BikeKacher

In reality this should be a upgrade, going from 1.88 to 2.57. Both of my units give the satellite numbers as 135 & 138. I really don't remember what the numbers were before the upgrade and I cannot tell you anything about possible hardware differences. In the procedure that I listed for being able to see the basemap, you also need to push the "Radio Button" in that same directory (Tools -> Folder Options -> View) that says "Show Hidden Files and Folders". Sorry 'bout that, I normally keep that option active so I never thought about it. I don't know what happened, I posted this but it did not show up so I posted it again, I hope that it does not end up showing twice. Oh Well!!

In reality this should be a upgrade, going from 1.88 to 2.57. Both of my units give the satellite numbers as 135 & 138. I really don't remember what the numbers were before the upgrade and I cannot tell you anything about possible hardware differences. In the procedure that I listed for being able to see the basemap, you also need to push the "Radio Button" in that same directory (Tools -> Folder Options -> View) that says "Show Hidden Files and Folders". Sorry 'bout that, I normally keep that option active so I never thought about it.

In order to "Explictly enable" the computer, when in Windows Explorer, go to tools > folder options > view and then uncheck "Hide protected operating system files". When you do this the computer will ask you if you are sure or something like that. Tell it yes and then hit apply. This will allow you to see the BASEMAP.MGI file. Save this file to a folder on your computer specifying that this is the NA (North American) file because the EU basemap is also called BASEMAP.MGI and there always is a possibility of a mixup. When you are all done upgrading your eXplorist go back and recheck the option in the view menu.

I had my 400 registered as a NA unit and therefore could not get the 2.57 update. I reregistered it, using the same serial number of course, as a European unit and was able to download the EU 2.57 firmware without any problems. I definitely like the greater capabilities with WAAS and the new screens. If you don't want the screens by the way, you can disable each of them individually. I did the same update with the 210 only using the link in ERNMARK's posting that has the 2.57 with the NA basemap already included, worked fine as well.

Just testing

Just testing