[C320-list] Longitude Lattitude Garmin

[Joe Abbagnaro]

I think I might have Figured it out.
The Garnin is giving Long and Lattitude in Decimal Format
The Chrts are formatted in Hour Min Sec ???

On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 10:16 PM, Jon Vez <jonvez at comcast.net> wrote:
> Joe,
>
>  Garmin's tech support is actually very good. I would suggest hanging on
>  until you get someone. It could be an issue with the internal software,
>  which can be fixed with a download or they will send you a flash card. I had
>  an issue with mine when I first bought it and that's how they handled
>  it...Good luck...
>
>  Regards,
>
>  Jon Vez
>  Solstice #582
>
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
>  [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Joe Abbagnaro
>  Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 10:11 PM
>  To: C320-List
>  Subject: [C320-list] Longitude Lattitude Garmin
>
>  I installed a new Garmin 4208 it works very nice
>  When First installed it knew the boat was in the parking lot in the Marina.
>  It preety much knows where it is according to its internal charts.
>
>  This past weekend we took the Boat from New Jersey to Westbrrok CT.
>  The garmin knew where it was on the Chart plotter except for one big
>  issue . We were with a captain who had a hand held garmin and are Long
>  and Latttudes did not match at
>  all.  The Gramin knows that the boat is the slip in Westbrook CT ,
>  but if I look at the longitude and latitude it is off by at least 5 miles.
>
>  My Readings are
>  41.27.301
>  72.46.850
>
>  Anyone have any ideas what is going on ?
>  I tried calling garmin but could not wait in there call Queue.
>
>  Thank You
>  Joe
>
>