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Old 26 February 2011, 07:08   #1
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Garmin 451s...... Co-ordinates !

hi there, i've just bought a garmin 451s and when trying to in put a waypoint the format for the co-ordinates is NZ 62525 not the typical northing and easting and so on. i have
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been through the menu trying to find how to change it and can not find anything.

any help will be appreciated.....

thanks phil
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Old 26 February 2011, 07:19   #2
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It should be set to Lat/Long hdddºmm.mmm by default, but you can check by going into the menu and selecting:

Configure > Preferences > Units

then look at:

Map Datum

and

Position Format.
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excellent, that has sorted it out, it was set to the british heading. thanx for the quick reply.

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