Sometimes the unit switches to so that the satellite will be ignored. This is useful when a seller showing off the unit in an enclosed space. In that case, go to "Settings", "System", "Satelitensystem", switch from "Demo Mode" to confirm "GPS", with a single click.
There is yet another problem that has probably interested manufacturer anybody:
In the era of smart phones as a GPS device is just good if you are in the region does not have Internet access. Then you want to go to a place to be specified in advance. Whose coordinates but you have to know beforehand. For many but by no means for all regions of the world there are maps. So you go to the PC to Google Maps, examined the place out where you want to go, and click once on it. Then appear above the coordinates of the desired location. One should first try at home! When one is in fact just at the place and then compares it with the information on the Etrex, you can see completely different coordinates! the reason is that there are three different systems, such as the coordinates of a point can be specified, namely
"Degrees, Minutes, Seconds" and "decimal", and then "degrees, decimal minutes"! Google uses the system "decimal" The Etrex but "degrees, decimal minutes"! If you bought the device on the Internet, is not a consultant there who explains something one, and the manufacturer is silent to even out.
Fortunately, the device can convert the coordinates automatically. Proceed to "Settings", "Position Format", then on "hddd ° mm.mmmm '" and confirm by clicking. Now, the device displays the same like Google Maps!
