TIVandfamily Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 Hi, I got my GPS garmin Etrex unit two days ago. I could not find in the instructions how to set waypoints(such as the ones for Geocaching!). Sorry for a question that might have been answered before, but I would like to start my Geocaching adventures soon! thanks! Quote Link to comment
+admo1972 Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 Simply mark your location (main menu - mark), and then edit the fields as you wish (icon o fwaypoint, name of waypoint, and coordinated of waypoint). Quote Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 Or make it easy on yourself. Hook it to your computer and download them. Depending on which model of the etrex you have, you may have to buy a cable. It is the best way to avoid looking for a cache 600 feet off the mark because of fumble fingers (not that I ever did that). Otherwise - as stated, mark and edit. Not very intuitive but that is how you do it. Quote Link to comment
+admo1972 Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 Otherwise - as stated, mark and edit. Not very intuitive but that is how you do it. Seriously, marking and editing is such a large part of using a GPS, it amazes me that more emphasis isn't given to it in manuals (at least in the one I got for my Garmin Vista. I had read the manual Thursday night, and went right out on Friday to look for my first cache. When I got to my parking spot, I decided to enter the coordinates of the cache. The most intuitive place I though tfor entering a waypoint was on the navigate screen (the compass). Nope. Next I tried the map. Nope. Lastly I went to the main menu. Mark didn't seem right to me, as I didn't care to mark my current location, but another location. Took another few minutes to figure out I can edit the marked coordinates. :sigh: It is kind of funny how second nature it is now to mark waypoints, but when using it the first time, it seemed impossibly distant to get it done. Quote Link to comment
+Prime Suspect Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 Otherwise - as stated, mark and edit. Not very intuitive but that is how you do it. Seriously, marking and editing is such a large part of using a GPS, it amazes me that more emphasis isn't given to it in manuals (at least in the one I got for my Garmin Vista. I had read the manual Thursday night, and went right out on Friday to look for my first cache. When I got to my parking spot, I decided to enter the coordinates of the cache. The most intuitive place I though tfor entering a waypoint was on the navigate screen (the compass). Nope. Next I tried the map. Nope. Lastly I went to the main menu. Mark didn't seem right to me, as I didn't care to mark my current location, but another location. Took another few minutes to figure out I can edit the marked coordinates. :sigh: It is kind of funny how second nature it is now to mark waypoints, but when using it the first time, it seemed impossibly distant to get it done. Remember that until relatively recently, GPSs were used by most people (except professional surveyors, and the military) to mark your current location, so you could return to that spot. So that's what the user manuals were geared to. Quote Link to comment
+CSpenceFLY Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 Or you could print a cache page and follow the cords to where you want to go. If you are in the US, if you go north the numbers get bigger and if you go west the numbers get bigger. I did this until I learned to use my GPS.This may seem rude or short but it is as much help as the other responses. Quote Link to comment
+Wadcutter Posted May 12, 2007 Share Posted May 12, 2007 Someone else asked the same question a year ago. Here's the thread with a step by step explanation. Entering WP on Etrex Quote Link to comment
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