+Scrapman & GaPatci21 Posted February 21, 2003 Posted February 21, 2003 I up graded from 2.01 to 3.10 a week ago. Yesterday the unit quit reading any Mapsoure data such as Maps, routes and the Backtracking function as well. Base maps and all other functions continued to work fine. Tech support at Garmin had not heard of this problem until today. Within 5 minutes they e-mailed me a program to re-install 2.01. Unit now works great. I downloaded 3.10 per their instruction, to desktop, installed in simulator mode and left outside for over 30 minutes. has anyone else had this problem? Quote
SergZak Posted February 21, 2003 Posted February 21, 2003 You may want to try updating the firmware on your GPSMAP 76S to v3.20 which was released early today. You can find it at the GPSMAP 76S firmware download page Serg Quote
+Scrapman & GaPatci21 Posted February 21, 2003 Author Posted February 21, 2003 Thanks Serg. When I called this morning I asked (and checked the web site before calling) if any up-dates or patches would be forth coming. They said not to their knowledge. However I would have to give their Tech Support high marks in helping me solve my problem.I had the patch e-mailed to me less than 5 minutes after I hung the phone with them. I think I will stay as is for a couple of weeks then try it again.. Quote
+montythemule Posted February 21, 2003 Posted February 21, 2003 I turned on the HEADING LINE function today (in map setup) and now I cannot turn it off. Anyone seen this? ***************************************** Quote
+Rich in NEPA Posted February 21, 2003 Posted February 21, 2003 Along with the map76, the map76S firmware was also updated to version 3.20. Cheers ... ~Rich in NEPA~ === A man with a GPS receiver knows where he is; a man with two GPS receivers is never sure. === Quote
+montythemule Posted February 21, 2003 Posted February 21, 2003 I figured it out ***************************************** Quote
+Team Golden Posted March 27, 2003 Posted March 27, 2003 Has anyone had any problems with 3.20? I am thinking of updating mine but don't want to if people have seen problems. Quote
Growley Posted March 27, 2003 Posted March 27, 2003 After updating to v3.20 the day it was released, my 76S has totally locked up on me 3 times. I have since re-loaded the software/firmware 3 times and MAYBE the 3rd time is a charm as it has not locked up in about 10 days. Having spent close to 3 hours (over the past year or so) on the phone with Garmin for various subjects and NEVER, EVER getting through to a person, I did not bother calling. Good luck Quote
+shegget Posted March 27, 2003 Posted March 27, 2003 Been using 3.20 since a couple of days after it was released, with no problems to speak of. sean Quote
+Team Golden Posted March 27, 2003 Posted March 27, 2003 Hmmmm 50/50 chance so far....think I will wait for a few more responses. The only thing I am seeing is when updating from the orignal version to 2.x the bouys that used to be in lake michigan are now in the city!!! Other than that it is working fine. Quote
+EraSeek Posted March 27, 2003 Posted March 27, 2003 I updated my Map76 a week or two ago. No problems. Just had to save my waypoints first with easygps because the update will delete those, then had to reaquire the sats, reenable WAAS, put the waypoints back in, and reset many of my setting. Not a single glitch. "The liberty we prize is not America's gift to the world, it is God's gift to humanity" W. Quote
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