Garmin GPS - Help with Garmin 2610

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Help with Garmin 2610

JBDragon

2005-08-20, 5:48 pm

How to I fix the problem is my 2610 not locking on the roads? It's way off
and I don't know how I did it? There also now seems to be a circle around
my Pointer Position, what's that all about and how do I get rid of it?

Jim Giblin

2005-08-20, 11:48 pm

Are the appropriate maps for the area you are traveling loaded? My
understanding is that the 2610 is smart enough to know that it should be on
a road and the program logic in the unit will try to position the curser on
top of the closest road on the City navigator maps. If it can't locate a
road on the map then the curser will display (probably on the base maps in
the unit) with a circle that shows the margin of error. I had a similar
problem when I first started to use my 2610. I re-downloaded the map data
and made sure that I included all of the intended maps. I haven't had the
problem since.

"JBDragon" <joewald at bigfoot dot com> wrote in message
news:Yp-dnX73munzDZreRVn-1g@comcast.com...
> How to I fix the problem is my 2610 not locking on the roads? It's way
> off and I don't know how I did it? There also now seems to be a circle
> around my Pointer Position, what's that all about and how do I get rid of
> it?
>
>

Colin Wilson

2005-08-20, 11:48 pm

> How to I fix the problem is my 2610 not locking on the roads? It's way off
> and I don't know how I did it? There also now seems to be a circle around
> my Pointer Position, what's that all about and how do I get rid of it?

Have you got an icon (arrow ?) in the top left hand corner ? - I think
my 2620 does something similar when i`ve dragged the screen around -
it`ll stay where you dragged it, and highlight where you are.

Joel

2005-08-21, 5:48 pm

"JBDragon" <joewald at bigfoot dot com> wrote:

> How to I fix the problem is my 2610 not locking on the roads? It's way=
off=20
> and I don't know how I did it? There also now seems to be a circle =
around=20
> my Pointer Position, what's that all about and how do I get rid of it?

In order to get better or more detail information, it's better if you =
give
a little more detail of what you have at your end (besides 2610 & =
problem).
Example.

1. Do you have Street-Level map loaded (I don't have 2610 to know if it's
pre-loaded map or external street-level map)

2. Do you happen to load/use other street-level map than the one came =
with
2610?

3. Does it happen everywhere all the time or just some specific street or
hi-way?

4. Does the Pointer set to be at current location, or do you happen to =
move
the Pointer around (manually)?

See, there are so may different things can happen, and it's hard to give
the right answer to a simple question.

5. The Circle around pointer, I have seen it happened to my old Street =
Pilot
several times, but don't remember exactly what was going on to give you
the right answer. But I am guessing it was trying to locate the
satellite .... or pointing to the *current* Pointer on the map instead =
of
current location where the car is (just guessing).

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