GPS emergency

[mcfarmall]

I went to download a bunch of GC's to my GPS last night and they wouldn't transfer. I tried using the cable from my car GPS and that wouldn't work either. The handhelds cable works with my car GPS so I think the cable is good. I'm really bummed as we are camping next week, my alternative is to enter the Lat/Long in manually for each cache and the prospect that I may have to replace a handlheld that I really like. The hand held is a Garmin GPSMAP 60.

The interface setting is set correctly for USB and the unit has not experienced any unusual drops, exposure, etc.

[dalenoel]

Mcfarmall, go and post your question on POI Factory and you might get a good answer. That site is for only Points of Interest for all GPS units.

I maintain the files for LCMS churches in MI, MI campgrounds, discgolf courses, and rest areas.

Good group for your question.

[mcfarmall]

UPDATE After a couple of phone calls to Garmin, it appears there may have been a couple of problems. First they blamed EasyGPS as being sometimes finicky and incompatable due to being a third party software package(?). So I installed the Garmin BaseCamp software which is very nice by the way. I used 7Zip to unzip my pocket Query from Geocaching.com, imported it to BaseCamp and sent it to the GPSMAP 60. No problem, right?

Well, I pressed Find, Geocache, and the display said "none found" so now I was again disappointed. I called Garmin back and explained it to the support staff and he said to do a search "By Name" and they should show up, which they did!! Apparently, when you do a Find, Geocache, the unit only searches in about a 50 mile radius of the current location. When you search "By Name" it pulls everything up, so the bottom line is all is well.

Thanks to everyone for you suggestions!!