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Thank you for all of help/advice. I'm not looking for turn by turn directions. My only experience is with a Gamin Nuvi (for the car) and a Magellan Explorist (geocaching, and marking some waypoints). As expected, the Magellan will freeze and then jump to the location. And if there is any kind of tree canopy, coverage is hit and miss. I bought the Oregon hoping to eliminate some of the usage hassles and enjoy the convenience of having the GPS and to expand my use for hunting, kayaking and other activities.

I was mainly concerned that when I received the unit (today ), there would be something I needed to do that wasn't really outlined in the directions/instructions.

I apologize. It is an Oregon 650.

I am fairly tech savvy, only I've never owned a "real" GPS. I will be using this for geocaching, kayaking, hiking, biking, etc.. I spend a fair amount of time outdoors doing different activities.

I wanted to make sure I was going about things in the right way to get what I wanted when I open the box. What I'm looking for out of my GPS is being able to get where I want on the map and being able to mark waypoints/locations as well.

Long story short - I purchased a Garmin 650 without any preloaded maps. What do I do now?