Beginner frustration with GPSMAP 60CSx

I have a new GPSMAP 60CSx and I have the feeling am doing something
wrong. This is just the basic unit with no additional mapping
software. I am using it for driving.

The map does not give me a route, but a straight line "as the crow
flies." It is as if it thinks I am on open water.

The compass instructions are vague and ambiguous. They do seem to
notice streets but w-hen I come to a cross street it might point at a
45-degree angle as if saying "half turn." Frequently when I follow
these vague instructions it will take me to a dead end and insists I
should take the car off the road and go across country.

I may not have the settings correct. Am I missing something? Does it
need to get a map chip?

I don't think it will do turn-by-turn routing on the base map, i.e.
without a map product (e.g. City Select) download.

Even then, the software is way behind the hardware on this unit.

Mark wrote:

DonKyot@gmail.com (kyot) wrote in


It's supposed to:

"Includes a built-in Americas autoroute basemap with automatic
routing capabilities, including highways, exits, and tide data (U.S.
only)"

http://www.garmin.com/products/gpsmap60csx/

City Select is no longer current, having been replaced by City
Navigator.

--
Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN | bert@iphouse.com

mleeper@optonline.net (Mark) wrote in


Look at the "Routing Setup" page and be sure that "Guidance Method"
is set to "Follow Road".

--
Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN | bert@iphouse.com

Bert Hyman wrote:

Thank you. That brings me a step closer.

Guidence Method seems to have one option: off-road. If I hit menu it
gives me only "restore defaults." Is the problem that I need to
purchase a detail map? And if so where do I do that? Is there just
one or do I have multiple maps?

Sorry if I sound like a clueless newbie, but that is pretty much what I
am.