+Wyoming Travelers Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 I upgraded the firmware in my sportrak pro the other day. Now when I press the nav button in quick succession the unit will freeze and take me back to the power up screen. Does anyone have any experience with this problem? Quote Link to comment
robertlipe Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 No, that's clearly not a problem as Magellan support has reported to dozens of us touch typists that nobody else has reported this as a problem. Quote Link to comment
CC58 Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 Same here. Install 4.03 and all will be well again. Quote Link to comment
robertlipe Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 Same here. Install 4.03 and all will be well again. Unless you happen to be a touch-typing, Direct Route using dude. If you're in that subset, the option are A) live with the crashes (that Magellan denies) B ) modify your habits to not trigger the problem (don't flip screens so quickly, delete waypoints only every 3-5 caches, don't enter a goto that isn't displayed on screen, etc.) or C) revert to an earlier firmware version, giving up the Direct Routing you just paid $100 or more for. None of those are wildly appearling to me and I'm getting really annoyed by it all. Quote Link to comment
+Wyoming Travelers Posted February 18, 2004 Author Share Posted February 18, 2004 I think I get it, oh well back to 4.0.3, Thanks Quote Link to comment
robertlipe Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 Be sure and go through the ritual of submitting a problem report to Magellan on this. It might sound pointless, but hopefully we can get them to tire of denying this is a problem and maybe actually fixing it. (But if you're not using DR, my advice is to go back to 4.x anyway... Quote Link to comment
+Cornix Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 But if you're not using DR, my advice is to go back to 4.x anyway... What about the SporTrak Pro Marine Firmware (V 4.50)? Any experiences? Cornix Quote Link to comment
flir67 Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 I had several problems too like with vers 5.0 with 4.5 it let showed my distant to target with that black line in the new version it barely works . the tracking dots are only visible about half the time the other half they just dissappear then reappear 10 seconds later. this sucks while driving at 55mph looking to see if you get off on this road or the next. also my unit will restart also if I push the buttons to fast , it will either restart or say "loading' then display the info.. kinda strange you know. Quote Link to comment
flir67 Posted February 23, 2004 Share Posted February 23, 2004 have similiar problem but only when pushing buttons at start up for quick pinpoint. then the unit restarts flir67------------- Quote Link to comment
+Cornix Posted February 23, 2004 Share Posted February 23, 2004 I've uploaded the marine version 4.50 over the weekend and tested it for about 6 hours. Works fine now, no shutdowns. Cornix Quote Link to comment
+Casey's Crew Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 Has anyone found a list of new features in version 5.0 (besides the bugs discussed so far )? The Readme file points to a URL on the Magellan web site, but I see nothing helpful there. Thanks. Ken Quote Link to comment
robertlipe Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 Except for DirectRoute (which really is awesome, despire my nitpicking), the Sandisk fix, the bugs are pretty much it from my seat. See a list compiled by users in the firmware section of: http://www.mtgc.org/robertlipe/myfaq/Magellan_FAQ.shtml Quote Link to comment
+DashHammer Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 I back leveled my ST Pro to 4.06 from 5.00. I got tired of the reboots, backlight coming on when a alarm went off, and since I'm not a DirectRoute user, the extra key presses. alan Quote Link to comment
+M-Class Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 I was just commenting at the MTGC club meeting last Sunday that I haven't had any shutdowns with 5.0 in several months. Well, the very next day, I handed the GPSr to Luvzbooks to enter a waypoint while I was driving and it crashed on her! This is clearly a problem, though Magellan has denied it on multiple occasions. FWIW, I've been avoiding the crashes by never selecting a waypoint from the map screen (I only select waypoints at the compass screen) and always waiting for the map to fully load before hitting NAV to switch to the compass screen. FWIW- It seems to be hit and miss, but I am one of several SporTrak owners who report that 5.x paints the maps faster than 4.x (regardless of detail level settings). For me, the difference is _very_ noticable. Not all SporTrak owners notice this difference. Now if Magellan will respond to my email for an RMA on the case cracking issue (that they also deny).... but that is another thread... Quote Link to comment
+DashHammer Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 If the map screen was loading, I could get it to crash just by switching to another screen. I've had it happen to me too many times just when I was about to get to the cache area. I did notice that the map screen did load faster though. alan Quote Link to comment
+SGM & MRS D Posted March 22, 2004 Share Posted March 22, 2004 I download 5.0 about a month ago with no problems until yesterday. It powered down several times and then lost ALL the user waypoints we had stored. I cleared all memory (figured I might as well, since the waypoints were gone anyway) and initialized again. It shut down again today. I will report it to Magellan, and if it continues reload v4.x. Quote Link to comment
+mattopia Posted March 22, 2004 Share Posted March 22, 2004 YES! I was wondering if I was going crazy. This has happened to me quite a few times on my SporTrak MAP. Most people suggest going back to 4.06, but I haven't gotten around to it. It is worth noting that I did a complete "clear memory, which reset everything back to factory defaults. I haven't had the problem since then, but that could just be a coincidence. Quote Link to comment
+SGM & MRS D Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 I submitted a RMA explaining the situation and asked for a link to get v4.06 again until they worked the bugs out of 5.0. This is what they said Dear Magellan Customer we do not have this version available what you will need to do it re-install the firmware update but first clear the memory before and after it updates the receiver. Thank you for choosing Magellan Have a great day FB Technical Support Engineer Thales Navigation 960 Overland Court San Dimas, California 91773 USA 800-707-9971 909-394-5000 www.thalesnavigation.com www.magellangps.com I will reload it using these instructions. I will let ya'll (and Thales) know what happens. Quote Link to comment
coolclay Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 Well that's Magellan for ya. Crappy firmware, customer service denial, and bugs all around. Better off trashen the Magellan and getting a real GPS (Garmin ) Quote Link to comment
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