Magellan GPS - Time discrepancy

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Time discrepancy

Ron Hunter

2006-09-11, 10:33 pm

Well, I have found something really weird on my eXplorist 400.
Everything works as to positioning, and display, but the clock is off by
about 3 minutes. It refuses to be set to the WWV time, but insists on
being 3 minutes slow. It seems that this would cause positioning
errors, but it doesn't. Anyone else notice their clock being off?

This is a trivial matter, but it bugging me badly.

Eddy [UK]

2006-09-12, 7:33 am

Hi Ron,

Go to
http://www.mtgc.org/robertlipe/myfaq/Magellan_FAQ.shtml

where you will learn that this is a long standing Magellan "bug" - my
SporTrak does this too. After noticing that it didn't occur within a
couple of months of a hard memory clear, I now perform a hard memory
clear on the first of every month and it's not been a problem since.
All consumer grade GPSrs have bugs - you can either live with what
you've got or switch to another Make / Model and learn the quirks of
that one.

This one
http://store.elecdata.com/trimble/ ... tandalone.aspx
may not have any bugs, but at $5,295.00 I should hope not!

All the best, Eddy [UK]

Ron Hunter

2006-09-12, 10:33 am

Eddy [UK] wrote:
> Hi Ron,
>
> Go to
> http://www.mtgc.org/robertlipe/myfaq/Magellan_FAQ.shtml
>
> where you will learn that this is a long standing Magellan "bug" - my
> SporTrak does this too. After noticing that it didn't occur within a
> couple of months of a hard memory clear, I now perform a hard memory
> clear on the first of every month and it's not been a problem since.
> All consumer grade GPSrs have bugs - you can either live with what
> you've got or switch to another Make / Model and learn the quirks of
> that one.
>
> This one
> http://store.elecdata.com/trimble/ ... tandalone.aspx
> may not have any bugs, but at $5,295.00 I should hope not!
>
> All the best, Eddy [UK]
>

Thanks for the information. The problem seems trivial, but one wonders
how something got out the door with such a stupid, and obvious, bug. Oh
well, life is too short to worry about things that don't interfere with
function.
I have a wristwatch...

WC Calm

2006-09-12, 10:33 am

On 12 Sep 2006 05:13:07 -0700, "Eddy [UK]"
< one_computers@compus
erve.com> wrote:

>Hi Ron,
>
>Go to
>http://www.mtgc.org/robertlipe/myfaq/Magellan_FAQ.shtml
>
>where you will learn that this is a long standing Magellan "bug" - my
>SporTrak does this too. After noticing that it didn't occur within a
>couple of months of a hard memory clear, I now perform a hard memory
>clear on the first of every month and it's not been a problem since.
>All consumer grade GPSrs have bugs - you can either live with what
>you've got or switch to another Make / Model and learn the quirks of
>that one.
>
>This one
>http://store.elecdata.com/trimble/ ... tandalone.aspx
>may not have any bugs, but at $5,295.00 I should hope not!
>
>All the best, Eddy [UK]

Eddy,

But does it pronounce the name of the upcoming street?? ; - )
--

Wayne

"In the future Mr.Calm, you must up your shipments of sand to the sea!"

Eddy [UK]

2006-09-12, 3:33 pm

> But does it pronounce the name of the upcoming street?? ; - )

Of course it does. And it does so in the local accent of exactly
where it is. The "mood" sensor in the grip controls how much
expression to use when talking to you - you wouldn't want it to shout
if you're feeling tired that day, would you?

If it detects alchohol on your breath it talks real slow and repeats
itself e.g. "Turn left. <pause> I said t u r n - l e f t. <pause>
You remember which way is left?" etc.

:) Eddy [UK]

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