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  • 02/16/2007 at 4:34 pm #1724298
    kbraband

      I searched the gc.com forums for an answer to this question, but the tips I found there don’t seem to work on my 60CSx, so I thought I would ask here.

      After navigating in “Follow Road” mode to get near a cache, I want to set out on foot and switch to “Offroad” so the pointer points directly to the cache.

      The tips I found say to do this:

      Press find>find[recent finds]>select waypoint>goto>offroad
      Then quit>quit, which takes you to the arrow screen.

      However, when I press find>find[recent finds]>select waypoint>goto> at that point it automatically goes to the “Calculating…” box without giving me the option to switch to Offroad, so I’m still in Follow Road mode. Can anyone help?

      02/16/2007 at 4:51 pm #1770321
      Sean Connery

        Yes, go to your routing setup page and select “guidance method” and then choose “prompted”. At least that is how it works for my garmin 60cs. 😛

        02/16/2007 at 5:00 pm #1770322
        Lostby7

          Team Hemi and I were just talking about this a couple of days ago….I couldn’t figure it out either…..I’d call this a design flaw on the part of Garmin; they could have made a better system of on the fly switching.

          02/16/2007 at 5:00 pm #1770323
          kbraband

            I just received the same answer in the gc.com forums. Thanks!

            main menu…setup…routing… guidance method…. prompted.

            02/16/2007 at 6:16 pm #1770324
            greyhounder

              Press find>find[recent finds]>select waypoint>goto>offroad
              Then quit>quit, which takes you to the arrow screen.

              When I got my 60CS I had to play around with it a bunch through the set up menus, but this is what I use. It would be really nice if it would automatically switch over, but that’s probably asking too much.

              Bec

              02/16/2007 at 6:34 pm #1770325
              Lostby7

                @greyhounder wrote:

                It would be really nice if it would automatically switch over, but that’s probably asking too much.
                Bec

                Yep, that’s what I’d like as well, (or with a one button press) They are missing the boat on that functionality.

                02/16/2007 at 9:12 pm #1770326
                Team Hemisphere Dancer

                  @Lostby7 wrote:

                  @greyhounder wrote:

                  It would be really nice if it would automatically switch over, but that’s probably asking too much.
                  Bec

                  Yep, that’s what I’d like as well, (or with a one button press) They are missing the boat on that functionality.

                  I agree here. My first time out I was a bit confused by it. Maybe we will get an update from garmin on the software.

                  02/17/2007 at 4:52 am #1770327
                  hogrod

                    @kbraband wrote:

                    I just received the same answer in the gc.com forums. Thanks!

                    main menu…setup…routing… guidance method…. prompted.

                    Once you have prompted set it’s very easy to switch between follow road/offroad mode. When already navigating to a waypoint, from the map or compass screen hit menu and choose recalculate, then just choose on or off road.

                    02/17/2007 at 5:03 am #1770328
                    Team Hemisphere Dancer

                      Thanks Hogrod That does work. Of course to figure it out I was navigating my way through my living room

                      02/17/2007 at 5:47 am #1770329
                      Vegas Gamblers

                        @Team Hemisphere Dancer wrote:

                        Thanks Hogrod That does work. Of course to figure it out I was navigating my way through my living room

                        But did you find the cache or was it a DNF 😆

                        02/19/2007 at 4:16 am #1770330
                        RSplash40

                          I suppose I should try this, I go by numbers only, never been able to get the hang of using the arrow.

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