Etrex 10

[+davidgee931]

I have an Etrex 10 which I have used to download Cache pages by inserting the GC code manually. I have now bought a USB lead with the intention of downloading the details automatically straight to my GPS. The problem is the Etrex 10 seems to only cope with a six figure GC code but most of my caches have a seven figure GC code and often it cannot recognise the difference between caches if they have the first six figures being identical. Can anybody suggest a solution or am I condemned to download every cache manually ? 

[+StefandD]

Your story is unclear to me. I never look at GC codes, only cache names matter to me.

The normal routines of putting caches onto you eTrex are:

• Use the GPX file button and save it to the \Garmin\GPX map in your eTrex.
• Use pocket queries.
• Use Basecamp.
• Add caches to a list and sent the list to your eTrex.
• Third party software like GSAK or GAPP.

[+Wadcutter]

Are you loading the caches directly from geocaching.com?  Or using a program like GSAK? 

If using GSAK there's a way you can set it to drop the GC off of every cache listing.

I haven't played with EasyGPS for a while so I don't recall if you can do the same with EasyGPS.

If you're loading directing from geocaching.com I don't know if there's a way to drop the GC.

[+RufusClupea]

14 hours ago, davidgee931 said:

Can anybody suggest a solution or am I condemned to download every cache manually ? 

Have you searched the GPS forum?  That might be a better place to get answers for this topic.

[+The A-Team]

23 hours ago, davidgee931 said:

The problem is the Etrex 10 seems to only cope with a six figure GC code but most of my caches have a seven figure GC code and often it cannot recognise the difference between caches if they have the first six figures being identical.

That doesn't seem right. The eTrex 10 was released in 2011, and caches have had 7-digit GC codes since Tuesday December 26, 2006 at 3:18 am EST. I would fully expect that it would support 7-digit codes, and I'm sure we'd have heard from a lot of people if it didn't. I think you'll need to tell us more about how you're getting the caches into the device.

[+colleda]

On ‎25‎/‎09‎/‎2017 at 10:15 AM, davidgee931 said:

I have an Etrex 10 which I have used to download Cache pages by inserting the GC code manually. I have now bought a USB lead with the intention of downloading the details automatically straight to my GPS. The problem is the Etrex 10 seems to only cope with a six figure GC code but most of my caches have a seven figure GC code and often it cannot recognise the difference between caches if they have the first six figures being identical. Can anybody suggest a solution or am I condemned to download every cache manually ? 

Can you explain how you have been able to download a cache page without a USB cable? I would have thought that you would only be able to load waypoints manually, not a cache page. I have an Etrex 10  but now use a 20x.