+star-geezer Posted March 31, 2007 Posted March 31, 2007 I’ve upgraded from my trusty Legend B/W to the Legend Cx. Love the features, but noted that when caching w/ the Legend that the display & pointer are stable when I’m standing still, but the Cx jumps all over the place about once/second. Am I missing a setting or something? (Please don’t tell me to not stand still – I get stumped w/ some caches and just need to stop & ponder ) Thanks for your help, star-geezer Quote
Keystone Posted March 31, 2007 Posted March 31, 2007 This thread is jumping to the GPS Units and Software Forum. Quote
+Night Stalker Posted March 31, 2007 Posted March 31, 2007 Do you have the latest version of the firmware installed on your unit. The new SirfIII bounces around more than the older units, but the firmware upgrades have reduced this quite a bit. Some of the bouncing is due to the GPS receiving signal and refining your position. Quote
+briansnat Posted March 31, 2007 Posted March 31, 2007 The eTrex units don't have SirfIII . Anyway, as Night Stalker mentioned, make sure you have the latest firmware on your unit. This was reportedly a big problem with early versions of the unit and I hear it has largely been fixed . Quote
+star-geezer Posted March 31, 2007 Author Posted March 31, 2007 Yup - I have ver 2.6 (latest/greatest) loaded. Can you lead me to the thread (if it still exists) to the problem you mention? I can't seem to locate it I'd like to investigate more. star-geezer Quote
+Ka-Ching! Posted April 1, 2007 Posted April 1, 2007 This thread may help: Cx not giving accurate readings Quote
+star-geezer Posted April 1, 2007 Author Posted April 1, 2007 This thread may help: Cx not giving accurate readings Thanks Ka-Ching! I'll read through this tread and see what I can find. I peeked at the end and many cachers are saying ver 2.6 solved their problems. I have that loaded and will see what the accuracy/location data looks against caches I've found w/ my Legend b/w. Still, my problem arises when I stop moving (in car, bike or on foot). The map display rotates around my location and the compass goes beserk on the compass page. Straightens out when I move again. Thanks again for the thread. star-geezer Quote
+Prime Suspect Posted April 2, 2007 Posted April 2, 2007 (edited) Still, my problem arises when I stop moving (in car, bike or on foot). The map display rotates around my location and the compass goes beserk on the compass page. Straightens out when I move again. Thanks again for the thread. star-geezer That's because the Cx doesn't have a true compass. It can deduce your direction of travel, but only when moving. Edited April 2, 2007 by Prime Suspect Quote
+EraSeek Posted April 2, 2007 Posted April 2, 2007 Perhaps your old unit was set to North-Up and this one is set to Track-Up and you are not used to that. Set it to North-Up and see if that looks better. Quote
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