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Meridian Firmware 4.06


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A beta version of the Meridian firmware update 4.06 is available from the Yahoo group.


 

Just a quick public service announcement-

 

Keep in mind that this "beta" is not officially released by Magellan yet. You should apply and use it only at your own risk.

 

Actually, there's absolutely nothing that shows that this release actually came from Magellan and that it isn't some person's project of hunting up and chaning the version number and placing the rest of the .HEX into a blender to mix up the bytes.

 

Just be careful out there!

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Originally posted by Frolickin:

A beta version of the Meridian firmware update 4.06 is available from the Yahoo group.

 

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Magellan_Meridian/

 

There's little word on exactly the improvements over 4.02, but it signals that Magellan understands 4.02 was not perfect.

 

Fro.

 

I installed it today with no problems. Picks up sats faster and the chickens feet track is gone. Remember to do a Clear All after you load the new version, and initialize the unit a second time.

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Originally posted by alexm:

Actually, there's absolutely nothing that shows that this release actually came from Magellan and that it isn't some person's project of hunting up and chaning the version number and placing the rest of the .HEX into a blender to mix up the bytes.

 

Just be careful out there!


 

Alexm is correct about being careful. I just received my MeriPlat from Magellan service. The enclosed note said:

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Repaired your unit by sodering the battery holder springs into place inside the unit and uploaded the latest software. Please enjoy the free accessories.

I found my unit had batteries, 4.06 of the firmware, an additional RS-232 cable, a cigarette power cable, and a case. Nice going! icon_smile.gif

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It seems firmware version 4.06 hijacked my computer and sent pornographic spam e-mail to everyone on my contacts list!!

 

Just kidding... icon_wink.gif

 

Still working great for me. Please report any problems/bugs that you find.

 

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

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Originally posted by BotKeeper:

Repaired your unit by sodering the battery holder springs into place inside the unit and uploaded the latest software. Please enjoy the free accessories.

 

I found my unit had batteries, 4.06 of the firmware, an additional RS-232 cable, a cigarette power cable, and a case. Nice going! icon_smile.gif


 

Botkeeper,

 

Was that the end-all solution to the spontaneous power-down problem? (I still haven't seen mine do it again)

 

Thanks,

 

alex

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I didn't really notice much wrong with my Meridian gold when I first got it, but noticed there was an update (4.02) available so I loaded it. After that it seemed like my gold took longer to acquire position fixes; had trouble holding satelites and seem to loose the signal more. I now get strange satellite displays. It will show 3, 4, sometimes 5 or more full hollow bars, indicating it is acquiring data from those satellites, and the signal is strong enought that I have full bars. Then all of a sudden, the satellites all disappear, but the bars, which have turned solid black now, are still there at full strength. Where are the satellites? Seems to me there is some timing and sync issues with this 4.02 code. Anyone else have or notice the same indications? I actually took the first gold back because I thought it was faulty, but after loading the code in the second one, and it doing the same thing, I guess there is nothing wrong with the gpsr, it's probably a software code problem.

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Seems like my MeriPlat is working great, as far as the satellite screen is indicating. I do have Vers. 4.02 on it now. These problems that you are talking about are also on the Meridian discussion board on Yahoo Groups. Ive got to do some caching with the MeriPlat, to see if I can find any of these problems.

 

GPS units are not perfect, even My GPS V is giving me problems because of loose battery problems.

 

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Originally posted by alexm:

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Originally posted by BotKeeper:

Repaired your unit by sodering the battery holder springs into place inside the unit and uploaded the latest software. Please enjoy the free accessories.


Was that the end-all solution to the spontaneous power-down problem? (I still haven't seen mine do it again)


Nope. I took the unit for a walk and experienced two shutdowns witin the first 1000 ft. I tried more combinations and I have what appears to be a thermal (cold) problem: the unit shuts down when taken from a warm pocket into cold air (though I was still within the operating temperature range). The unit did not shutdown when taking the unit from my pocket into the warm automobile air. I suspect there is a cold sodler joint or a hairline farcture on a PC board.

 

I was very disappointed, so I called the RMA telephone and was forced to leave a number. I then called the Tulsa repair facility and also left a messages. While I would rather have talked to a real person, Magellen has been good to return calls in a timely fashion. People from the RMA department called and left a message suggesting I return the unit to where I purchased it. Couldn't do that. I was about ready to call back and complain again when a fellow from the repair facililty called who was very helpful and is shipping me a new unit with a UPS shipper to return the old unit (I already paid $11 to return the unit once). I'll be glad to get out from under this bad unit that is just over a month old and hopefully get a working new unit. I do like my MeriPlat

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This is my 3rd magellan unit. First was a 2000, second a map 410 and now my Meriplat. I had very good luck with all of them. The Meriplat has the 4.02 version. No problems. If anyone is interested, magellan is offering a trade in deal. They will accept any old unit(working or not) and will give you a great deal on it. They gave me 150.00 off the cost of my meriplat when I traded in the old 2000 dinosaur. Contact magellan at 909 394 5000 and then connect with the service repair dept when prompted by the voice mail menu. They are offering great deals on their other units as well. Captclev, a member of the GANDERGANG from Lansing Michigan. Happy caching.

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