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Posted by Bill S on April 24, 2008 at 11:14:20 am EDT
In reply to Looking for new GPS Leaning toward eTrex Vista or Legend posted by WISam on April 11, 2008 at 11:35:14 pm EDT

Many of the GPSRs out there have "hidden" diagnostic screens. If you go to sci.geo.satellite-nav or websites like the geocaching forums (the "hardware/software" sections) or the GPSR hobby sites, you can find out more than you wanted to know about them. Be warned, though, some of the "secret handshakes" that get to them do hard resets of the unit, which will lose all your stored waypoints, or start a re-calibration procedure that can take hours (and is supposed to be done in a controlled environment). But some of the "secret" screens are pretty interesting.

***WARNING*** do not try the button combinations by playing around, unless you are prepared to send the unit back to the manufacturer and pay mucho bucks, or are willing to send the unit to the local e-waste center *****

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