Re: [Talk-GB] Firmware update for older Garmin etrex devices

2020-01-03 Thread SK53
I don't think so, because it recorded tracks with the right dates in November, so apparently somewhere between 20th November last year and 1st Jan this year. Jerry On Fri, 3 Jan 2020 at 14:05, Gareth L wrote: > A victim of the gps week roll over in April last year maybe? If so, you > should be

Re: [Talk-GB] Firmware update for older Garmin etrex devices

2020-01-03 Thread Gareth L
A victim of the gps week roll over in April last year maybe? If so, you should be good until November 2038 (although there’s plenty of other epochs that will break stuff before then I reckon) Gareth On 3 Jan 2020, at 13:38, SK53 wrote:  I was using an older Garmin etrex Legend HC as a backup

[Talk-GB] Firmware update for older Garmin etrex devices

2020-01-03 Thread SK53
I was using an older Garmin etrex Legend HC as a backup track recorder over the New Year, and failed to find my tracks. It turns out that the date is incorrect and instead of 1st Jan 2020 the device was registering 17 May 2000. Anyone who still uses these may be interested that a firmware patch