Garmin 62 Issue ( Current Position Frozen )

[jcarlos2310]

I have a GPS Garmin 62s and I use it for my outdoor trails.

It works well but from time to time the current position indicator ( black triangle ) remains frozen at the same position for 1 or 2 minutes although I am continously in moviment. After that, suddenly, it "jumps" to the correct position and continue working well.

Surprisingly, the current track ( the one I am doing and saving ) is ok, so you can see the black triangle frozen in a given position and the end of the current track in another one.

Not a concrete pattern for this behaviour, looks like it is random ( from time to time ).

I tried to refresh the screen ( pressing zoom in / zoom out / quit / page ) but it remains frozen until it decide to update itself ...

Also, I updated the device with the latest firmware, but still the same problem.

So looks like the device works ok calculating the current position ( the track is ok ) but it doesn't update the black triangle for a while.

This is an annoying problem because sometimes I am in doubt of in which position really I am.

Is there anyone that has the same problem? Any solution?

 

Thanks

[+Red90]

Make sure that the "lock on road" setting is turned off.

[+splashy]

We have/had the same issue with the Montana.

Everything works in the Gps except the map moving, it happens often near off on ramps

and places where road numbers or priority of the road changes.

We tried for about 2 years to find the reason, but never succeded.

One time it seems the map other time it seems the software.

 

Once again, the track or route and all other things stay active.

[jcarlos2310]

Red90 -> I tried your suggestion last weekends during 2 hikes ( 10 hours each one ) and during this time the issue didn't reproduce at all.

So I assume this fixes the problem. I will continue testing next weeks and I will let you know if there is any problem.

For me, this looks like a workarround but the issue is still there because I am not using "Autorrouting" feature at all, so I assume "Lock on road" setting shouldn't affect.

On the other hand, I reported the issue to Garmin Support but it was impossible to get a thecnical answer beyond "Upgrade the firmware of your GPS" ( I already did it and the problem continued to happens ) or "Try a hard reset" ( that didn't help very much ) or "Send us your unit and if we don't find the problem you have to pay for the transportation" ( no comments on this option ! ).

 

Anyway, thanks !!

[+Red90]

Lock on road is not required, ever, even when routing "on road".

[jcarlos2310]

sussamb -> What is "Browse mode" ?. It is something not documented ?

 

Red90 -> As far as I remember I never turned on 'Lock on road' setting, so 'On' must be the factory default value for this setting if I am not wrong.

Anyway, it seems to make the difference because the problem seems to have gone ...

[+ecanderson]

Lock on road is not required, ever, even when routing "on road".

Required? Helpful, most definitely under the right circumstances.

 

One must take into account exceptions where roads are poorly geolocated or the fix isn't all that good, it can be very helpful. The whole idea behind 'road snap' is to avoid the appearance and routing confusion caused when actual road position vs. map position or real position vs. calculated position is somewhat in error. When this occurs, you can wind up with some interesting off-road adventures on the display, or may find routing fouled by assumptions about re-location to parallel access or slip roads, etc. It's typically a default part of the code (cannot be turned off) on automotive units for these reasons.

 

Of course, all that is only relevant for road navigation using route-able maps.