How to tell my 60CSx not to zoom

[cleo43]

Every time I do a 'Find' the map zooms out to 8mi which is very annoying. I want it to be at 500 ft and stays there. Thanks.

Here is my Map setup: Track Up/below: 800ft/AutoZoom: OFF/Detail: MOST/Lock on Road: OFF.

It run on version 3.50 software.

[+Klatch]

Every time I do a 'Find' the map zooms out to 8mi which is very annoying. I want it to be at 500 ft and stays there. Thanks.

Here is my Map setup: Track Up/below: 800ft/AutoZoom: OFF/Detail: MOST/Lock on Road: OFF.

It run on version 3.50 software.

Never mind, you got that covered. I never saw that behavior.

Edited May 13, 2008 by Klatch

[GeoBobC]

"Find" will attempt to display the "found" item (waypoint, POI, etc.) on the same map as your current location. Thus the map will zoom out to whatever zoom level (up to its maximum of 500 miles) is necessary to display both. You can't control it.

[cleo43]

So AutoZoom= 'Off' doesn't serve any purpose ?!

[Fschwep]

So AutoZoom= 'Off' doesn't serve any purpose ?!

 

Yes it does. It switches autozoom off... so it does not autozoom when you use find... ;-)

[cleo43]

It still does.

That's why I asked the question !

[roybassist]

Every time I do a 'Find' the map zooms out to 8mi which is very annoying. I want it to be at 500 ft and stays there.

"Find" will attempt to display the "found" item (waypoint, POI, etc.) on the same map as your current location. Thus the map will zoom out to whatever zoom level (up to its maximum of 500 miles) is necessary to display both. You can't control it.

This is correct.

 

So AutoZoom= 'Off' doesn't serve any purpose ?!

This is not correct.

 

Auto Zoom applies when navigating to a point, not to displaying a point on the map. You are apparently doing the latter.

 

Per the manual, Page 43: “Auto Zoom—zooms the map scale to include the beginning and ending points of a route.”

 

While it isn’t very obvious from that wording, you only have a route when you’re navigating. When navigating, Auto Zoom “off” will leave your scale at whatever you have set; while Auto Zoom “on” will zoom in to the closest scale that will show both your current position and the next point on your route; and as you get closer, it will keep zooming in until it gets to 800 ft. So it definitely does serve a purpose.

 

Displaying a point on the map does not involve a route; so what you’re seeing is not Auto Zoom. It is just the behavior Garmin programmed in for displaying a point on a map. That’s why the Auto Zoom setting has no effect on it.

[cleo43]

Thanks Roybassist.