help with 2610 waypoint reset please

[Nick Marshall]

hi, anyone know an easy way to reset the waypoint counter, when i press to enter a new waypoint, the counter starts at 75! I know that if you dont rename a waypoint before you set the next one the counter goes to the next number. I have reset a one before, but i forgot how i did it cheers nick

 

[MiGSel]

Delete all waypoints I suppose?

After copying them to your PC if you still need them

I'm not sure but I think that's the solution.

Cheers,
Michel

 

[Nick Marshall]

tried that

but does not do the trick...

 

[PanEuropean]

Nick:

I think that the number provided by default for a new waypoint will be one number higher than any other numbered waypoint that is present on the GPSR at the time you create the new waypoint.

So - if you want to have the GPSR start numbering newly created waypoints from 001 again, go through your GPSR waypoint memory and change the numbered name of any existing waypoints that were given a number by default to something else - typically a text name - and then the GPSR will start assigning numbers from 001 again.

An easy way to do this is to upload all your waypoints from the GPSR to a MapSource file, save that file (with a name such as 'Upload June 1 before editing'), then do a 'save as' of that file with a different name (e.g. 'Upload June 1 after editing'). Once you do the 'save as', you will be working with a copy of the file, not the original. Make all the changes you want to the waypoint names within MapSource - this is easier and faster than trying to change names on the GPSR itself. When you are finished, erase all the waypoints from your GPSR, then download the 'edited' waypoint file to the GPSR. All will then be nice and fresh and organized on your GPSR.

The reason you have to first erase the GPSR's waypoint memory is this: If you have a waypoint there called '026', and you modify it in MapSource and call it 'Nick's Pub', if you then download it to the GPSR without erasing the GPSR waypoint memory, you will then have two waypoints in the same place: The original 026 and the new one with the text name.

Let us all know if this suggestion works for you or not.

Michael

 

[Nick Marshall]

thanks

pan, will give the 1st sugestion a try now... nick

 

[Nick Marshall]

your a star!

cheers pan, I deleted all the waypoints i could find with a number ie. 012 056 etc, then renamed an existing waypoint as 001. Turned of the unit and then back on, and deleted the 001 waypoint. Next waypoint saved 001....

Big thankyou pan.. silly things like this really wind me up, so delighted to get this sorted. should help a lot of other 2610, sp111 2720 i3 etc. owners out there.. nick

 

[Nick Marshall]

ps

like the sound of this `Nick`s Pub.....

 

[Fanum]

Just FYI, you can set a prefix to the waypoint numbering as well...so if for example you are marking Shell petrol stations (Something I did for a while when I had a Shell fuel card) you can tell the GPS to call them Shell 001, Shell 002 etc etc.......

You can't change it 'on the fly' AFAIK, but it could be usefull