+Muirwoody Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 I have noticed this behavior before, but never as bad as yesterday. I'm at a spot in the open with an accuracy of 11' and 8 sats. I hit "mark". The screen to save my mark comes up and shows me 104' away from the mark. Repeated attempts produce the same results. I did get it down to say I was only 84'away. I shut the unit off, restarted and approached from different directions - same result. I'm afraid to use those coordinates for a cache..because I don't know how good they are. Anybody have an explanation? Thanks. Quote Link to comment
+Thrak Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Is your unit set to the WGS84 map datum? If not your coordinates will be off. Quote Link to comment
+Night Stalker Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 If you set it down and tell it you want it to average it will increase your accuracy. I normally set it down and let it average for about five minutes when I am setting a new cache. I have not had any complaints with the coordinates on any of my caches except the times when I reversed 2 of the numbers putting the searcher about 50' off. Quote Link to comment
+Muirwoody Posted January 9, 2006 Author Share Posted January 9, 2006 I have been using this unit for 18 months and USUALLY have no problems - when I hit mark it shows me 0' away - which makes sense. It's just sometimes it does the weird reading thing. Yup - all my settings are right and I have placed many caches with no complaints. But I'm afraid to place that one. I'll go back next week and try again. Quote Link to comment
+Timpat Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 I've never had that problem since I bought my 60C two yrs ago. To be sure you have the latest 60CS firmware which is currently v.4.0, go to 60CS v.4.0 and update your unit. A friend of mine just bought his 60CS and it came with an older firmware version out of the box. Must have been sitting on a shelf somewhere. Sometimes a firmware update will straighten out these quirky bugs anyway. NOTE: I always back up my waypoint and track data first just in case before an update. Quote Link to comment
+webscouter. Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 also check and make sure you don't have locked on road selected or that you haven't been on road navigating. This will cause the GPS to try to put the mark on a road. Quote Link to comment
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