+geralduscambrensis Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 I use a Dakota 20 for my geocaching and frequently find the compass arrow pointing at me as I walk forwards towards a GZ and the distance counts further and further down. Recently I spotted the GZ about 500 feet away and walked in a straight line, across open ground, towards it. The arrow remained constantly pointing directly away from the GZ though it counted down steadily from 545 feet to 1 foot and I was almost standing on the cache. Does anyone else "suffer" from this phenomenon? Is there a fix? :blink: Quote Link to comment
tr_s Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 I don't know, but my eTrex 30 suffers from a horribly unreliable compass which requires calibration every hour at best. I simply disabled the compass and am relying on heading and a true old school Silva compass, everything works better that way. Quote Link to comment
+taybee Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 i run a GPSmap 60CSx And 62s I have to recalibration the 60csx compass if I turn it on outside a 200 km radius of where turn it off. 62s is ok Quote Link to comment
+Cacheoholic Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 Is your heading set to bearing or course? Should be set to bearing. Do you calibrate the compass every time the batteries are changed? Quote Link to comment
+geralduscambrensis Posted July 16, 2012 Author Share Posted July 16, 2012 Yes it is set to bearing and I do calibrate after battery change. I have also noticed that when it is doing this and I click to map it orientates the map so that all the writing is upside down in relation to the direction I am taking.Puzzling Quote Link to comment
+Atlas Cached Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 Yes it is set to bearing and I do calibrate after battery change. I have also noticed that when it is doing this and I click to map it orientates the map so that all the writing is upside down in relation to the direction I am taking.Puzzling Do you have a smartphone? Can you video the device behaving this way and upload to youtube? Quote Link to comment
ao318 Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 I have noticed this type of behavior with my 60csx when the batteries are starting to get low. A fresh set with calibration seems to work for me. Quote Link to comment
+geralduscambrensis Posted July 18, 2012 Author Share Posted July 18, 2012 I have noticed this type of behavior with my 60csx when the batteries are starting to get low. A fresh set with calibration seems to work for me. Hadn't noticed if batteries were low, but it is a thought. I'll check next time it happens. Thanks Quote Link to comment
+kritou Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 @geraldiscambrensis: How is your routing configured? The arrow could point to the nearest intersection when routing is on. I've had the same problem, when using routing to get to a geoache. Now I set routing to offroad, on the map it shows my current position connected by a straight line to the geocache. The arrow then also points in the right direction. Quote Link to comment
+geralduscambrensis Posted July 24, 2012 Author Share Posted July 24, 2012 @geraldiscambrensis: How is your routing configured? The arrow could point to the nearest intersection when routing is on. I've had the same problem, when using routing to get to a geoache. Now I set routing to offroad, on the map it shows my current position connected by a straight line to the geocache. The arrow then also points in the right direction. Thanks kritou but I change to off road before I exit car. Quote Link to comment
+GrateBear Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 That's odd. I have no problems with mine, rarely recalibrate the compass. I would suggest calling Garmin. Quote Link to comment
+geralduscambrensis Posted July 26, 2012 Author Share Posted July 26, 2012 That's odd. I have no problems with mine, rarely recalibrate the compass. I would suggest calling Garmin. I quite agree, it is odd.Probably why I mentioned it. I have contacted Garmin, and followed their very precise instructions for a factory re-set, but from time to time this glitch manifests itself. Of 20 caches I visited yesterday this only happened twice. On the fifth and the seventeenth.It's not life-threatening, in my neck of the woods, but is a bit of a pain. Quote Link to comment
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