Martymarquette Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 I have been told by a couple of friends that I need to calibrate my hand held GPS. I bought a Magellan Explorist 310 in February - at times it cause me so much frustration. Eventually I would like to up grade but at this time it is not in my budget so I must make do with what I have. - I can be emailed direct at marquettemarty@gmail.com Quote Link to comment
+The A-Team Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 The 310 doesn't have an electronic compass, so there's nothing to calibrate. Did your friends give any indication of what or why they thought you needed to "calibrate"? Quote Link to comment
+redwoodkestrel Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 If you explain what's frustrating you about the 310 perhaps we could offer some solutions? Most people I know who have the 310 like it. Quote Link to comment
+spectonex Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 since the original poster hasnt responded, im going to hijack this thread with my question, which i think they were trying to ask. My magellan 310 doesn't seem to want to update the settings i choose for it. the default setting was medium, which gave me a map with a black backround and lines for roads. It was very efficient performance wise. I decided to try out high detail. after I changed the settings it took a couple of hours for me to actually see the graphical change from low to high. with this, came lag and performance decreases. I've set it back to low detail but nothing has changed. How do i get my gps to update my settings? it just doesn't want to listen! Quote Link to comment
Martymarquette Posted May 29, 2013 Author Share Posted May 29, 2013 The 310 doesn't have an electronic compass, so there's nothing to calibrate. Did your friends give any indication of what or why they thought you needed to "calibrate"? Often the direction arrow is pointing the wrong direction. Some times I must follow it and other times I know to go the opposite direction - this is so confusing. Must trust the count down of distance to the cache Quote Link to comment
AZcachemeister Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 The 310 doesn't have an electronic compass, so there's nothing to calibrate. Did your friends give any indication of what or why they thought you needed to "calibrate"? Often the direction arrow is pointing the wrong direction. Some times I must follow it and other times I know to go the opposite direction - this is so confusing. Must trust the count down of distance to the cache Without an electronic compass, the unit needs to be moving in order to know which way north is and show your direction of travel. If you stand still, small variations in the satellite signals will make the unit think you are moving, but because the signals 'waver' back and forth you will get a jumpy, spinning pointer. Quote Link to comment
+Loquito45 Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 (edited) I'm having the same issue and i thought i would note that it does have a compass that i follow.Looking to see whats wrong with it. Edited June 21, 2015 by Loquito45 Quote Link to comment
+cerberus1 Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 I'm having the same issue and i thought i would note that it does have a compass that i follow.Looking to see whats wrong with it. The post above yours explains the why and a kinda fix (if you're having the same issue). Quote Link to comment
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