I find where to turn it on within the unit's menus.

 

I'm guessing one of the following must be true:

 

a) I have an older model without WAAS

 

I'm overlooking how to turn it on in the menus and they forgot to put it in the manual.

 

c) It's always on.

 

Any ideas?

 

Thanks in advance.

[+Red90]

This is the newer owner's manual with the WAAS option.

[+Sputnik 57]

There are two models of Etrex, the original did not have WAAS. The newer unit does. The only way to tell (AFAIK) is to check the version of your firmware. If it is version 2.xx, then the unit doesn't have WAAS. If it is 3.xx, it is WAAS enable.

 

Firmware updates are available here.

[+greengenes]

Mystery solved.

 

I've got the older model.

 

On another note, is anyone interested in buying a used eTrex? ; )

 

thanks all!

[+Sputnik 57]

Tons of people have found caches with the original etrex. There are newer units with lots of bells and whistles, but the reliable old yeller is still a great unit.

[+greengenes]

Oh, don't get me wrong. I love my old yeller. I got it last christmas and it's been good to me. But I have problems marking waypoints accurately when I'm trying to hide a cache. My friend has a Legend c (waas enabled) and has hidden over 20 since may with great accuracy.

 

I'm just a bit jealous I guess.

[+greengenes]

while we're on the subject. Does anybody have a Lgend c? and if so, how do you like it?

 

I'm on a mac and from the moderate amount of research I've done, the mapping software from garmin is only PC compatable.

[Neo_Geo]

I'm on a mac...

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