Meridian Owners - Once again...

[+blindleader]

1. Does your Meridian display the correct time?

 

2. If not, how fast or slow is it?

 

3. Which Meridian model do you have?

 

4. What software version is it running?

 

It looks like the hijackers are done with the original thread, so I'm re-posting the topic.

 

O.K. I'll start.

 

1. No

2. slow by approx 159 seconds.

3. Meridian GPS (the green one)

4. 4.02

[+EScout]

My Meridian Green with 4.02, is running about 9 to 10 seconds fast compared to atomic clock, and Garmin GPSr.

[+Rattlehead]

My MeriGold running 4.02 seems to be within 1 second of the time displayed at www.time.gov

[+Stunod]

My Meriplat is within 1 sec of www.time.gov also. It is running 4.06.

 

"Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand."

[+embra]

Looks like my Plat on 4.06 is about 10 seconds fast compared to that link.

 

If you are substantially off, I seem to recall a discussion on the matter where some suggested reinitialization with a clear memory/all. It was believed to be important to enter a fairly accurate time at reinitialization (or at least some thought they had some problem due to being loose in time entry at that point and/or not doing enough clearing of memory entries in their firmware upgrade).

 

Max

Often wrong but seldom in doubt

[+roasteroo]

1. NO

2. slow 2 sec?

 

3. Meridian Marine?

 

4. software version factory 4.06

 

Initalized about 1 month ago, how does this affect gps accuracy? Doesnt it accquire the info from the sats?

 

KARMA: Its everywhere you are going to be.

[+MAG315]

My Meridian Yellow with firmware 3.12 is within 1 second compared to the NIST site.

[+alexm]

1. Yes.

2. 1-2 seconds from www.time.gov.

3. Gold/Platinum

4. Firmware 4.06.

 

 

alex

[Dale_Lynn]

My Meridian GPS with 4.02 firmware is dead on with the www.time.gov site.

 

dale

 

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[+Geo Boltz]

There's a clock in there, too?

 

GeoBoltz

[3fros]

1. No

2. 1 to 2 sec slow

3. Platinum

4. 4.02

 

Part of the difference might be that I believe the time is adjusted when it is sent over the internet to make up for the transmission time. The signal on a slow internet connection going through many servers might be different than someone elses fast connection going through a few servers. Your 159 seconds is way out there.

 

When watching the seconds click by, I did notice that my time seems to go a normal speed then it will slow down (like the processor is calculating something else), then it will skip a second to adjust to the correct time again.

[BalloonChasers]

1. Yes-No

2. Dead On- 40sec slow

3. MeriGold

4. 4.06

 

Mine was off by 40 sec. so I did an reinitialization and now it is right on. Don't know when it started varying.

[Duaut]

1 Yes

2 Dead on

3 MeriGreen

4 Firmware 403 w/MyMeridian 502b

[3fros]

Ok, was I sleeping when the message went out? Where are you all getting version 4.06? The magellan web site only shows 4.02.

[+embra]

Hijacking again...bear with us

 

Some retail versions of MapSend Topo are now 4.20; the CD also includes some firmware upgrades that for some unfathomable reason are not on the Magellan site.

 

However, someone posted 4.06 for the Gold/Plat and 4.03 for the Green/Yellow at the Yahoo Meridian group files section. You have to join to get access to the files section, I think.

 

Max

Often wrong but seldom in doubt

[+DustyJacket]

Meridian Green with 4.03 is about 2 seconds behind.

Meridian Color with 4.01 is less than 1 second behind.

 

DustyJacket

Not all those that wander are lost. But in my case...

[3fros]

Thanks embra!

[+DocW]

1. In generall Yes (two times this year, I had a 3-4minutes delay, which cause was unexplained, After "clear all" everything was allright again, this issue was discussed on Yahoo, see Embra's comment)

 

2. no visual delay to DCF77 (european continent atomic clock time base on LongWave)

3. Gold

4. was Firmware 4.02, Now 4.06, no mistakes seen

[John E Cache]

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It looks like the hijackers are done with the http://ubbx.Groundspeak.com/6/ubb.x?a=tpc&s=5726007311&f=7116058331&m=27660315, so I'm re-posting the topic.

 

O.K. I'll start.

 

1. No

2. slow by approx 159 seconds.

3. Meridian GPS (the green one)

4. 4.02

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I thought all GPS were 13 seconds off because of leap seconds so I posted a question about it. Why do you consider that hijacking?

 

If you would have stated you were off 159 seconds I never would have asked the question.

 

1. Yes

2. Within 1 second of WWV 10MHZ station.

3. Meridian GPS (the gold one)

4. 4.02

 

I forgot to have the GPS in auto daylight savings correction mode so I had to change it manually.

 

Are you locked on satellites when reading the time? If you are sitting in front of your computer you may be running off of some internal GPS clock instead of getting the clock data from the satellites.