On Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:19:20 -0400, Gene
wrote:

Why? Dunno exactly, but it has something to do with the saving of
inaccurate satellite information, eventually resulting in corruption.

Seems like a bad design/idea....

Heh - oh yeah. Garmin does not have a system for updating the orbit
data on a weekly basis - like every other GPS system does.

It's one reason why I won't buy Garmin anything.

My TomTom is great this way. You update the orbit data every couple
of weeks and it's like an instant on - you aquire the sats and you
have your position within a couple of seconds.

Great way to update.