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algomeysa2 algomeysa2
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      12-30-2011, 11:42 AM
So I've got this old Garmin Etrex Legend that I bought from a friend
used, and I mainly use for geocaching, it's thehandheld, hiking unit.

On the compass screen, where it would normally show me miles or feet
to a waypoint, it's somehow gotten into a mode where it shows ETA.

I can't figure out how to toggle it back; I've tried wandering through
the menus, but I can't find the point where I tell it, MILES or FEET,
not ETA!

Anyone, anyone?
 
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Mike Coon
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      12-30-2011, 12:28 PM
algomeysa2 algomeysa2 wrote:
> So I've got this old Garmin Etrex Legend that I bought from a friend
> used, and I mainly use for geocaching, it's thehandheld, hiking unit.
>
> On the compass screen, where it would normally show me miles or feet
> to a waypoint, it's somehow gotten into a mode where it shows ETA.
>
> I can't figure out how to toggle it back; I've tried wandering through
> the menus, but I can't find the point where I tell it, MILES or FEET,
> not ETA!
>
> Anyone, anyone?


On my pre-Legendary eTrex, merely using the up/down buttons will scroll
through a long list of alternative information that can be displayed in the
text field below the compass display. Is that not how it works on more
modern ones?

Mike.
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algomeysa2 algomeysa2
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      12-30-2011, 01:23 PM
Ok, I think I figured it out from this online manual in PDF format:

http://www8.garmin.com/manuals/eTrex...nersManual.pdf

basically, once on the Navigation (Compass) screen, use the thumb
toggle to highlight the little icon in the upper left that looks like
a piece of paper. Once pressed, there's a RESTORE DEFAULTS option,
and that got me back to where I wanted to be.

Seems obvious now, but just pressing buttons randomly on the device
without documentation wasn't getting me anywhere.

Thanks!
 
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