GPS Tracklog: About GPS firmware updates

May 22, 2006

About GPS firmware updates

Firmware is software that is embedded in hardware. You can update your firmware in most GPS receivers. Firmware updates are frequently issued by the manufacturer to fix bugs and add new capabilities to your unit. For example, here is the change history for the Garmin 60CSx.

I recommend that you always install the most recent non-beta firmware upgrade. Garmin has made the whole process a little easier recently with their WebUpdater feature.

Here are lists of current firmware versions for Garmin and Magellan GPS receivers.

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May 22, 2006 6:00:00 AM | Hardware, Software

6 Comments

Hey sorry if I've asked you this already, it's been a long night of web searching....

Do you know of any firmware that would let me use more than 6 characters to record a waypoint name on my Garmin Etrex?

Thx

alex

Posted by: alex | June 14, 2007 at 05:15 AM

Sorry, I don't know of any hacks that would allow this. You might want to ask at http://forums.groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showforum=11

Posted by: Rich Owings | June 14, 2007 at 05:41 AM

I have two Magellan Roadmate 700's. The first one I purchased about 2 years ago and it came preloaded with V5.14 on it. The sound coming out of the speakers was becoming unaudible, so I purchased a second one (same model 700) with V.3 on it. Do you know if I can copy the hard drive of my old one onto my pc and then copy it to the new one so I have V 5.12 on it?
Thanks
Patricia

Posted by: Patricia Pettit | July 31, 2007 at 08:37 AM

Hmm, haven't heard that question before. And I don't have a RoadMate here to test. If I'm not mistaken, there is no way to get data in and out other than the compact flash card. So I doubt it. But I'm not sure what is stored on the CF card. You can certainly move that. You might want to ask at one of these forums:

http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=77

http://gpsinformation.biz/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=5

Posted by: Rich Owings | July 31, 2007 at 12:50 PM

hey vie recently purchested a magelan explorist 100 gps recever very cheaply and i was hoping i could put a base map on it or use it in conjunction with a topograghic map any idias?

Posted by: pyroA | November 20, 2007 at 05:36 PM

I don't know about maps, but making a cable connection is a start...

http://gpstracklog.typepad.com/gps_tracklog/2006/02/hacking_explois.html

Posted by: Rich Owings | November 20, 2007 at 05:40 PM

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