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Authorization code?
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| I just bought a Magellan 300 NA from Best Buy. It is late Friday night
(early Sat morning) and the software tells me I need an authoriztion code.
Magellan support is not available on weekends. The option in the software
to request an authorization code via the web does not work. Does anyone
know how to generate the proper code based on the unit's serial number? or
any other way around this until I can contact their support people on Monday
morning?
Thanks,
Mike.
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| Skramblr 2005-06-26, 4:55 pm |
| This works!
http://www.magellangps.com/en/support/unlock.asp
-Skramblr
"Mike" <Mike@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
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>I just bought a Magellan 300 NA from Best Buy. It is late Friday night
> (early Sat morning) and the software tells me I need an authoriztion code.
> Magellan support is not available on weekends. The option in the software
> to request an authorization code via the web does not work. Does anyone
> know how to generate the proper code based on the unit's serial number?
> or
> any other way around this until I can contact their support people on
> Monday
> morning?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike.
>
>
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"Skramblr" <skramblr@hotmail.comX> wrote in message
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> This works!
> http://www.magellangps.com/en/support/unlock.asp
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> -Skramblr
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> "Mike" <Mike@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
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No it doesn't - you have to have bought a SD card for that link. I just
want to upload some maps to the base unit. Now if you are telling me you
*have* to have a SD card, then I will return this thing.
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> "Skramblr" <skramblr@hotmail.comX> wrote in message
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No it doesn't - you have to have bought a SD card for that link. I just
want to upload some maps to the base unit. Now if you are telling me you
*have* to have a SD card, then I will return this thing.
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| Skramblr 2005-06-27, 6:55 am |
| Doh! My mistake. I'm not familiar with any kind of authorization codes,
except for the ones an that website. The Magellan 300 support section also
has no information about any kind of authorization codes. Never heard of
such a think for an M300.
-Skramblr
"Mike" <Mike@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
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> No it doesn't - you have to have bought a SD card for that link. I just
> want to upload some maps to the base unit. Now if you are telling me you
> *have* to have a SD card, then I will return this thing.
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| What is with the authorization codes anyway? I would think I should be able
to plug in the SD card and it should work, like I use a card in a digital
camera. I don't have to get any unlock code from the camera manufacture?
Carl...
"Mike" <Mike@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
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>I just bought a Magellan 300 NA from Best Buy. It is late Friday night
> (early Sat morning) and the software tells me I need an authoriztion code.
> Magellan support is not available on weekends. The option in the software
> to request an authorization code via the web does not work. Does anyone
> know how to generate the proper code based on the unit's serial number?
> or
> any other way around this until I can contact their support people on
> Monday
> morning?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike.
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| janice 2005-07-24, 2:01 pm |
| No, you don't need an authorization number. I forget but you may need to
register it first then use the software that came with the unit to install
the maps to the hard drive of the unit. It only holds 80MB I think so if
you want more storage then you need to get some SD cards and authorize them.
Most likely in the software yiou are going into the wrong area to install
maps to the unit itself. Click on Unit Setup not Memory Card. The Memory
Card button is only for getting an authorization number and for putting maps
on the card itself.
"Mike" <Mike@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
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> No it doesn't - you have to have bought a SD card for that link. I just
> want to upload some maps to the base unit. Now if you are telling me you
> *have* to have a SD card, then I will return this thing.
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| Mike B 2006-08-09, 4:33 am |
| They want to make sure that we can only use the SD card on the
Roadmate it's registered to. Otherwise some people would load maps
onto SD cards and make a living selling them on Ebay.
But I think Thales has a serious customer service problem by not
selling updated software for these Roadmates. They must expect us to
throw them away every couple years when the map software becomes
outdated, and buy new Roadmates. I'm probably going to go with a
different brand when my Roadmate 300 dies.
Mike
On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 18:34:32 -0500, "Carl" <jackcar@bellsouth.net>
wrote:
>What is with the authorization codes anyway? I would think I should be able
>to plug in the SD card and it should work, like I use a card in a digital
>camera. I don't have to get any unlock code from the camera manufacture?
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>Carl...
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>"Mike" <Mike@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
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| Ron Hunter 2006-08-09, 4:33 am |
| Mike B wrote:
> They want to make sure that we can only use the SD card on the
> Roadmate it's registered to. Otherwise some people would load maps
> onto SD cards and make a living selling them on Ebay.
>
> But I think Thales has a serious customer service problem by not
> selling updated software for these Roadmates. They must expect us to
> throw them away every couple years when the map software becomes
> outdated, and buy new Roadmates. I'm probably going to go with a
> different brand when my Roadmate 300 dies.
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> Mike
I rather suspect that other brands do the same thing. Until there are
enough companies in the market, this will be a problem. I can't
understand why, given the high cost of mapping software, they don't
provide a reasonable subscription rate for database updates. Maybe someday.
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| Jack Erbes 2006-08-09, 7:33 am |
| Mike wrote:
> I just bought a Magellan 300 NA from Best Buy. It is late Friday night
> (early Sat morning) and the software tells me I need an authoriztion code.
> Magellan support is not available on weekends. The option in the software
> to request an authorization code via the web does not work. Does anyone
> know how to generate the proper code based on the unit's serial number? or
> any other way around this until I can contact their support people on Monday
> morning?
Magellan wants to prevent you from producing unlimited copies of SD
cards with mapping data that could be used by anyone on any other RM 300
receiver. That is an obsolete product now, some of the details on it
are in the FAQ here:
http://www.magellangps.com/support/...=69&prodid=1038
They use the unique serial numbers in the GPS receiver and the SD card
to prevent unauthorized usage. The SD card serial numbers are all
different and they also identify the maker of the SD card.
The following brands of blank SD cards (up to 1GB) are pre-qualified:
Kingston, Lexar, Sandisk, Toshiba – up to 1GB in size. Note
"qualified", that means they are the only ones that can be authorized.
If you have a 2GB card of one of those brands, it is worth trying to get
it authorized. Sometimes Magellan says it has be be a 1GB card simply
because that is the largest size they sell but larger sizes will also
work. If a 2GB card works, post that info here so that other can share
the knowledge. Faster SD cards (Ultra II for example) might be
troublesome, there have been some problems with the Ultra II microSD
cards in Garmin GPS receivers.
When you put the SD card in the receiver, connect it to your computer,
and go online to get the authorization, the authorization process looks
that all the serial numbers and generates a unique authorization code.
I don't know exactly where the authorization code is stored or how it
works, but when you try to upload maps to the SD card if all the serial
numbers (GPS and SD card) are not right it won't allow it. And if you
put the SD card in another receiver it won't work because the GPS serial
number is wrong.
Did that come with a CD or DVD with additional detail mapping? Like
DirectRoute V3.0? If not, you'll have to buy that software to have full
street level detail for the U.S.
The 80 mb memory in that is not enough to store street level details for
a very large area. That probably comes with a base map with all the
national and major state roads and maybe some additional details for
some major cities. For it to do anything meaningful, you have to use a
SD card to expand the memory. It takes something like 1.4GB to store
maps for the entire U.S.
Jack
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Jack Erbes in Ellsworth, Maine, USA - jackerbes at adelphia dot net
(also receiving email at jacker at midmaine.com)
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| Ron Hunter 2006-08-09, 10:33 pm |
| Jack Erbes wrote:
> Mike wrote:
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> Magellan wants to prevent you from producing unlimited copies of SD
> cards with mapping data that could be used by anyone on any other RM 300
> receiver. That is an obsolete product now, some of the details on it
> are in the FAQ here:
>
> http://www.magellangps.com/support/...=69&prodid=1038
>
> They use the unique serial numbers in the GPS receiver and the SD card
> to prevent unauthorized usage. The SD card serial numbers are all
> different and they also identify the maker of the SD card.
>
> The following brands of blank SD cards (up to 1GB) are pre-qualified:
> Kingston, Lexar, Sandisk, Toshiba – up to 1GB in size. Note
> "qualified", that means they are the only ones that can be authorized.
>
> If you have a 2GB card of one of those brands, it is worth trying to get
> it authorized. Sometimes Magellan says it has be be a 1GB card simply
> because that is the largest size they sell but larger sizes will also
> work. If a 2GB card works, post that info here so that other can share
> the knowledge. Faster SD cards (Ultra II for example) might be
> troublesome, there have been some problems with the Ultra II microSD
> cards in Garmin GPS receivers.
>
> When you put the SD card in the receiver, connect it to your computer,
> and go online to get the authorization, the authorization process looks
> that all the serial numbers and generates a unique authorization code. I
> don't know exactly where the authorization code is stored or how it
> works, but when you try to upload maps to the SD card if all the serial
> numbers (GPS and SD card) are not right it won't allow it. And if you
> put the SD card in another receiver it won't work because the GPS serial
> number is wrong.
>
> Did that come with a CD or DVD with additional detail mapping? Like
> DirectRoute V3.0? If not, you'll have to buy that software to have full
> street level detail for the U.S.
>
> The 80 mb memory in that is not enough to store street level details for
> a very large area. That probably comes with a base map with all the
> national and major state roads and maybe some additional details for
> some major cities. For it to do anything meaningful, you have to use a
> SD card to expand the memory. It takes something like 1.4GB to store
> maps for the entire U.S.
>
> Jack
>
My Magellan software requests the GPS serial number when I write a file
to the SD card. I am pretty sure that any other GPS wouldn't be able to
use that data. I am not sure if it would take another serial number,
but I doubt it, although it does seem to allow it to be edited....
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| Jack Erbes 2006-08-10, 7:33 am |
| Ron Hunter wrote:
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> My Magellan software requests the GPS serial number when I write a file
> to the SD card. I am pretty sure that any other GPS wouldn't be able to
> use that data. I am not sure if it would take another serial number,
> but I doubt it, although it does seem to allow it to be edited....
Some of the older versions of MapSend DirectRoute and Topo 3D allowed
the manual entry of the serial number and that allowed those to be used
with multiple GPS receivers.
The most recent version of DirectRoute NA (V3.0 on a DVD) does not allow
that, it has to be unlocked or activated via the internet with a GPS
connected and and that GPS becomes the only one that it will create maps
for.
Jack
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Jack Erbes in Ellsworth, Maine, USA - jackerbes at adelphia dot net
(also receiving email at jacker at midmaine.com)
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| Teranews 2006-08-10, 10:33 am |
| Sounds like something microsux would do..
> The most recent version of DirectRoute NA (V3.0 on a DVD) does not allow
> that, it has to be unlocked or activated via the internet with a GPS
> connected and and that GPS becomes the only one that it will create maps
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| Ron Hunter 2006-08-10, 10:33 am |
| Jack Erbes wrote:
> Ron Hunter wrote:
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> <snip>
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> Some of the older versions of MapSend DirectRoute and Topo 3D allowed
> the manual entry of the serial number and that allowed those to be used
> with multiple GPS receivers.
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> The most recent version of DirectRoute NA (V3.0 on a DVD) does not allow
> that, it has to be unlocked or activated via the internet with a GPS
> connected and and that GPS becomes the only one that it will create maps
> for.
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> Jack
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Well, I ordered the 3.0 version, but they supplied the 2.0 version. I
was a bit miffed, and asked for, and got, a discount. Maybe I am better
off with the 2.0 version, not that I anticipate buying a different GPS,
but should it croak, and I get a replacement, that would be a problem, I
guess.
Now if the thing just wouldn't get so confused if I miss a turn when
following a route.... And would warn me when that happens!
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| Jack Erbes 2006-08-10, 12:33 pm |
| Teranews wrote:
> Sounds like something microsux would do..
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In some ways I guess it does.
Magellan has always had policy that "this software is intended for use
on a single GPS receiver" but the loophole existed for you to use it
with two or more.
At that time their CD-ROMs had foolproof copy protection (TAGES) so that
kept people from grossly abusing it by distributing unlimited copies.
But Magellan complicates things with a general failure to try to compete
with Garmin on unlocks. Garmin has long had a policy that mapping
software came with the right to be unlocked for use with two GPS
receivers. That seems eminently logical in view of the fact that many
people own two or more GPS receivers (one in the car, one in the boat, a
handheld, etc.).
Magellan seems to think that it makes more for you to buy one copy for
each GPS and then keep track of which installation is for which piece of
hardware.
Jack
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Jack Erbes in Ellsworth, Maine, USA (jackerbes at adelphia dot net)
(also receiving email at jacker at midmaine dot com)
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