hard to get 3d lock in wooded area today

[JaegerWolf]

How is everyones meridian after the the 4.02 update. I could not hold a 3d lock at all today for some reason. Never had this happen before.

[+gsdvr]

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Originally posted by JaegerWolf:

How is everyones meridian after the the 4.02 update. I could not hold a 3d lock at all today for some reason. Never had this happen before.

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Mine does not seem to be as accurate as it was. I'm consistantly showing about 20' off where before the upgrade I could easily get right on top of a cache. Wish I could go back to the previous version!

 

Gsdvr

Huntsville

[+Jamie Z]

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Originally posted by Mike Wallace:

Wish I could go back to the previous version!

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You can.. if you still have it. If you don't, I'm sure someone does, or it may still be available on the Magellan website.

 

As far as accuracy, I haven't been able to field test mine yet.. but it seems absurd to think that the engineers would make the software upgrade less accurate. It's all in your head, methinks.

 

Jamie

[+gsdvr]

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Originally posted by Jamie Z:

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Originally posted by Mike Wallace:

Wish I could go back to the previous version!

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You can.. if you still have it. If you don't, I'm sure someone does, or it may still be available on the Magellan website.

 

As far as accuracy, I haven't been able to field test mine yet.. but it seems absurd to think that the engineers would make the software upgrade less accurate. It's all in your head, methinks.

 

Jamie

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I wouldn't go so far as to say absurd, but buggy comes to mind.

 

I have looked around the website for the earlier version but with no look.

 

Definitely not just in my head. I checked up against previous finds that were dead on before the upgrade.

 

Gsdvr

Huntsville

[+Jamie Z]

Well, I thought maybe I had 3.12 still on my HD, but I guess I deleted it sometime back. It probably wouldn't take much more than a simple request in the forums to find someone who still has a copy.

 

Jamie

[+Grouchy & Pebs]

I still have it, send me an e-mail and I will e-mail it back to you. Or is there a file section I can post it to?

 

Grouchy & Pebs

 

"If all is not lost, where is it?"

[Eeyore and Shadow]

I updated my SporTrak map to the 4.02 last night. I took it outside to let it orientate itself after the upgrade. After it got a good lock I brought it inside. It wasn't untill then i realized that the position it came up with was over 1000 feet away from where I was. I am shortly going to go back out to let it try to find itself again. I have noticed the redraw on the plotter screen is much faster. but If i have lost serious accuracy in a swap for quicker refresh of the map I am goign to be seriously displeased.

 

Eeyore

 

It took a GPS to get me away from technology.

[JaegerWolf]

i still have a copy as well

[+Searching_ut]

Any time the almanac data isn't completely updated in your receiver, or anytime you've moved significantly from the last time the receiver had a lock (Clearing memory produces the same results) you'll have less than perfect accuracy for a short period of time. For a Magellan to initially lock on and report a position error of 1000 feet or more is fairly normal under these conditions, (A Garmin would probably have only been off by 950 feet or so ) and most likely part of why Magellan has added a feature to warn you if you try and save a waypoint too quickly.

 

Give it a good 20 to thirty minutes of uninterupted reception to get it's wits about it, and I'm sure you'll be back to normal. I only upgraded one of my two sportrak maps. After a short period of time they both seem to be behaving the same to me.

 

for what it's worth

 

Jeff

[+Cachetrotters]

Just finished checking both Mg and STPro against previously recorded positions as plotted by SA Watch earlier this month. Both are within 2.5 meters and both units showed less than 1 meter of drift after thermal stabilization in my cloudy 44 degree weather.

 

Am thinking about posting the SA Watch .jpg's and a short narrative if there is an interest.

 

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[JaegerWolf]

seems to be working fine now. I reloaded everything and let it sit outside for 10 minutes untouched