Magellan GPS - Explorist XL

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Explorist XL

Dibs

2006-07-21, 12:33 pm

I recently purchased the XL along with Mapsend Topo Canada but have
been told that the software is not compatible with the XL unit. Does
anyone know if there is a patch or conversion program that would make
this work? Or, is there a compatible program with the same detail for
Canada?

Dibs

2006-07-21, 12:33 pm

Yep, program says it can't locate my XL..

S=2E Cargo wrote:
> Dibs wrote:
>
>
> I don't own an XL, but when I bought my Explorist 210 I looked at
> the features of all the units.
>
> On the Magellan site, they state the XL is compatible with Mapsend
> maps.. Below is a direct quote from the Magellan site:
>
> "The 3.5" color display is the largest of any rugged outdoor GPS.
> A remarkable 30 MB available memory, SD card expandability, plus
> high-speed USB data port and MapSend=AE map compatibility make your
> eXplorist XL the ultimate multi-use GPS."
>=20
>=20
> Have you tried to load Mapsend Topo Canada on your XL ??

Jack Erbes

2006-07-21, 12:33 pm

Dibs wrote:

> I recently purchased the XL along with Mapsend Topo Canada but have
> been told that the software is not compatible with the XL unit. Does
> anyone know if there is a patch or conversion program that would make
> this work? Or, is there a compatible program with the same detail for
> Canada?

Magellan recently published new web pages, it seem harder to find your
way around and they are treating some of the discontinued products,
especially software, as if they had never existed.

This is the page the version of MapSend Topo Canada they are selling now
(stupidly, it makes no mention of a version number):

http://www.magellangps.com/products...b=0&PRODID=1027

and the Compatibility tab says it is compatible with the

eXplorist 210
eXplorist 400
eXplorist 500
eXplorist 600

but does not mention the XL. When I was looking at moving from the
Meridian Color to the eXplorist XL, I elected to stay with my MeCo
because I was going to lose compatibility with the BlueNav product I
owned.

The Meridians and eXplorists use a different format for the map data
files (*.img files) and I think the MapSend Manager program manages that
process and does the appropriate conversion as part of the process of
uploading a file to a GPS.

MapSend Manager is a free download from this link:

http://www.magellangps.com/assets/s... /> for_Web.zip

and you can find some info on it here:

http://www.magellangps.com/products...asp?PRODID=1224

I think Magellan has painted themselves into a corner on a number of
issues like software compatibility for new and older models and the
like. You might try emailing their support to see why you can't use
your version of Canadian Topo with your top of the line XL when the
cheaper models can use it.

Magellan is getting so far behind Garmin on hardware and software
features and software support they that have pretty well taken
themselves out of consideration for me.

I recently bought a Garmin 76Cx and will probably not be buying any more
Magellan products after my Meridian Color has expired from usefulness.

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)

Ron Hunter

2006-07-21, 10:33 pm

S. Cargo

2006-07-21, 10:33 pm

Dibs wrote:

> Yep, program says it can't locate my XL..

OK.. I may be leading you in the wrong direction.. but can
you your computer actually communicate with your XL ?

Can when you connect it via the cable, with no software and
can you open folders containing the routes, POI's etc ?

Jack Erbes

2006-07-22, 10:33 am

Ron Hunter wrote:
> Dibs wrote:
>
>
> My explorist 400 came with a CD which has a conversion program on it.

Right, that would be the MapSend Manager and that is what the OP needs
to install to manage the interactions with his XL. MapSend Topo Canada
will generate *.img files which can be used buy some older hardware,
using MapSend Manager you can get as conversion and upload to either a
*.img file or a *.imi file and the latter format is the one needed by
the newer hardware products.

Why MapSend Topo Canada is compatible with the low end eXplorists and
not the XL is a question that only Magellan can answer. It looks like
the OP bought or was sold a software that is incompatible with his XL,
maybe it can be returned or maybe there is some resolution through
Magellan.

In the cruel world of business, opened software packages often cannot be
returned simply because the seller, buyer, or both parties did not do
their homework on compatibility.

Jack

--
Jack Erbes in Ellsworth, Maine, USA - jackerbes at adelphia dot net
(also receiving email at jacker at midmaine.com)

2007-11-01, 7:33 am

The Conversion manager is a separate program from the manager. It is located
in C:\progam files\magellan\XL or in my case explorer500
"Jack Erbes" <jackerbes@adelphia.net> wrote in message
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> Ron Hunter wrote:
>
> Right, that would be the MapSend Manager and that is what the OP needs to
> install to manage the interactions with his XL. MapSend Topo Canada will
> generate *.img files which can be used buy some older hardware, using
> MapSend Manager you can get as conversion and upload to either a *.img
> file or a *.imi file and the latter format is the one needed by the newer
> hardware products.
>
> Why MapSend Topo Canada is compatible with the low end eXplorists and not
> the XL is a question that only Magellan can answer. It looks like the OP
> bought or was sold a software that is incompatible with his XL, maybe it
> can be returned or maybe there is some resolution through Magellan.
>
> In the cruel world of business, opened software packages often cannot be
> returned simply because the seller, buyer, or both parties did not do
> their homework on compatibility.
>
> Jack
>
> --
> Jack Erbes in Ellsworth, Maine, USA - jackerbes at adelphia dot net
> (also receiving email at jacker at midmaine.com)

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