+sweetlife Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 My 550 is stuck in GPS Demo mode, touching Normal or WAAS does nothing. Unit is brand new, took out batteries, tried hard restart, reset all to original Any Help Barry Quote Link to comment
NordicMan Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 (edited) ..not sure how it works with the 550, but for a LOT of other electronic devices the way to kill demo mode is to set the clock.. try that? Edited February 13, 2010 by NordicMan Quote Link to comment
+jotne Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Delete all maps in \Garmin folder (img files) in unit. Remove SD card and turn on unit. Quote Link to comment
+splashy Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 DO NOT DELETE, unless you have a backup. To have the same effect you could rename the .img files to .imx Don't know why it might help, but who knows? Quote Link to comment
+webscouter. Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Try going to the satelitte page and see if there is a selection to use with GPS on. I don't know about the Oregons but the option is there for Colorado's Quote Link to comment
+sweetlife Posted February 13, 2010 Author Share Posted February 13, 2010 No maps installed on the 550 have removed the SD card, no selections on the satellite page and when i plug in the USB to computer I dont get the mass storage mode, only shows that the unit is plugged in Quote Link to comment
+jotne Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Has the GPS ever worked? Have you sent maps to the GPS? Quote Link to comment
+webscouter. Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Have you tried the universal reset? Quote Link to comment
+DeRock & The Psychic Cacher Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 When all else fails - call Garmin! North America - Consumer Products Monday - Thursday: 8 AM - 6 PM, Friday 8 AM - 5 PM Central Time (closed holidays) US: 913-397-8200 US Toll Free: 1-800-800-1020 Canada: 1-866-429-9296 Deane AKA: DeRock & the Psychic Cacher - Grattan MI Quote Link to comment
+Cacheoholic Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Just a wild thought, how about reloading or downgrading the firmware? Quote Link to comment
seldom_sn Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 No maps installed on the 550 have removed the SD card, no selections on the satellite page and when i plug in the USB to computer I dont get the mass storage mode, only shows that the unit is plugged in You don't get mass storage mode --> Your 550 doesn't show up on your computer as a drive? Sounds hopeless, call Garmin. But, first you may want to try running the WebUpdater again just in case it will detect your 550. If it does show up as a drive, and you want to downgrade, go here: http://garminoregon.wikispaces.com/Versions Read the GCD downgrade instructions part way down the page and follow them being sure you've removed the removable memory. Quote Link to comment
+GOT GPS? Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Did you buy this GPS at a local store, or Online? when I was looking at this thread, I figured you probably ended up with a Demo model, and not a regular GPS. What type of store was it, and did you buy the one that was on display, that had to be boxed up? You may need to exchange the GPS at the store, or call up Garmin on Monday. I have heard of Garmin producing Demo Only units in the past for Display Only, and not for sale. Quote Link to comment
+GOT GPS? Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 There is suposed to be matching Serial Number stickers, one in the battery compartment, and one on the cover of the box, tiny little stickers. Do the Serial numbers on the box, and in the GPS match? You may need to do an exchange. Quote Link to comment
+sweetlife Posted February 14, 2010 Author Share Posted February 14, 2010 GPS did work for a full day, played the demo Wherigo cartridge, loaded in a PQ, everything was working fine, was inside the house looking at some of the cache info and the map pages, and unit restarted by itself, and wamo its stuck in demo mode. purchased the unit off of amazon.com the serial numbers on the box and unit match web updater did not recognize the unit as it will not go into mass storage mode. Guess ill call garmin on monday morning. Still have my backup GPS72 to get my caching fix with. Thanks for all the help and ideas so far Barry Quote Link to comment
+Great Scott! Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 (edited) Here are a couple of things you could try. See M1 and M6 at this site: http://garminoregon.wikispaces.com/Miscell...min%20Oregon%3F Edited February 14, 2010 by Great Scott! Quote Link to comment
+sweetlife Posted February 14, 2010 Author Share Posted February 14, 2010 got into mass storage mode with the last trick downgraded to 2.75 ...... no luck upgraded back to 3.1 ....... no luck removed all PQ and wherigos ....... no luck Quote Link to comment
+GSVNoFixedAbode Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Looks like you're not alone: http://garminoregon.wikispaces.com/message/view/home/9447604 Quote Link to comment
+Bullygoat29 Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 There's a new update for the Oregon 550 to take care of this problem. http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=4743 Quote Link to comment
+g-o-cashers Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Beta 3.13 released today claims to address demo mode issues with the x50 Oregon. http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=4743 Quote Link to comment
Vlad Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 have you or someone else used demo mode to load maps to your unit? if so you will need to delete the demo key on the pc and then reload maps to the unit Quote Link to comment
+jotne Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 @g-o-cashers How can you say that this update is for x50 Oregon? Can you confirm that 450 and 550 uses same firmware? There are no new firmware listed at Garmin for the 450, so for me this looks like firmware update for the 550 and not 450. Quote Link to comment
+Great Scott! Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 (edited) @g-o-cashers How can you say that this update is for x50 Oregon? Can you confirm that 450 and 550 uses same firmware? There are no new firmware listed at Garmin for the 450, so for me this looks like firmware update for the 550 and not 450. I believe the Oregon 450 and 550 have the same firmware Here is the download page for the 450. https://buy.garmin.com/shop/store/downloads...5&pID=63349 Edited February 16, 2010 by Great Scott! Quote Link to comment
+sweetlife Posted February 16, 2010 Author Share Posted February 16, 2010 The Beta 3.13 fixed the demo mode problem on my 550 Thanks to all who posted ideas Barry Quote Link to comment
+g-o-cashers Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 450 and 550 are the same firmware. Everything is named based on the 550 because it came out first but the 550 firmware is linked on the 450 page. Quote Link to comment
+TeamRecon5 Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 Ok I had a camera problem with my Oregon 550 I got ahold of Amazon and they shipped me a new unit next day air. They picked up the bad unit the after. Quote Link to comment
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