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PostPosted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 10:39 pm    Post subject: Garmin Update Reply with quote

For some of us that use a Garmin system - Garmin has released a software update. I've got the update but haven't tried it yet to see what has changed.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 10:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Keep us posted. We haven't updated our two year old unit
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 12:26 pm    Post subject: Garmin Update Reply with quote

Changes made from version 5.50 to 5.60:
◦Added support for BlueChart g2 and g2 Vision version 11.5.
◦Changed safety shading control to be a user data entry field.
◦Added support for Portuguese fishing areas.
◦Added support for dolphin buoys
◦Added support for using built-in map update SD cards.
◦Added support for synchronizing Auto Scroll speed with networked chartplotters and GSD22.
◦Fixed issues causing slow and incomplete tide calculations.
◦Modified to silence AIS Lost Target banner if the AIS Collision Alarm is turned off.
◦Display Date/Time when scanning Track Points.
◦Improved lost AIS target time calculation.
◦Fixed bug where waypoint names were drawing incorrectly on map.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 2:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks Dave,
Looks like most of the update is pretty meaningless for me. I've seen some screen shots over on the HT forum that indicate a much better rendition of data from the depth sounder also.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 2:34 pm    Post subject: Changes made from version 5.50 to 5.60: Reply with quote

Toyman,
I have a 4208 I download the changes /updates on to an 2 gig SD card and then plug the SD card into the unit to update it. Since they are free I try to keep the unit updated. I wonder if they are ever going to rerelease the G2 vision chips/ maps which has something to do with this current update. I'm sure they don't want air to much dirty laundry so they don't look bad to the competition. I hear the bugs can be bad up there at the Lake of the Woods better take some Malaria pills before you vacation up there. What looks like a flock of birds might actually be mosquitos.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lots of updates releases for many boating models. Might be worth a look at the list if you have a non-handheld Garmin.

http://www.gpsinformation.org/allory/new.htm

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 10:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

DD You are correct about the BUGs ! I used to take the Malaria tabs like birth control tabs cause I never knew from day to day where I'd be tomorrow. Course then the birth control changed to the Little blue tab and it is down hill from there !! Crying or Very sad Instead of putting a camper back on Fan-C-Dory I'm contemplating putting a net - over the whole thing, hanging into the water all around. That way I could still fish, swim or whatever.

To keep on track - I have the update, I wonder if it will properly update the sounder module with the boat on the trailer ?
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 10:58 am    Post subject: Garmin Update Reply with quote

Toyman,
I think it updates what ever is connected to the main brain is what I read on the Garmin site. A friend who went to The Lake of the Woods in the summer said the bugs were ok during the day but at dusk he saw some so big they had out of state plates and the mosquitos knocked over the Mojitos with the air from their wings .
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 1:53 pm    Post subject: Re: Changes made from version 5.50 to 5.60: Reply with quote

dave deem wrote:
I wonder if they are ever going to rerelease the G2 vision chips/ maps which has something to do with this current update.
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I bought a 2009 G2 Vision card from Boaters World not knowing they had been recalled from Garmin. It was for South Alaska and cost over $300. Garmin had me send it to them and replaced it temporarily with a 2008 version. Said they would replace that in about 45 days with the new latest 2010 G2 Vision Card. Hoping it does arrive before our PWS trip this summer. If anyone else doesn't know about this. Here's the link.

http://www8.garmin.com/bluechartrecall/

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 12:32 pm    Post subject: Garmin Update Reply with quote

Jay,
I bumped into this and I thought you would be interested see below

Today Garmin announced that updated 2010 g2 and g2 Vision BlueCharts are now available, apparently with some interesting changes. If you recall, the company got pretty excited about the 2009 edition, but then suffered some grief when a processing error caused a global recall. I'm not sure the 2009 charts ever got out, but I'm darn sure that all new editions go through some serious quality control. I can't really tell from the screen shot above what the "redesign" talked about in the press release is like, because it largely involves "transitions between zoom levels" and other possibly valuable improvements that you need to see in use. But I did immediately recognize that busy harbor as Little Creek, VA, because I once departed to Bermuda from there, and there are a few new features that print can describe better...

For instance, while the new g2 and g2 Vision charts are available on pre-programmed cards right now, starting in April customers will be able to download regions of either flavor to their own SD cards. There's also a new feature in both chart levels that allows a user to add contour shading to all depths below a selected figure. Which sounds like what both Furuno and Raymarine have been offering for a while, and which is a valuable aid to situational awareness. Both chart levels are also going to include animated current arrows.
But I was rather struck with this screen shot of the new g2 Vision's 3D Fishing mode, because I've never seen it looking so good on my test 5212. But actually I haven't used that mode much recently and when I fired up the machine in the lab this afternoon, it turned out that one or another of the recent software updates has made it a lot better. That's Garmin style.
You can read more about this article on Panbo http://www.panbo.com Very Happy

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 8:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks Dave, Will be contacting Garmin to see when they will be shipping the new G2 Vision SD card to me.

Anyone considering direct download to their own SD card realize the download is good for one device only where as a Garmin preloaded SD card can be switched between compatible devices.

Had orginally been told by a Garmin tech my Topo Mapscape CD's of Canada and the US which I now download to the Garmin 276C in different sets depending on planned routes and area destinations could also be used on the Colorado 400C by downloading to my own SD Card. Right now can't get the computer to recognize the gps unit. Says unit its producing an error. Have to wait until I can call them during the day to solve that problem, find out when they are sending new G2 Vision card and status of Garmin 276C unit that wouldn't take update that they had me send to them to see if they could solve the problem. Have had problems with the Garmin units, but find their techs overall very good to deal with in problem solving. At least they speak understandable English and With the 276C unit even though its four years old said it would be fixed or replaced at no cost to me.

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PostPosted: Mon May 10, 2010 9:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

updates posted in the last three days:

Garmin has posted GPSMAP 6x0 (WebUpdater) software version 3.40.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 420/420S software version 5.50.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 430/430S software version 5.50.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 440/440S software version 5.50.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 450/450S software version 5.50.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 520/520S software version 5.50.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 550/550S software version 5.50.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 525/525S software version 5.50.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 555/555S software version 5.50.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 530/530S software version 5.50.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 540/540S software version 5.50.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 535/535S software version 5.50.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 545/545S software version 5.50.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 430X/430SX software version 5.50.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 440X/440SX software version 5.50.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 421/421S software version 3.10.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 431/431S software version 3.10.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 441/441S software version 3.10.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 521/521S software version 3.10.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 531/531S software version 3.10.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 541/541S software version 3.10.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 451/451S software version 3.10.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 551/551S software version 3.10.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 526/526S software version 3.10.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 536/536S software version 3.10.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 546/546S software version 3.10.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 556/556S software version 3.10.
07 May
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 720/720s software version 2.40.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 740/740s software version 2.40.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 750/750s software version 2.40.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 4008 software version 5.80.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 4010 software version 5.80.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 4012 software version 5.80.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 4208 software version 5.80.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 4210 software version 5.80.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 4212 software version 5.80.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 5008 software version 5.80.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 5012 software version 5.80.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 5015 software version 5.80.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 5208 software version 5.80.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 5212 software version 5.80.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 5215 software version 5.80.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 6008 software version 2.30.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 6012 software version 2.30.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 6208 software version 2.30.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 6212 software version 2.30.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 7012 software version 2.30.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 7015 software version 2.30.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 7212 software version 2.30.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 7215 software version 2.30.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 9:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

More updates available from Garmin for the units listed below:

Garmin has posted GPSMAP 421/421S software version 3.20.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 431/431S software version 3.20.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 441/441S software version 3.20.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 521/521S software version 3.20.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 531/531S software version 3.20.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 541/541S software version 3.20.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 451/451S software version 3.20.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 551/551S software version 3.20.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 526/526S software version 3.20.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 536/536S software version 3.20.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 546/546S software version 3.20.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 556/556S software version 3.20.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 4008 software version 5.90.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 4010 software version 5.90.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 4012 software version 5.90.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 4208 software version 5.90.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 4210 software version 5.90.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 4212 software version 5.90.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 5008 software version 5.90.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 5012 software version 5.90.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 5015 software version 5.90.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 5208 software version 5.90.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 5212 software version 5.90.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 5215 software version 5.90.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 6008 software version 2.40.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 6012 software version 2.40.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 6208 software version 2.40.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 6212 software version 2.40.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 7012 software version 2.40.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 7015 software version 2.40.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 7212 software version 2.40.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 7215 software version 2.40.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 2:45 pm    Post subject: Garmin Update Reply with quote

Greg,
Thanks for posting this.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 12:56 pm    Post subject: More updates for marine units Reply with quote

Garmin has posted GPSMAP 421/421S software version 3.30.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 431/431S software version 3.30.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 441/441S software version 3.30.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 521/521S software version 3.30.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 531/531S software version 3.30.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 541/541S software version 3.30.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 451/451S software version 3.30.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 551/551S software version 3.30.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 526/526S software version 3.30.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 536/536S software version 3.30.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 546/546S software version 3.30.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 556/556S software version 3.30.
Garmin has posted Chartplotters Update with SD card software version 2010.0709.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 720/720s software version 2.50.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 740/740s software version 2.50.
Garmin has posted GPSMAP 750/750s software version 2.50.
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