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How to manually log a cache location

on to a Garmin GPS unit

  1. Power on
  2. Use page button and press 4 times to reach ‘Menu’ page
  3. Press enter button to choose ‘Mark’ which takes you to the Mark Waypoint screen
  4. Press up button twice to scroll up to the musical note symbol on the screen and press enter
  5. Press the down button and enter to choose the picture symbol you want to use to identify the cache
  6. Scroll down to the number below and press enter and then enter again and begin the process of giving the cache a name or a number of your choice e.g. for Views All Round the title I’ve given it is VIEWSA
  7. Press enter at the end of the whole process to take you back to the Mark Waypoint screen
  8. Scroll down to the bottom of the screen and press enter to take you to the Edit Location screen where you can edit the grid reference
  9. Press enter and go through a similar process as for giving the cache / waypoint a name or number and press enter again when finished which will take you back to the Mark Waypoint screen
  10. Scroll up to OK? and press enter which takes you back to the Menu screen
  11. Scroll down to Waypoints and press enter
  12. Scroll down to U-Z to find VIEWSA and press enter
  13. Choose VIEWSA and press enter which takes you to the Review Waypoint screen
  14. Choose GOTO and press enter and you’re ready to set off to find the cache!
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