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posted by keborg on Mar 28, 2007

I have the older version of the etrex legend bought about 4 years ago. I am having problems in that it will no acquire satellites (says it is searching....). Is there a way to reset the unit so that it will acquire satellites?

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Comment by stinger06, posted on Jun 07, 2008

My etrex will not acquire sattelites. Attempted to start with new location, but still will not track.

Comment by Coolteacherf, posted on May 15, 2008

will not lock on satellites , except one at a time.

Comment by jam2008, posted on Jan 01, 2008

I have an Etrex Legend and have also just found, after 3 years use, that I can't get a satellite fix. The satellite screen shows lots of satellites but no fixes (when they go black) so the GPSr doesn't work out where it is - any idea what the problem is?

Comment by groomsbs, posted on Dec 21, 2007

Can power up my Vista, shows satellites, and coordinates. cannot navigate away from the page or power it down. have to remove the batteries to shut it off. keeps going back to the same spot, and cannot get out of the satellite aquisition page.
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Comment by mccann, posted on Nov 11, 2007

My Etrex Vista says its locating satellites and will not go any farther. It obviously sees the satellites as it will show them on the satellite screen. There are no other problems. I updated the software over the internet hoping for a fix but no luck

Mike

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posted on Dec 21, 2007

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I had a similar problem. The antennae had become detached and had to be sent for repair. Since the repair it's working perfectly.

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posted on Nov 23, 2007

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If it hasn't been used in a long time it could take up to 30 minutes to get positioning. Get a clear view of the sky and let it set at least 30 minutes. If that doesn't work antennae connection is bad. Its not a software issue.

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