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Sometime during Sunday's walk I noticed that I had lost both the maximum
height display and the current height display on my gps. As all the
other functions seemed to working normally I left the gps running and
continued on my way.

Back at base I was demonstrated the loss to one of my friends when the
current height returned, initially showing 33xxx and then 32xxx. Gave me
quite a shock. :)

The next day the altitude had reverted to something believable but the
maximum height display was still absent and that remains the case today.

The gps is an etrex Vista C and about 30 months old.

The previous day I had agreed to sell my old Summit off cheaply having
come to the conclusion that I would never need it as a back-up.
Coincidence or not? :-(

--
Roger Chapman
Nearest Marilyn still to be visited - Great Orme.
89 miles as the crow flies,
considerably more as the walker drives.
 
Roger <[email protected]> writes
>Sometime during Sunday's walk I noticed that I had lost both the maximum
>height display and the current height display on my gps. As all the
>other functions seemed to working normally I left the gps running and
>continued on my way.
>
>Back at base I was demonstrated the loss to one of my friends when the
>current height returned, initially showing 33xxx and then 32xxx. Gave me
>quite a shock. :)
>
>The next day the altitude had reverted to something believable but the
>maximum height display was still absent and that remains the case today.
>
>The gps is an etrex Vista C and about 30 months old.
>
>The previous day I had agreed to sell my old Summit off cheaply having
>come to the conclusion that I would never need it as a back-up.
>Coincidence or not? :-(
>
I wasn't sure whether to read this Roger. I thought it was another of
those demoralising "Mountain Strolls" of yours, totalling 33,000 feet!
:cool:

I still have my Summit, and my GPS12. Call me superstitious if you
like.
--
Gordon H
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Bitstring <[email protected]>, from the
wonderful person Roger <[email protected]> said
>Sometime during Sunday's walk I noticed that I had lost both the maximum
>height display and the current height display on my gps. As all the
>other functions seemed to working normally I left the gps running and
>continued on my way.
>
>Back at base I was demonstrated the loss to one of my friends when the
>current height returned, initially showing 33xxx and then 32xxx. Gave me
>quite a shock. :)
>
>The next day the altitude had reverted to something believable but the
>maximum height display was still absent and that remains the case today.
>
>The gps is an etrex Vista C and about 30 months old.
>
>The previous day I had agreed to sell my old Summit off cheaply having
>come to the conclusion that I would never need it as a back-up.
>Coincidence or not? :-(

Are you up to date with the firmware? The early 60CX/CSX Sirfstar
chipset firmware had the same problem - height would suddenly shoot up
to max (32767m maybe?) and stick there. Later versions of the Sirfstar
firmware (not the unit firmware, iirc) corrected it.

--
GSV Three Minds in a Can
8,963 Km walked. 1,746Km PROWs surveyed. 31.7% complete.
 
The message <[email protected]>
from GSV Three Minds in a Can <[email protected]> contains these words:

> Are you up to date with the firmware? The early 60CX/CSX Sirfstar
> chipset firmware had the same problem - height would suddenly shoot up
> to max (32767m maybe?) and stick there. Later versions of the Sirfstar
> firmware (not the unit firmware, iirc) corrected it

I will check. It is on software version 2.60 atm.

Hmm, as of May 3rd 2.70. Hasn't made any difference.

--
Roger Chapman
Nearest Marilyn still to be visited - Great Orme.
89 miles as the crow flies,
considerably more as the walker drives.
 
In article <[email protected]>, Roger
<[email protected]> writes
>Sometime during Sunday's walk I noticed that I had lost both the maximum
>height display and the current height display on my gps. As all the
>other functions seemed to working normally I left the gps running and
>continued on my way.
>
>Back at base I was demonstrated the loss to one of my friends when the
>current height returned, initially showing 33xxx and then 32xxx. Gave me
>quite a shock. :)
>
>The next day the altitude had reverted to something believable but the
>maximum height display was still absent and that remains the case today.
>
>The gps is an etrex Vista C and about 30 months old.
>
>The previous day I had agreed to sell my old Summit off cheaply having
>come to the conclusion that I would never need it as a back-up.
>Coincidence or not? :-(
>

I would download any data you want from the unit then do a reset.
Instructions on this page:

http://www.gpsinformation.org/dale/secret.htm

That might teach it how to behave again properly.

--

Dominic Sexton
 
The message <[email protected]>
from Gordon H <[email protected]> contains these words:

> I wasn't sure whether to read this Roger. I thought it was another of
> those demoralising "Mountain Strolls" of yours, totalling 33,000 feet!
> :cool:

I wish. I am struggling to 2000 feet and 10 miles atm.

--
Roger Chapman
Nearest Marilyn still to be visited - Great Orme.
89 miles as the crow flies,
considerably more as the walker drives.
 
The message <[email protected]>
from Dominic Sexton <{d-sep03}@dscs.demon.co.uk> contains these words:

> I would download any data you want from the unit then do a reset.
> Instructions on this page:

> http://www.gpsinformation.org/dale/secret.htm

> That might teach it how to behave again properly.

Thanks.

Unfortunately while I could get to the test screen I couldn't get the
reset to work.

--
Roger Chapman
Nearest Marilyn still to be visited - Great Orme.
89 miles as the crow flies,
considerably more as the walker drives.
 
In article <[email protected]>, Roger
<[email protected]> writes
>
>Unfortunately while I could get to the test screen I couldn't get the
>reset to work.

Try googling for the exact model name and reset to see if there is a
different key combination for that model. If still no joy it might be
worth a post in sci.geo.satellite-nav

--

Dominic Sexton
 
The message <[email protected]>
from Dominic Sexton <{d-sep03}@dscs.demon.co.uk> contains these words:

> >Unfortunately while I could get to the test screen I couldn't get the
> >reset to work.

> Try googling for the exact model name and reset to see if there is a
> different key combination for that model. If still no joy it might be
> worth a post in sci.geo.satellite-nav

One of the first links I found said:

"You may reset the trip-counters, the Odometer and the Maximum Speed
independently of each other. ..."

So I reset the trip, etc. and the maximum height reading was restored.
Now why didn't I think of that?

<bangs head against wall>

--
Roger Chapman
Nearest Marilyn still to be visited - Great Orme.
89 miles as the crow flies,
considerably more as the walker drives.
 
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