+Original A1 Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Hi, I'm up in the Alaskan Arctic and a long way from home (Scotland). I've been using my Oregon 550t for the past week in Canada and Seattle, then Alaska with no problems. Yesterday and today I've been heading up the Dalton Highway; the few caches up here are on the map but I've not had the opportunity to find more than one, so hope to get some on the way south again. 10 miles short of Prudhoe Bay, I glanced at my GPS and with bemusement noticed that it's showing that I'm somewhere off the coast of Nigeria (some 7700 miles away!). These appear to be the complete 0 co-ordinates of the equator and the Greenwich Meridian. I've reset the GPS, I've changed the batteries, I've a couple of times got it so the pointer is where I actually am (and the compass display confirms I'm at 70 degrees north), but it seems always to revert to Nigeria and/or have a long direct line down there. It's driving me nuts and I have only a few hours' internet connection (and slowly at that) to get it solved before the drive back down. Can anyone help please? Quote Link to comment
+phlatlander Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 I recommend a hard reset. *** Caution - YOU WILL LOSE ALL YOUR SETTINGS *** Turn off the Oregon, press and hold the upper left corner of the screen and power the unit on. You will eventually be asked if you want to reset user data. If you answer "Yes" the unit will be master reset. Quote Link to comment
+Original A1 Posted September 16, 2013 Author Share Posted September 16, 2013 Thanks. I'll give it a go... Quote Link to comment
+Walts Hunting Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 Thanks. I'll give it a go... Plug it into a computer and save your profile folder to it. Add them back afterwards to get them back. Quote Link to comment
+Original A1 Posted September 21, 2013 Author Share Posted September 21, 2013 I gave it a hard reset before reading the last log and it's worked, although I don't know yet whether I've lost the notes I do "in the field" as I'm still not home yet. I guess time will tell but it won't be the end of the world (unlike where I was!) because I've already logged the finds and trackables and therefore can just create new notes if need be. It's not like I've done a huge amount of caching. Many thanks. I'll try to remember the advice should it ever happen again, but hope it behaves itself from now on. Quote Link to comment
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