Mad-Mac Posted March 10, 2003 Posted March 10, 2003 My GPS only goes to the second decimal place on the minutes. ie. xx* xx.xx. does this matter? Quote
+brad.32 Posted March 10, 2003 Posted March 10, 2003 You should be able to change the format to DDD MM.MM, DDD MM.MMM, or DDD MM SS through the setup menu. You are apparently in DDD MM.MM mode now. Quote
+BDC Posted March 10, 2003 Posted March 10, 2003 I don't know anything about resetting the Magellin 310 but I have been using that model and Like it. It's not fancy and you may have to look around a little more but It gets you to the right place. I have got a few finds under my belt and I have not really needed anything else. I do have another GPS but prefer this one. Don't hunt what you can't kill! Quote
+canadazuuk Posted March 10, 2003 Posted March 10, 2003 Magellan 310 will only show you the two decimal places. If you can, sell it on eBay, and get a Magellan 315, or 330 even... they are functionally similar, look the same etc... but will have a few more features to choose from That, or keep the 310, and just be off by a bit, unless you want to switch to UTM... I have a 315, and will not part with it myself, even though I have two other GPS now, so I know what you mean. use the SETUP within menu to try some things canadazuuk Quote
+brad.32 Posted March 10, 2003 Posted March 10, 2003 Oops. I was looking at the 315. Yes, the 310 can only show lon/lat in DDD MM.MM or DDD MM SS, like canadazuuk wrote. You'll have to display in deg/min/sec and convert the decimal minutes used on geocaching.com to minutes and seconds. 60 is a nice round number. ... or get a better GPS unit. Quote
CacheMonkeez Posted March 10, 2003 Posted March 10, 2003 I bought a 310 when I first started geocaching. You can't get it to more than 2 digits. However, switching to UTM mode will give you more accuracy since there is no rounding inaccuracies. However, the display will say you're at 0.00 miles once you get inside of 0.01 miles (53 feet) and then you'll have to rely solely on the arrow thingy. After using it for a couple months I returned it for a full refund to Wal-Mart. What a great store. I ended up buying a Magellan SporTrak Pro to get more precise location information and mapping capability. quote:Originally posted by Mad-Mac:My GPS only goes to the second decimal place on the minutes. ie. xx* xx.xx. does this matter? Quote
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