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How to change datum settings on Legend eTrex

Trying to change the datum to suit harvey maps of the lake district, any one know the answer

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Garmin legend has the datum settings in the system settings menu, under UNITS http://www8.garmin.com/manuals/eTrexLegend_OwnersManual.pdf search for datum hope this helps

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