+Dixie's Crew Posted January 19, 2003 Share Posted January 19, 2003 For two days now, my new Meridian GPS has lost waypoints that have been in the user database. There is no SD card installed. Earlier today, I had a "home" waypoint saved as well as one for a cache that I was going to try to find tomorrow. Tonight I turned on the unit and there was no sign of them. I installed the latest firmware day before yesterday. What could be the problem??? Quote Link to comment
+alexm Posted January 19, 2003 Share Posted January 19, 2003 quote:For two days now, my new Meridian GPS has lost waypoints that have been in the user database. There is no SD card installed. Earlier today, I had a "home" waypoint saved as well as one for a cache that I was going to try to find tomorrow. Tonight I turned on the unit and there was no sign of them. I installed the latest firmware day before yesterday. Did this happen before you upgraded to the latest firmware? Did you plug it into a computer between the time they were there and missing (did some computer app wipe them?)? Either way... Try: Menu -> Setup -> Clear Memory -> All and Menu -> Setup -> Clear Memory -> Reset Default I guess mention of turning off the unit before removing the batteries might be worth a shot also. I've done just about everything imaginable to both of my Meridians, and I've never seen them lose waypoints.. ... alex Quote Link to comment
+Dixie's Crew Posted January 20, 2003 Author Share Posted January 20, 2003 No, I upgraded the firmware before I ever stored any waypoints, and that's the only time it's been hooked up to my computer. I'll try clearing the memory and resetting default settings. Quote Link to comment
mix_ Posted January 20, 2003 Share Posted January 20, 2003 I've got the same problem with my Meridian GPS (MeriGOLD & MeriPLAT don't have this problem) See http://gpsinformation.net/mgoldreview/meridiandalaloss.htm for more info... Mix_ Quote Link to comment
+Ozarktroutbum Posted January 20, 2003 Share Posted January 20, 2003 Only time my Merigreen has lost waypoints is if I mark a waypoint then let the battery die before manually shutting it off. I installed the update last week and I'll start watching a littler closer though. When GPSr's are outlawed, only Outlaws will have GPSr's. Quote Link to comment
+Cachetrotters Posted January 20, 2003 Share Posted January 20, 2003 Had 4.03 installed for about a month now and have seen nothing like you describe. don Quote Link to comment
+CWL Posted January 22, 2003 Share Posted January 22, 2003 I have the Miridgreen too and I have the same problem as Ozarktroutbum after I save a WP and The batteries die before I get to shut it down I loose all the WPs that I previously put in. I've gotten into a habbit of after I set some WPs into the GPSr I give it a reboot. (shut it down and turn it back on) I haven't lost any WPs since. Quote Link to comment
+Dixie's Crew Posted January 22, 2003 Author Share Posted January 22, 2003 I was out trying to place a cache today and the same thing happened. The waypoints that I had stored in the user database vanished. I had obtained a good WAAS position and saved the waypoint, went back to a nearby picnic table to change the name and icon. Even went to the trouble of powering down and back up so that the data would be saved to nonvolatile memory. New unit. Latest firmware (4.02?). New batteries. My theory is that this particular Meridian GPS has a bad chip and back it goes for exchange. I played around with the unit before this latest failure and was pretty impressed by it's accuracy, so I hope this was an isolated case. Quote Link to comment
+Dixie's Crew Posted January 23, 2003 Author Share Posted January 23, 2003 I mean I hope the failure is an isolated case, not the accuracy ;-) Quote Link to comment
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