geoStrider Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 Legend users beware that the newest software version 3.1 has a bug that, under certain circumstances, will cause your waypoint coordinates to change. I have observed this with my Legend set to UTM and WGS (it might occur under other conditions as well). The problem that can arise happens in two cases I have seen: 1)manually entering a waypoint's coordinates; 2) revising an existing waypoint's coordinates. What happens is as follows, in the Waypoint screen after entering (or editing) the waypoint coords and selecting "OK" to finalize the entry, the Northing coord will decrease by one digit. This will occur even if the existing coords are selected for editing, but not changed (i.e., clicking "OK" to exit the field still causes the Northing coord to decrease by one. Garmin has confirmed this in a conversation I had with one of their techs. They are working out the bug and hope to have a fix soon Quote Link to comment
pdumas Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 I just put in some new waypoints and I had no problem, but thanks for the warning, I'll keep a closer lookout on my next update. Quote Link to comment
+apersson850 Posted March 6, 2003 Share Posted March 6, 2003 I tried setting some waypoints in my Vista, with UTM UPS as position format. No matter what digits I entered, the northing coordinate was decreased by one. I'm using firmware 3.10 in my Vista. Anders Quote Link to comment
etalon91 Posted March 6, 2003 Share Posted March 6, 2003 Is there a way to get back to the firmware 2.50? Will Garmin allow you to download this? Kinda funny, I was entering some UTM locals in, and when I mapped it, I was somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean!! lol Thanks Quote Link to comment
geoStrider Posted March 6, 2003 Author Share Posted March 6, 2003 I had Garmin email me the prior version (Version 2.5) of the software for my Legend. It installed properly over the 3.1. I hope the fix comes soon as I'd like the additional waypoint storage. Hopefully, in the interim, they will put 2.5 back on their site as a download option for others experiencing this same problem. aztextor@aol.com Quote Link to comment
+apersson850 Posted March 6, 2003 Share Posted March 6, 2003 Now if this problem is important to you (it's easily handled by simply adding one before entering the number), then just load the unit with 2.50. It will clear whatever you have, but otherwise there's no problem. On the other hand, I for one will instead wait for 3.11, which probably will take care of the problem, without clearing all settings etc. Anders Quote Link to comment
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