slingerdun Posted January 14, 2011 Posted January 14, 2011 Yep i plugged in to my PC to delete images from the viewer and dumped the entire U.S. Topo Series Maps. Any ideas how to get them back without going to the Garmin store and dropping $99.99 USD for a mistake? Quote
+quadsinthemudd Posted January 14, 2011 Posted January 14, 2011 Try calling Garmin in the morning. I have had nothing but the best experiences with their customer support. I think they should have made it alot harder to erase the base maps that come with the gps. If that doesnt work goto gpsfiledepot.com and downlad for free better topo maps. Quote
slingerdun Posted January 14, 2011 Author Posted January 14, 2011 thanks, I wonder if the gpsfiledepot maps require any support from the "img" file i deleted Quote
+myotis Posted January 14, 2011 Posted January 14, 2011 No they do not "require" it. However, it contains your basemap (which will make zooming out far slow. It also has the DEM (digitial elevation model) which some features (shaded relif, adding elevation to tracks, and routes, spot elevations) require. Quote
slingerdun Posted January 14, 2011 Author Posted January 14, 2011 (edited) No they do not "require" it. However, it contains your basemap (which will make zooming out far slow. It also has the DEM (digitial elevation model) which some features (shaded relif, adding elevation to tracks, and routes, spot elevations) require. Confirmed, the maps i loaded from gpsfiledepot are quite limited without support from this receivers base mapping program. I called Garmin, apparently they have an online patch to restore critical files and those would be .img files, but they don't have a patch for the Oregon400t So i'll send it back, and for the price of one way shipping - insurance - to Olathe KS. They will be sending back to me a new unit! Yes he said it would be new, whether it's refurbished new or never been owned new, it should take about 1 week from the time i send it off. That's pretty good customer service Edited January 14, 2011 by slingerdun Quote
slingerdun Posted January 29, 2011 Author Posted January 29, 2011 I received a "new" refurbished Oregon400t on Wednesday, 8 days after sending the old one back to Kansas. Looks and functions like new. Total cost: $10.65 for one way shipping and insurance Quote
eaparks Posted January 29, 2011 Posted January 29, 2011 Now would be a good time to back up everything on the GPS to your PC, plus saving it all to a DVD incase PC has a melt down one day. This is the first thing I always suggest to my friends to do with the purchase of a new GPS. Glad it all worked out well for you at a minimal cost. Quote
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