sanramonhunter Posted January 25, 2009 Posted January 25, 2009 Magellan has the new firmware for the eXplorist series on it's website. Now you can get WAAS on your eXplorist without hunting around russian websites. Maybe this whole Mitac buyout will work out well for Magellan users. Quote
+Tek_guy and Countrygirl48 Posted January 25, 2009 Posted January 25, 2009 Interesting. I wonder if there is a reason to try this since I have already successfully applied the 2.57 european firmware update (which restored WAAS) and retained my North American basemap. Any thoughts? Quote
+Ernmark Posted January 25, 2009 Posted January 25, 2009 I'm happy w/ the results of the 2.57 EU firmware (+ the additional screens) - the performance overall seemed to improve. I'm curious as to whether those 'new' screens are part of these new NA upgrades - has anybody taken the leap yet? Quote
vagabond Posted January 25, 2009 Posted January 25, 2009 HOLD OFF ON THE INSTALL IM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY 500 AFTER THE INSTALL typed in caps on purpose Quote
+GC_LostNFound Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 HOLD OFF ON THE INSTALL IM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY 500 AFTER THE INSTALL typed in caps on purpose I tried it and don't seem to be having any problems. I went to the secret menu and it now shows Waas satellites which I didn't have before. What kind of problems did you encounter? Quote
+the_alien_spy and aliens_taxi Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 whats the link to the new update Quote
+Jhwk Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 whats the link to the new update Maggies support page Quote
+geognerd Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 whats the link to the new update Maggies support page That's the link for the 500/500LE/600. Just so folks know, it appears the 210, 400, and XL also have an equivalent update on their respective Support webpages. I'm curious about what kind of trouble Vagabond had, because I'd hate to have any problems due to this update. Quote
vagabond Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 (edited) HOLD OFF ON THE INSTALL IM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY 500 AFTER THE INSTALL typed in caps on purpose I tried it and don't seem to be having any problems. I went to the secret menu and it now shows Waas satellites which I didn't have before. What kind of problems did you encounter? when I turn on the unit I now get press enter to configure nand press escape to cancel edit to add when I press either key it just turns the unit off guess I'll try and call magellan Edited January 26, 2009 by vagabond Quote
+entogeek Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 Downloaded and installed the European firmware for my North American Explorist XL a few weeks ago (available from Maggies support page) and had WAAS restored. Also got the extra screens which apparently you don't get with the North American update. Be sure to back up your basemap first!!! Quote
+Woodstramp Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 HOLD OFF ON THE INSTALL IM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY 500 AFTER THE INSTALL typed in caps on purpose I tried it and don't seem to be having any problems. I went to the secret menu and it now shows Waas satellites which I didn't have before. What kind of problems did you encounter? when I turn on the unit I now get press enter to configure nand press escape to cancel edit to add when I press either key it just turns the unit off guess I'll try and call magellan If that gets you nowhere here's an old thread on the Nand Loop thing... http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=144628 Quote
+geognerd Posted February 2, 2009 Posted February 2, 2009 Anybody else try this eXplorist update? Any problems? Any improved functionality besides the WAAS update (Magellan lists that as the only fix in the new firmware)? Quote
+redcoyote12 Posted February 6, 2009 Posted February 6, 2009 (edited) I just ran the North American update for my 210, and I no longer have all the screens I had. If I remember right, the Europe version of the firmware had a lot more screens, is that correct? How can I get the European version? Other than that, the update seemed to go fine. I am at version 3.1.78 now. Edited February 6, 2009 by redcoyote12 Quote
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