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Does anyone know how to restore the Barometer , temperature and compass calibrations are lost on explorist 600? I tried the extended calibration but the...
1 May 21, 2012
4:24 pm

KEG52
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Does anyone know the process to upload the basemap back on the explorist device. I have reset the serial fash thru secret menus but can figure out how to get...
1 May 21, 2012
4:21 pm

KEG52
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Have a new laptop and want to geocache with my old explorist. But my laptop only see the gps as a generic storage device. Anybody know how to change settings...
3 May 21, 2012
2:31 pm

Beverly Howard
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Hello all, If you plan to travel to Mexico, you may want to know that Magellan has released the Summit Series Mexico Topo map. Details here: ...
2 May 12, 2012
12:54 am

Beverly Howard
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Just got an new in sealed box Explorist 610 yesterday, put fully charged NiMH batteries in it and fooled around for about 2 hours and got a low battery...
1 Feb 1, 2012
3:41 pm

Jim
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I'm reposting a private message received because the author hits on a couple of important points relative to the future of handheld GPS. ========= I am a...
4 Jan 1, 2012
11:45 pm

lanier602002
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I'm looked at these answers extensively but can't find how I can get the unit to load any maps. Will freeze if I want to specify maps. It seems to work find...
8 Nov 29, 2011
4:15 pm

dialtone500@...
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How reset my unit? In this moment not power on! Thanks in advanced! Regards!...
3 Oct 3, 2011
4:23 pm

Linton
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Hi My Explorist 500 is detected by my comp.(Vista 64)and Vantage Point but, when I try to use it with the convertion manager, this software don't recognize it....
6 Sep 23, 2011
8:38 am

DavidC
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I have a explorist 500 and mapsend topo 3d, I wanted to install on a laptop but it wouldnt connect to magellan to unlock. the tech support guysaid the server...
7 Sep 8, 2011
5:09 pm

Beverly Howard
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hello all, i recently purchased an explorist 400 while journeying in the u.s.a, it has an amercican base map loaded, where can i get a u.k base map, and how...
11 Sep 5, 2011
2:21 pm

ezeechairottawa
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I have had 2 of the explorist 600's with a major malfunction of the thermometer column on the weather display. Does anyone know of a fix to this problem? I...
1 Sep 3, 2011
8:56 pm

KEG52
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Where might I go to find this program so I can download it onto a new computer? I have not been able to find it on the Magellan site or other sites which...
5 Sep 3, 2011
1:07 pm

Don and Jo Miller
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I have an eXplorist 500 with a decent set of track logs of my favourite hunting areas, and am trying to export the logs so that I can import them into ArcGIS...
3 Sep 2, 2011
12:48 am

explorerozi
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Is there any way to have this unit assist in navigating from 'point a' to 'point b' (a goto point) by having it follow the roads in either the base map or in...
17 Sep 1, 2011
12:35 am

tozerbgood1
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Got a different PC (Windows 7 Premium), and the x64 based system doen't like any of the 32bit drivers for it (XP,Vista). Computer won't see the GPS no matter...
7 Sep 1, 2011
12:28 am

tozerbgood1
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I have an explorist 500 running version 5.2.70. The I use on my small boat. Sometimes the unit will hang up. The map stops updating and there is no response...
1 Aug 31, 2011
8:38 pm

Stefan Sobol
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I have an explorist 210 that I have been using with Windows XP. My XP computer crashed, so I got a new computer that has Windows 7 Home Edition. The Geocache...
2 Aug 23, 2011
1:59 am

carlncarol2003
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Since Magellan has discontinued support for the Mapsend DirectRoute NA product I have installed the VantagePoint program. It would appear that if you get the...
1 Aug 6, 2011
10:45 am

jaemmons
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hi all any clue where to find a working copy of magellan communicator. apparently its o longer availible from their site. as well where can i find proper...
3 Jul 29, 2011
3:38 am

tozerbgood1
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I'm looking for the disk (or a download)that installs the programs onto the computer. I can't find one that works on the internet and am having no luck here. ...
4 Jul 28, 2011
2:49 pm

Beverly Howard
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My version 2 is at least 6 years old. V3 is newer but still old. Is there any software available that is up to date that will work with my XL. Thanks. Bill...
5 Jul 22, 2011
6:31 am

Gábor Sárk...
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I've struggled over the past couple of weeks upgrading my computer system from Windows XP SP3 to Windows 7 64-bit. Not everything is so rosy regarding running...
4 Jun 23, 2011
2:00 pm

Brian
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Does anyone know how to tell if I'm receiving WAAS correction with the new eXplorist 310. I can find nothing about WAAS in the manual but the information on...
2 Jun 7, 2011
3:23 am

carlncarol2003
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I went and downloaded the MotionX app for my ipod and had a look at it. quite impressive really... however my needs for a GPS are more for wilderness than city...
2 May 21, 2011
5:29 pm

Beverly Howard
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fwiw, after a decade of using (and supporting) Magellan handheld mapping gps devices, I am in the process of migrating over to using GPS on an Apple iTouch to...
1 May 20, 2011
5:37 pm

BevHoward
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I've had a great ride since starting with a meridian yellow the better part of a decade ago, through an explorist 500 which has served me well for almost five...
8 May 20, 2011
2:20 pm

Beverly Howard
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1 May 19, 2011
5:05 pm

matureydmelissa
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Hi I have a question please I start the magsendtool.exe : magsendtool -S 001.img I get a message: File 001.img WARNING: Checksum is not zero -> 463e Database...
5 May 4, 2011
10:46 am

xland10
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Hi all, Anyone had any experience with replacement Li-Ion batteries for a Explorist from a Chinese Co. called 'Cameron Sino'. They are available all over the...
3 Apr 27, 2011
11:55 pm

Beverly Howard
bevehoward
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