+Misty and Minou Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 (edited) I am having an issue with my Dakota 10, if out in the field and want to enter the next stage to a geocache ie. once youv'e solved a multi cache using the "Enter Next Stage" function the unit just route to the original co'ordinates, or come up with route calculation errors. Is anyone else having this issue? I know that a workaround is to route to directly to the new coordinates and then go back and mark the cache as found for the field notes. Edited February 4, 2012 by Misty and Minou Quote Link to comment
+Hemorrhage Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 I have an Oregon, but I think the interface is similar. When using the geocaching dashboard on the map screen I get routed to the closest cache instead of the final coords as you mentioned. If I go to the compass page instead where I don't use a dashboard, it will point me in the correct direction. So I use the map screen most of the time, but switch to the compass screen when I need to travel to different coords Quote Link to comment
+Unobtainium Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 The next stage feature uses one of the geocache slots. If you have filled your unit up with caches, the next stage feature will not work. Now I load 4950 caches leaving 50 slots free on my 550 for this and other impromptu GPX downloads and it works fine. Quote Link to comment
+luvvinbird Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 I have an Oregon, but I think the interface is similar. When using the geocaching dashboard on the map screen I get routed to the closest cache instead of the final coords as you mentioned. If I go to the compass page instead where I don't use a dashboard, it will point me in the correct direction. So I use the map screen most of the time, but switch to the compass screen when I need to travel to different coords Yep, that's the fix. I've been using two profiles on my Oregon to overcome that obstacle. Quote Link to comment
+Misty and Minou Posted February 4, 2012 Author Share Posted February 4, 2012 The next stage feature uses one of the geocache slots. If you have filled your unit up with caches, the next stage feature will not work. Now I load 4950 caches leaving 50 slots free on my 550 for this and other impromptu GPX downloads and it works fine. Ahh the penny drops, I've been loading the Dakota with the full 2000 caches, that explains what's going wrong. Thanks for the other options as well Quote Link to comment
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