http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/etrex/ Users of the Garmin eTrex series of GPS Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:31:06 GMT ezeechair@... http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/etrex/message/6168 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/etrex/message/6168 I guess the units would be shielded by the human body from receiving the the Sat signals depending on their direction. Thats why the shoulder, hat or top of Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:28:13 GMT Bill Fuhrmann http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/etrex/message/6167 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/etrex/message/6167 ... Your read on them may be as good as mine. ... I don't use the altimeter chart - I think the display is pretty useless. Aparently when in the time vs Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:54:25 GMT Juan Cristian Núñez http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/etrex/message/6166 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/etrex/message/6166 Hi Bill Can you explain me what these updates mean to me?, what do they change or improve in my GPS? Changes made from version 2.80 to 3.00: * Correct time Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:34:27 GMT Bill Fuhrmann http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/etrex/message/6165 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/etrex/message/6165 ... What model do you have? Is it an H model? Wearing the OLDER etrex units up high WAS nececessary to get a good track or distance reading. I used to mount Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:15:57 GMT Les V http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/etrex/message/6164 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/etrex/message/6164 When I go hiking I have mine stuck to my hat with velcro. I get some funny looks from other folks, but it keeps a very good signal that way. Several people Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:15:45 GMT Don R. Barger http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/etrex/message/6163 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/etrex/message/6163 The Garmin site has list of Etrex-H updates here: http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=3753#Instruct The latest Update 3.10 says, "Improve Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:49:14 GMT Pete Poorman http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/etrex/message/6162 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/etrex/message/6162 ... Yes, it does. I routinely carry my GPS in a pouch high on the shoulder strap of my backpack, rather than on the chest strap. That way it has pretty good Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:23:02 GMT Marc http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/etrex/message/6161 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/etrex/message/6161 Has anyone tried the 2010 version of City Navigator North America NT as yet? A few people previously (on this lit or others) mentioned that the mid-2009 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:12:06 GMT Eri Ceas http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/etrex/message/6160 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/etrex/message/6160 yes, you need a perfect signal for the odometer to work perfectly and that usually means unit flat and facing up, not facing forwards and swinging around eric Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:14:37 GMT Bill and Susan Friedman http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/etrex/message/6159 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/etrex/message/6159 I will do that. I assume i just go the the etrex site. I also found that if I put the etrex on the top of my pack instead of on the chest strap the milage Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:34:26 GMT Don R. Barger http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/etrex/message/6158 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/etrex/message/6158 I see that this issue is stated in one of the firmware updates for the Etrex series. Maybe this could be resolved with a download? Don Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:31:32 GMT wrfriedman http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/etrex/message/6157 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/etrex/message/6157 I opened the track. there is only one track. nothing strange looking in the detail of the track. the longest time was 10-12 seconds. distances look correct Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:39:27 GMT Bill Fuhrmann http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/etrex/message/6156 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/etrex/message/6156 ... Open the track in your computer. If there are multiple tracks, there was a loss of signal. Zoom in on the track and look for anomalus points. It help with Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:16:39 GMT wrfriedman http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/etrex/message/6155 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/etrex/message/6155 Yes I can view tracks on the computer. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:36:24 GMT wrfriedman http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/etrex/message/6154 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/etrex/message/6154 yes