Dr_Dajom
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Why argue about a simple paper problem...and what do you care if Knight did write the BBB egami? Do you fear they'll come out and shut Thales down because they aren't supplying a manual?
Too late. Thales doesn't exist anymore.
Well..... Thales has about 60 000 employees, so they very much exists. They sold the Thales Navigation part (Magellan consumer and Thales pro equipment).
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This all sounds like very poor customer service on Garmins part. Maybe we all need to consider Magellen units or Lowrance units??
Do I have this wrong??
Be careful....not only does Magellan have a similar set-up, they actually tie your gps unit and software to a single computer, so if your computer dies and you replace it, guess what.....you're going to need to buy another unlock code.
That is a flat out lie!
Magellan does not lock your units, SD-cards, maps or any other software to a single computer. Or maybe I missed that during my 5 years as a Magellan technichan (among other brands).
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This may sound dumb, but recheck to make sure your serial # is correct on the mapsend. I had the same problem and it was because I put in the serial # from the gps unit wrong. Hope that helps.
This is either due to a bad USB-connection (disturbed by either a program or other USB units) or a failure to type in the correct serialnumber of your gpsr. The electronic serial is the one to use, not the one on the sticker.
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BTW: Just heard some rumours that there is a 500/600 FW currently under betatesting.......
This is VERY interesting news. Hopefully it's got the 1.55 XL enhancements when it arrives.
Don't worry it does. And it's working fine, so it should be up soon.
//Beta tester
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REUTERS - "The new Magellan Navigation headquarters construction was halted temporarily today when it was found that digging had begun approximately 50 feet from the intended location..."
Sounds like they need to quit using thier own equipment.
Maybe the news has had a profound effect on the accuracy of the equipment?
Yes, if 6-8 mm is not close enough maybe they should.
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If they bought it they will invest, so that has to be a good thing.
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If anyone lives in Maine or points northeast you may or may not know about the movement of one of the WAAS capable satellites . . . in any case for the past few months WAAS was sporadic in this part of the country at best.
Recently some Garmin users began reporting that they were starting to get WAAS signal from Satellite 51 after downloading new firmware updates on their GPSrs.
My question . . . since I have a Magellan Meridian Color GPSr and apparently it is now considered "obsolete" my Magellan-Thales . . . do I need to also do a firmware update to get the signal from this new satellite or should the GPSr pick up the signal from the new satellite automatically?
Thank you in advance for any replies.
You should not have to, but a firmware upgrade won't hurt you!
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I am trying to use Mapsend Worldwide Basemap with my Explorist series 600. When uploaded to my GPS, it comes up "invalid map" once I try to activate it. It then goes to "loading default map". Is this a format issue maybe? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
You probably entered the wrong serial number and therefore the program made a map in img format (SporTrak and Meridian). Or you have the old version of WWBM that can't create eXplorist maps.
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Thanks... that hurt!
Can you get the latest version from places otehr than Magellan?
Thanks again...
A version of MapSend Lite that can show detailed eXplorist maps delivered on SD-cards (or downloaded to SD-Cards) will be available for download from www.magellangps.com
or so I've heard.
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I have the AAA battery clip. It's an internal clip (you can close the original hatch over it). I have not yet tried the battery time.
It must have been out in the US for a while, I bought mine in Europe.
There you go, it really excists.
Would it be possible for you to post a picture of it? I hate to purchase something without seeing it. Thanks in advance!!
It's a piece of plastic that fit's three aaa batteries inside (much like the "slide" for a SporTrak).
I'll take a picture on monday (I left my digi cam at work).
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I have the AAA battery clip. It's an internal clip (you can close the original hatch over it). I have not yet tried the battery time.
It must have been out in the US for a while, I bought mine in Europe.
There you go, it really excists.
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I found this link:
http://www.mtgc.org/robertlipe/showdown/.
That article is pretty interesting, so it seems that the SiRF III is more accurate than what's used in the Magellan units.
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It does???!??
The way I see it it's less accurate but tracks a satellite or two more.
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Short answer: No freakin' way!
Long answer: Since Magellan is owned by Thales (65 000 employees) and Thales makes chips waaaaaaay better than SIRFs I doubt it.
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You probably put the cable upside down. It should be running down the back of the unit.
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This was a design mistake on the early models. It should be corrected. Ask them to exchange the housing for a new one.
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Nerys>>
So basically what you are saying is you bought the wrong unit. That's just it, Magellan did not sell the wrong unit, you bought the wrong one. They sold a GPSr that they think is worth $400.
Meridian Gold is not a color display GPSr.
"""Someone who buys a GPS for hiking is NOT freakin likely to by a heavy bulky 3.5" screen $400 unit. you point is irrelevant"""
Sure they can, if they want a unit that they can use on their boat and in their car. And Snowmobile riders would definetly.
"""I did not ask for nor expect Topo maps nor do I want them. although if this unit was MARKETED for hicking YES I would damned well expect it to come with topo maps. so this point is irrelevant."""
You did not ask for Topo maps, someone else might. I've realised that you think the world evolves around your needs, but that's not the case sir.
"""Its not a marine unit nor was it advertised as such though that was part of my purchasing decision (its capable of some marine action) (I in fact DID read up quite a bit on this unit before I decided on it) it was NOT overtly clear that it would come with NO maps in fact the opposite it says it comes with a ROBUST set of maps for the US. it did not. and this point is irrelevant as well"""
So now you've decided that it's not a marine unit? Well, actually your right. It's not a marine unit, it's a combo unit... marine, road and hiking. If you would have bothered to finish that sentance you would have read:
"Built-in mapping
Robust built-in North American or European basemap makes it easy to navigate major roads, parks, waterways and find airports and other points of interest."
And on every page on magellangps.com that I can find info about the XL they clearly state that the MapSend maps are optional.
It's so very said that you clame to have educated yourself before you bought the unit and yet did not even bother to read the first couple of sentances on the manufacturers web page.
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Huh?
oops I did not see the second page and that the thread had taken a new turn. Sorry.
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well the explorist is useless for road traveling. the routes are static. IE I can not build turn by turns ON the XL itself. It has to be done on the PC first this means its not dynamic.
thats one of the reasons I got the XL I can jack it into my laptop and use the much much more robust delorme software I already have and dongle the xl as a gps puck.
Chris Taylor
Sure you can build the route in your XL. Thats another thing you would have noticed if you read s*** before acting.
The XL seems like an expensive gps puck. Try the Globalsat ones and then return your XL!
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BTW for THIS KIND of a GPS unit what Magellan did was tantamount to you buy a new car getting inside to turn the key and start it up and nothing happen and a nice voice chimes. to unlock the "FRAKING ENGINE" in this car you have to pay this extra fee.
Grrr
Chris Taylor
Yeah, that is basically the same thing.....
Stop blaming a manufacturer for something that you neglected/didn't bother to check.
You can't compare a suckie 8 year old PC-GPS with the latest state of the art handheld unit. It's not even remotely the same thing. It's like comparing a car from the 50's with a brand new one (8 years is about half of the consumer markets age). In fact it's like saying: "I only payed $10 000 for my Saturn 15 years ago, now I bought a Porsche for $150 000 and I didn't even get a back seat." Well if you checked out the Porsche before you bought it you would have noticed that there were no back seat.
*If someone only uses his GPSr for hiking or for his snowmobile, should they have to pay for the streetmaps?
*If someone only uses his GPSr for inCar navigation, should they have to pay for the topo maps?
*If someone is afraid of water or live in Kansas, should they have to bay for the Sea charts?
You talk alot but you make absolutely no sense!
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Don't put that much trust in the EPE number. EPE is just what it sounds like, Estimated Positional Error. At work We have an exact position (1cm). We have tested both the eXplorist 600 and the 76CS for accuracy (on several occasions). Sometimes the EPE is correct. Most of the time the EPE says that the units are off by say 50 feet but in fact they show a position between 5 and 15 feet. Anything closer than 10 feet (actual position) is "coincidental". WAAS and EGNOS isn't more accurate than that. At least not 2DRMS.
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Can someone explain the SIRF III hype? Why? It's good but it's far from a revolution. I read about some serious downsides as well (I think it was here on the forum but the search function is disabled)....
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The unit I had in the boat was about 2 1/2 times the size of the units you can install in cars.
I may have been off by a couple of years, but it was in the early 80s. And if I remember right I sold the boat in 84
From www.trimble.com:
1984
Introduces world's first commercial GPS time and frequency receiver
Introduces first commercial GPS positioning product
And from www.thalesnavigation.com:
Technology Firsts
First European GPS receiver (1985)
First U.S. commercial handheld GPS receiver for positioning and navigation (1989)
First European integrated differential GPS receiver (1989)
First commercial 3DF-ADU, Attitude Determination Unit (1990)
First GPS-based vehicle navigation system in the U.S. (1995)
First commercial GPS+GLONASS receiver (1996)
First consumer GPS product priced under $100 (1997)
First professional Long-Range Kinematic (LRKTM) GPS receiver (1997)
First high-volume, high-precision GPS OEM board-level product priced under $100 (1997)
First GPS+GLONASS RTK (Real-Time Kinematic) system (1997)
First handheld satellite communications device (1998)
First GPS handheld offering industry standard Secure Digital Memory Card (SDMC) capability (2000)
So there you have it....=)
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I think your slightly wrong on your dates, as I had a GPSR on my boat in 1980, replacing a loran c unit
Sure you did, as if the system was even ready for military use in 1980.
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In the European Union it's illegal for manufacturers to decide which prices a reseller can and can't have. You decide what your price is to the reseller and if the reseller want's to lose money and give them away it's his choice. It's called a free market.