DonVito Posted September 25, 2004 Share Posted September 25, 2004 On the Recent Finds screen, if you open the options window and select Remove All, does this delete the entries from the unit or just remove them from this screen? I really like this GPSr so far, but the manual leaves a lot of questions unanswered. advTHANKSance Quote Link to comment
+TheOfficeMaven Posted September 25, 2004 Share Posted September 25, 2004 DonVito, I also have an eTrex Vista C and I love it too! On the Recent Finds screen, if you open the options window and select Remove All, does this delete the entries from the unit or just remove them from this screen? Doing this will ONLY remove the items from the recent finds list. It WILL NOT delete the items from the unit itself. For example, if you created a waypoint named "HOME" and then routed to it. The "HOME" waypoint would be added to your recent finds list. However, when you remove all of the items from the recent finds list, the "HOME" waypoint is deleted from that list, but the waypoint itself is NOT deleted from the GPSr (i.e. it will still appear in your waypoints list). I hope this helps some and have fun using your Vista C! BTW, do you know anyone who needs a Legend C (it's the exact same unit as the Vista C only it doesn't have the electronic compass or barometer)? If so, I have a brand new one up for sale in the "GPS Garage Sale" section on this forum. Quote Link to comment
canyonlander Posted September 26, 2004 Share Posted September 26, 2004 I just bought the Vista C too and certainly agree that the manual is awful. It will sometimes introduce a feature without even describing what the feature is. Their website isn't much better. I searched all over their website and manual to try and find a way to determine the version of the firmware. Never did find it, just downloanded the newest firmware and installed it. I was trying to figure out what the buttons were and noticed that the illustration of the buttons differed from the instruction manual as compared to the getting started card. Previously owned a GPSII+ and like the unit a lot. Unfortunately, the manual for that unit also was pretty sparce. Quote Link to comment
+bitmap Posted September 26, 2004 Share Posted September 26, 2004 Agreed that the manual needs some work... About determining the software version, the manual index says page 55, but it is actually on page 56. Main Menu > Setup icon > System icon > Menu button Took me awhile to find it too. -Tony Quote Link to comment
thcri Posted September 26, 2004 Share Posted September 26, 2004 I found out with my Vista was to just play with all the buttons and you would run into more things than you can imagine. The more you mess with them the more you find. You can't hurt it by pushing buttons. murph Quote Link to comment
DonVito Posted September 26, 2004 Author Share Posted September 26, 2004 Thanks Maven. The more I use the Vista C the more I like it...just need to learn by pushing buttons and walking into trees, cause the manual isn't getting me anywhere. Quote Link to comment
canyonlander Posted September 26, 2004 Share Posted September 26, 2004 Thanks for the info on the software version. Silly me, I was looking in the index for 'firmware.' Quote Link to comment
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