kb6ooc Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Download Beta 4.03 Changes made from version 4.02 to 4.03: Improved map draw speed Fixed setup of Main Menu and Drawer Fixed North Arrow touchable accuracy when using nüvi dashboard Problems with this beta software may be reported to MontanaBeta@garmin.com Quote Link to comment
+Catch43 Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Can't download, link ends up empty! They probably rescinded it.... Quote Link to comment
WrongwayUK Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 The download link takes me to a page thats offering to see me either a Garmin Mobile mmc card or a setup DVD for a UK map! Quote Link to comment
+Subraid Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 You can get the FW here: http://garminmontanagpsr.wikispaces.com/Firmware#Firmware%20History Quote Link to comment
WrongwayUK Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 You can get the FW here: http://garminmontanagpsr.wikispaces.com/Firmware#Firmware%20History Thank's for that Quote Link to comment
+baloo&bd Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Original link works for me. Quote Link to comment
+Gushoneybun Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 You can get the FW here: http://garminmontana...mware%20History Thank's for that +1, original link was broken, this works thanks. Quote Link to comment
kb6ooc Posted May 5, 2012 Author Share Posted May 5, 2012 Weird. I posted the original link and even USED it to get the 4.03 beta. Wanted to be darn sure it was a good link before posting it. It worked when I posted it and it still works now. Garmin must be shuffling links around during the night for some reason. Oh well, at least we have options! Quote Link to comment
+splashy Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 I have the download from another link, the original link ALWAYS brings me to https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=128 Quote Link to comment
+Gushoneybun Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 I had an issue with 4.02 as well. I am in the UK as I am guessing wrongwayuk is so it may be an issue linked to where we are based. Quote Link to comment
+LadyBee4T Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 I got a very nice deal on a montana last weekend and updated it to the 3.90 firmware. Since I bought it it looks like there have been two more beta releases. As I'm reading to figure out how to use it and all it's capabilities I see that some people are having problems with the beta updates. Anyone have problems after this latest update? Should I go ahead and update now? Quote Link to comment
+splashy Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 3 updates in 1 week! You can update, no strange things happening. Quote Link to comment
+LadyBee4T Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 3 updates in 1 week! You can update, no strange things happening. Oh I missed one then LOL!!!! I was wondering if some of the things I am having problems figuring out were fixed in the updates before I opene a thread to ask questions. Thanks. I'll charge it up and update and go back to reading the manual. So far I've found about 20 caches and then succeeded in losing my trip information.....Operator error. I'm going to an event tomorrow so there will be a lot of new caches. That will be a big test. Thanks. Quote Link to comment
yogazoo Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 4.03 vastly improves screen redraw times. The Montana never really struggled before but now this baby is lightening fast. Thanks Garmin (again). Quote Link to comment
yogazoo Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 I hate starting new threads so I'll just ask here for starters. Does anyone know how to change the order of maps shown on the map selection (Map Information)screen? I'd like to put frequently toggled mapsets near the top to avoid scrolling. Quote Link to comment
+Catch43 Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 Does anyone know how to change the order of maps shown on the map selection (Map Information)screen? I'd like to put frequently toggled mapsets near the top to avoid scrolling. You can not change the order in the map menu. Why don't you create shortcuts of your mapsets to your main screen? You can toggle maps with one touch and you can also put the shortcuts in the order you prefer. Quote Link to comment
yogazoo Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Has anyone noticed a weird white or black screen for 5 seconds or so when you first go to the maps screen? Quote Link to comment
Barrikady Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Has anyone noticed a weird white or black screen for 5 seconds or so when you first go to the maps screen? I have not. Quote Link to comment
+HHL Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Has anyone noticed a weird white or black screen for 5 seconds or so when you first go to the maps screen? Yes, I did. It's the background profile image that shows up. Hans Quote Link to comment
+silvertop1 Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Has anyone noticed a weird white or black screen for 5 seconds or so when you first go to the maps screen? Quote Link to comment
+silvertop1 Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Yes I have. This happens at initial start up of the unit when you go to maps. For me it was anywhere from 5 to 15 seconds of a white screen. Also I had trouble getting the unit to go into serial mode when plugging into the computer. For the first time ever I reverted back to 4.02 and the map situation works fine. Unit used Montana 600. Quote Link to comment
+Bullygoat29 Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 I hate starting new threads so I'll just ask here for starters. Does anyone know how to change the order of maps shown on the map selection (Map Information)screen? I'd like to put frequently toggled mapsets near the top to avoid scrolling. I don't have my Montana in front of me(I broke the screen while hiking) but you can change the order the maps show up. Birdseye and custom are always at the bottom but all other maps like City Nav and Topo are listed by date created. I believe the "newest" maps end up on top. Easiest way to check this is to change the extension of one map and do a reboot, then change it back. Quote Link to comment
+coachstahly Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Original link worked fine for me. This is the first beta I've downloaded since 3.60 and didn't have any problems on today's run except for one small issue when the unit shut down upon entering the next stage. This wasn't a multi cache but an unknown multi so wonder if that was the issue. Quote Link to comment
yogazoo Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 (edited) Anyone else not receiving WAAS corrections? I get the birds, the sat number flashes but no "D" on any other signal bars and nothing telling me WAAS corrections are being applied. Garmin's software update mantra: Add some Fix some Break some Edited May 8, 2012 by yogazoo Quote Link to comment
Barrikady Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Anyone else not receiving WAAS corrections? I get the birds, the sat number flashes but no "D" on any other signal bars and nothing telling me WAAS corrections are being applied. Garmin's software update mantra: Add some Fix some Break some Yes, I have enabled WAAS, and I am also not receiving "D's" on any of the active signal bars. Quote Link to comment
+LadyBee4T Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Has anyone noticed a weird white or black screen for 5 seconds or so when you first go to the maps screen? I updated my montana 600 Friday and have used it several times since then but haven't seen this. Anyone else not receiving WAAS corrections? I get the birds, the sat number flashes but no "D" on any other signal bars and nothing telling me WAAS corrections are being applied. Garmin's software update mantra: Add some Fix some Break some I thought at first that I wasn't getting it either but last night I realized I didn't have waas enabledn which I thought I had done before. After I did that I was seeing the Ds. It seems to me that some of the settings keep changing on me when I turn it off or maybe when I take out the battery. I will have to keep track I guess. This unit is just amazing in the things that it can do. Quote Link to comment
+zeus661 Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 What are the steps to check for this "D"? I can not find it. Quote Link to comment
+LadyBee4T Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 What are the steps to check for this "D"? I can not find it. If you have waas enabled look on the satellite screen on the main menu. The D will show up on the satellite bar. Quote Link to comment
WrongwayUK Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Just checked. I am getting WAAS corrections. I did have to re-enable it again though following the update. Quote Link to comment
+zeus661 Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Anyone else not receiving WAAS corrections? I get the birds, the sat number flashes but no "D" on any other signal bars and nothing telling me WAAS corrections are being applied. Garmin's software update mantra: Add some Fix some Break some Yes, I have enabled WAAS, and I am also not receiving "D's" on any of the active signal bars. I also have the same issue, no "D's" and WAAS is enabled. Quote Link to comment
yogazoo Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Well a hard reset (holding down the upper left portion of the screen while powering on) solved my instability (crashing) issues and brought back my WAAS "D"s!! Quote Link to comment
kb6ooc Posted May 10, 2012 Author Share Posted May 10, 2012 (edited) Anyone else having longer boot times with this version? My boot time is now about 1 minute, 15 seconds. I wish I had recorded it with a prior version (I suppose I could downgrade and double-check). I don't recall it taking this long to boot before (even if its a warm boot - meaning I was just up and running and then shutdown to boot again). Oh - no WAAS "D"s for me either (and I had to turn WAAS on because I don't normally have it on) but everything else is working too good to want to do a hard reset. I'm not sure WAAS adds much anyway. 10 to 20 feet of estimated error is more than enough accuracy for me. If WAAS told me what lump of grass the geocache was under, then I might think about a hard reset. Edited May 10, 2012 by kb6ooc Quote Link to comment
+zeus661 Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Well a hard reset (holding down the upper left portion of the screen while powering on) solved my instability (crashing) issues and brought back my WAAS "D"s!! Does a hard reset wipe out waypoints and custom POI's? Or anything else? Quote Link to comment
+HHL Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Well a hard reset (holding down the upper left portion of the screen while powering on) solved my instability (crashing) issues and brought back my WAAS "D"s!! Does a hard reset wipe out waypoints and custom POI's? Or anything else? No, just some minor settings. Hans Quote Link to comment
+LadyBee4T Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Anyone else having longer boot times with this version? My boot time is now about 1 minute, 15 seconds. I wish I had recorded it with a prior version (I suppose I could downgrade and double-check). I don't recall it taking this long to boot before (even if its a warm boot - meaning I was just up and running and then shutdown to boot again). Oh - no WAAS "D"s for me either (and I had to turn WAAS on because I don't normally have it on) but everything else is working too good to want to do a hard reset. I'm not sure WAAS adds much anyway. 10 to 20 feet of estimated error is more than enough accuracy for me. If WAAS told me what lump of grass the geocache was under, then I might think about a hard reset. I never recorded the actual boot time before but I am going caching this afternoon and I will time it to see how long it now takes to acquire the fix. Quote Link to comment
+coachstahly Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 The first couple of times I started it back up it took a bit longer for it to load up as well as acquire satellites. A few more days in and it's back to its usual quick load and acquisition of satellites. Quote Link to comment
+taeke Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 WAAS didn't work for me either, so it's time for a hard reset then Today I drove the section where I had the map freeze, this time with fw4.03 and NT-EU 2013.1. And again the map froze for about 2km (potential of 2 exits which could be missed). Later, the same road, but then approached from the other way, the map froze again. This time after about 3.5km a part of the map appeared in the upper half, but didn't update, and then after 5.5km, the map was working again. When the map disappears, the data-fields (using nuvi in Auto) are still there, but don't update. The funny thing is that this also works in simulation. I have sent Garmin an extensive e-mail (2nd time already). Quote Link to comment
+LadyBee4T Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Sitting in the house it was 1 min 15 seconds to satellite lock but in the car it had a lock by the time the main menu screen was up--15 seconds. Quote Link to comment
+taeke Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Any Central European timezoners have the clock all of a sudden 1 hour ahead when switching on the device, since v4.03? Changing to West European, then back to Central, resets the time again for me. Quote Link to comment
kb6ooc Posted May 14, 2012 Author Share Posted May 14, 2012 (edited) Found a new way to crash my 600. I have several stored track logs that I've downloaded from the Internet. These are for mountain hikes on trails I have been on or plan to be on. So... 1. Go to the track manager 2. Pick a track log from the list 3. Select "View Map" 4. Click someplace on the map (I've only done this test clicking on an area with nothing specific there) 5. The red pin shows up and a banner at the top of the screen - click on that banner 6. Click the flag at the left to create a waypoint where the red pin is 7. Click OK 8. Click the pencil at the left to edit the waypoint 9. Click the waypoint name to rename it POOF! Crash and power down. I also tried this by going to the ROUTE planner and bringing up a map of a ROUTE, instead of a track. Then I followed all the remaining steps. No crash when I was doing it that way. Very strange. I just sent an email off to montanabeta@garmin.com Edited May 14, 2012 by kb6ooc Quote Link to comment
+geobc Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 One thing that I had on all my previous Garmin units was a circle around the position indicator, which showed an estimate of how accurate the position information was. As far as I know, the Montana doesn't display this circle. Can someone please confirm this for me? Thanks! GeoBC Quote Link to comment
yogazoo Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 (edited) One thing that I had on all my previous Garmin units was a circle around the position indicator... Confirmed. Ever since the Colorado series way back in 2007, Garmin handhelds have not had this error circle. Edited May 16, 2012 by yogazoo Quote Link to comment
+Onslow Fisherman Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Found a new way to crash my 600. I have several stored track logs that I've downloaded from the Internet. These are for mountain hikes on trails I have been on or plan to be on. So... 1. Go to the track manager 2. Pick a track log from the list 3. Select "View Map" 4. Click someplace on the map (I've only done this test clicking on an area with nothing specific there) 5. The red pin shows up and a banner at the top of the screen - click on that banner 6. Click the flag at the left to create a waypoint where the red pin is 7. Click OK 8. Click the pencil at the left to edit the waypoint 9. Click the waypoint name to rename it I followed your steps above, with exactly the same results. When I re-booted the new WP was accessible and re-nameable. Jim POOF! Crash and power down. I also tried this by going to the ROUTE planner and bringing up a map of a ROUTE, instead of a track. Then I followed all the remaining steps. No crash when I was doing it that way. Very strange. I just sent an email off to montanabeta@garmin.com Quote Link to comment
+Onslow Fisherman Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Found a new way to crash my 600. I have several stored track logs that I've downloaded from the Internet. These are for mountain hikes on trails I have been on or plan to be on. So... 1. Go to the track manager 2. Pick a track log from the list 3. Select "View Map" 4. Click someplace on the map (I've only done this test clicking on an area with nothing specific there) 5. The red pin shows up and a banner at the top of the screen - click on that banner 6. Click the flag at the left to create a waypoint where the red pin is 7. Click OK 8. Click the pencil at the left to edit the waypoint 9. Click the waypoint name to rename it I followed your steps above, with exactly the same results. When I re-booted the new WP was accessible and re-nameable. Jim POOF! Crash and power down. I also tried this by going to the ROUTE planner and bringing up a map of a ROUTE, instead of a track. Then I followed all the remaining steps. No crash when I was doing it that way. Very strange. I just sent an email off to montanabeta@garmin.com I followed all of your steps with exactly the same result. When I re-booted the Montana the new WP was accessible and re-nameable. Jim Quote Link to comment
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