+mty55 Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 Is Garmin dragging thier feet or do the have more goodies in the works for us Oregon and Dakota users. I've been using the latest software 3.82 beta for a month now and its seems to run flawless. It just seems like quite a while this time between the beta version and full upgrade. I won't complain too much, seems like they are going in the right direction. Maybe I'm being a little impatient. Quote Link to comment
Grasscatcher Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 New 3.61Beta upgrade for the X50's out today...........4.48 firmware. Note:..... for the X50s NOT X00s Quote Link to comment
+Entropy512 Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 Is Garmin dragging thier feet or do the have more goodies in the works for us Oregon and Dakota users. I've been using the latest software 3.82 beta for a month now and its seems to run flawless. It just seems like quite a while this time between the beta version and full upgrade. I won't complain too much, seems like they are going in the right direction. Maybe I'm being a little impatient. It seems to me like over the past month or two Garmin has popped out some pretty significant upgrades, if anything their update rate for Oregons is higher than average now: BirdsEye WAAS fix Cache filtering They may be in a final "test and cleanup" phase before their next non-beta release and don't want to pop that out too early. Quote Link to comment
+smstext Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 how you doing the cache filtering i cant find it. Quote Link to comment
+kentwoodkrew Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 how you doing the cache filtering i cant find it. I saw it but it but it did not work worth a dadgum. Search for a geocache. It does not seem to exclude any. Quote Link to comment
+Cacheoholic Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 how you doing the cache filtering i cant find it. First you must have your firmware updated that supports geocache filtering. Next, on your GPS, navigate to Geocahes>Quick Filter. Select the filter/s you want to use (Types, Size, Difficulty, Terrain, Status). Remove the check marks on caches you do not want to see. Backout one page, select Search and see your results. Quote Link to comment
+dfx Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 how you doing the cache filtering i cant find it. I saw it but it but it did not work worth a dadgum. Search for a geocache. It does not seem to exclude any. works fine for me you're not running the GPX data through some app like GSAK which screws up the oregon's internal handling of cache parameters? Quote Link to comment
+arcs Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 I ran the beta update and it asked for drive G then it said update complet so restart. No change info page says it's still 3.7. No cache filter, nothing different. What am I doing wrong? I'm running it in spanner mode. Is that significant? Quote Link to comment
Grasscatcher Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 (edited) What GPS ? That update , 3.61 B, is only for the Oregon 450 /550s.... NOT the earlier Oregons (200,300,400) Edited July 5, 2010 by Grasscatcher Quote Link to comment
+arcs Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 What GPS ? That update , 3.61 B, is only for the Oregon 450 /550s.... NOT the earlier Oregons (200,300,400) Oops sorry - it's a new 550. It still works fine but the beta update did nothing Quote Link to comment
Grasscatcher Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 (edited) Something's wrong here....your numbers don't make sense (to me anyway)... The previous released version was 3.52 and the firmware was 4.46. The beta is 3.61beta and the new firmware is 4.48....so they are not even up to "3.70" yet. I'd try re-updating again. My 550 update went smoothly first time. Now says 3.61 Beta and 4.48. Mine is set to Spanner mode also. Did you use "Updater"? That won't work on betas....just download the update file and double click on it and it will go through the same type process as when you update to a released full version (with Updater). Edited July 6, 2010 by Grasscatcher Quote Link to comment
+arcs Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 (edited) Well this is confusing. I just got off the phone with Garmin support (good guy) and he walked me through the installing of update Oregon 550 Beta 3.61/4.48 issued June 29. Not 3.81 that was from June 4 shown on the Garmin homepage. I tried the 3.81 and nothing happened. (And you're right GC - webupdater doesn't catch beta's.) The tech guy said that 3.81 is not a working update and took me directly to the 550 support page The 3.61 update seems to work fine with some nice tweaks. Great write speed now - noticably faster. Cache filtering right onboard - works fine for me. Mind you, my queries are already filtered but it's a 'nice to have' thing. Now if they'd bring back the calendar record function a la Map 60 I'd be REALLY happy. And I'm pretty happy as it is. I'll be even happier when my rebate shows up. Edited July 6, 2010 by arcs Quote Link to comment
Grasscatcher Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 Go back and double check and I think you'll find that the 3.8X update is for the older X00 Oregon series. The 3.52 to 3.61B update is the correct one for the X50 Oregons. Anyway, sounds like you're up and running....that's the main thing...... Quote Link to comment
+dfx Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 Go back and double check and I think you'll find that the 3.8X update is for the older X00 Oregon series. The 3.52 to 3.61B update is the correct one for the X50 Oregons. yes, the 3.82 beta is for the x00 oregons, not for the x50s. Quote Link to comment
+arcs Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 Yep, it's running great. Annnd I'm a dunderhead for not noticing the model for the 3.81 beta. Glad it didn't do any damage. The 3.61 has some nice touches - now gimme more, GIMME MORE!! Ü Quote Link to comment
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