OpenLayers setCenter will not function properly

Question

I am using OpenLayers for a map and when I load it, it always centres on 0,0 no matter what I change the setCenter to.

    var map, baseLayer;
    var options = {numZoomLevels: 7, isBaseLayer: true,};
    function collegeLaneInit()
    {

        map = new OpenLayers.Map('map');            
        baseLayer = new OpenLayers.Layer.Image("College Lane","college-lane-large.png", 
        new OpenLayers.Bounds(-1000, -1000, 1000, 1000),
        new OpenLayers.Size(2000,2000), options);
        map.addLayer(baseLayer);

        var center = new OpenLayers.LonLat(500,500);
        map.setCenter(center ,1);  

        map.addControl(new OpenLayers.Control.LayerSwitcher());
        map.zoomToMaxExtent();
        map.addControl(new OpenLayers.Control.MousePosition());

    }

I'm not really sure why it's doing this. Can anyone spot something that I'm missing?

Answer 1

map.zoomToMaxExtent();

Is your offending line, comment it out, if you zoom out far enough you will always end up in the centre