What long-standing defects are known?
• The clock will fall out of sync with reality. The only known recourse is a “reset all” which, of course, clobbers all user data. This has been observed on all modern mapping Magellan models. • Sometimes the units seem to mark all birds in the sky as unusable. In extreme cases, this will result in loss of lock of position. A “reset all” cures it. This has been observed on all modern mapping Magellan models. • On the Plat, the compass sometimes points exactly 180° the wrong way. This means instead of pointing north, the compass points south. This can be cured by a “clear all memory” operation followed by a compass recalibration. A less drastic solution that often works is to toggle the compass from magnetic to gps orientation, then back to magnetic.
