Default Location on Oregon 600?

[+miminona]

Hi there,

 

We just got our first GPS. It's a refurbished Garmin Oregon 600 we bought from a US vendor, but we're in Canada. I have managed to load maps and caches for my area just fine, but when I turn it on and go to the maps it defaults to a location that is in the middle of the US with a big ? on it, and I have to scroll around to try and find my area. It also shows a bunch of waypoints in the US (near the default location I assume?) but not the waypoints from the ones I've loaded yet, and says it can't find a geocache that suits my search parameters. We have terrible satellite reception right at my house, so the most bars I've had it go to is 2. Is it just a matter of getting good satellite reception so it knows where I am or are their settings I am missing? I'd like to take it out and use it but want to get it set up properly first obviously!

[+kunarion]

We just got our first GPS. It's a refurbished Garmin Oregon 600 we bought from a US vendor, but we're in Canada.

You should turn it on and leave it in a place outdoors with a clear view of the sky for a while. Along with getting its position, there's a special database that it needs to load.

 

Here's more info:

https://support.garmin.com/support/searchSupport/case.htm?caseId=%7B225ad0a0-6c2d-11e0-6b19-000000000000%7D

Edited October 23, 2015 by kunarion

[+miminona]

Oh, great, thank you! I will try that.

[+miminona]

That worked like a charm, thank you so much! The map and my geocaches are all showing now. So simple.

[+kunarion]

That worked like a charm, thank you so much! The map and my geocaches are all showing now. So simple.

Awesome!

[+Walts Hunting]

BTW that spot is Olathe the home of Garmin. The question mark means it hasn't got s lock yet. You still get that if you turn it off and go a couple of hundred Mikes and turn it on.

Edited October 23, 2015 by Walts Hunting