GPS quirk

The other day I turned my GPS on and searched through my waypoints. Hmm, that's strange there's about 5 new waypoints. Confused

They were names GARMIN and other things starting with GRM. It turns out that they were all the Garmin headquarters. Shocked

I don't want them. I deleted them all, but does anyone know that Garmin can do that? I thought that was soo strange.

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When you first use a GPS it already has waypoints in it(headquarters of the company usually).

Kind of like the craplets on a new computer.

It's nothing to be alarmed about. They're not modifying your GPS. Cool

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	flashlightfreak9 wrote:
	When you first use a GPS it already has waypoints in it(headquarters of the company usually). Kind of like the craplets on a new computer. It's nothing to be alarmed about. They're not modifying your GPS.

I'm pretty sure they just appeared. I didn't have those before. It's kind of annoying because I just found another one in Asia labeled 001. That's bad because I used to have a waypoint named 001. Confused

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Hmmm...that is a little weird. Maybe you should contact Garmin's customer service and ask them.

I remember helping my aunt set up her GPS, and there was like 5 waypoints already in it. Headquarters, stuff like that. I deleted them and all was well.

Yours shouldn't be doing that. Confused

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Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. - Prov. 27:17

	flashlightfreak9 wrote:
	Hmmm...that is a little weird. Maybe you should contact Garmin's customer service and ask them. I remember helping my aunt set up her GPS, and there was like 5 waypoints already in it. Headquarters, stuff like that. I deleted them and all was well. Yours shouldn't be doing that.

I don't know if they did an update or what? I just changed my batteries before that too. Strange. Confused

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It may have reset or something. Modern GPS's are supposed to have permanent memory. Taking out the batteries will only reset the time until it picks up a satellite. With older ones, you have to hurry to change the batteries or you lose all your saved information. Sad

Call Garmin and see what they say.

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Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. - Prov. 27:17