60CSx and off-road routing -- less capable than I expected

I have used a Geko 201 for hiking for the last several years.

Recently I got a 60CSx which I have mostly used for vehicle use until a
recent hike. I had a route of about 9 waypoints that I was following on a
cross-country desert hike. I noticed that the 60CSx did not seem as "smart"
as the Geko at figuring out that I had come close to one waypoint and was
now heading for the next. I did not have the Geko running on this hike to
do a direct comparison, but in my experience it has done a much better job
of making the transition from one route leg to the next when you don't pass
directly over the waypoint.

Is there a setting on the 60CSx that I have not found that will allow me to
adjust the sensitivity to how close to a waypoint one must come before the
gps recognizes it is time to give directions to the next waypoint? I wound
up either just using the map page to see where I was relative to my planned
route, or shutting the route off and using "goto" and the next waypoint.

--
Tom
http://home.att.net/~tbharvey/

Menu-Menu-Routes-Menu-Off Road Transition...

I'm not particularly please with the 60-series myself. My 12XL gets
much better reception than my 60CS every time I'm deep in the woods.
However, when I'm on a hilltop, the 60CS reports better accuracy,
which goes to hell as soon as I move around. Just my experience with
the 60CS and 12XL.

nomail@spam.com wrote:
I use a 60CSX on all my walks and find it excellent. It tells me when I
am approaching a waypoint, then points me in the direction of the next one.

nomail@spam.com wrote:

There must be a world of difference between the 60CS and the 60CSx then.
Or something wrong with your 60CS.

The CSx has the SiRF III chip set and I've never seen or heard anyone
comment anything but that those out perform any and all earlier models.

The 12XL was a great performer in it's day, and can still get the job
done, but the benchmarks and expectations for performance are
considerably advanced now.

Jack