Garmin Releases “Do-Over” for Oregon and Dakota
After making new releases available for the Oregon x00, Oregon x50 and Dakotas just weeks ago, Garmin has quickly followed up with a fix-up release that addresses several common complaints.
The new software lineup made available on January 28th includes Oregon x00 version 3.6, Oregon x50 version 3.1 and Dakota version 2.6. All of these releases can be downloaded to your GPS using Garmin’s WebUpdater. The release notes from Garmin include:
- Increased the map drawing range to allow maps to draw farther south.
- Corrected issue with route line sometimes not drawing.
- Corrected issues with marine POI.
- Corrected issues with GB Discoverer maps.
- Corrected issues with possible corrupted profile showing on the Profile Change page. (only listed for the Oregon x50)
- Corrected issue with project waypoint bearing sometimes not showing the input value .
Unless you are below latitude south 60 degrees (where the first issue might be your most important fix!) the second item, a missing routing line, was an issue that generated a lot of user complaints. A quick perusal of the discussions for the new firmware reveals there are still some issues to be sorted out:
- GB Discover maps don’t update properly during driving
- Custom maps color scheme is lighter and (in my opinion) more washed and harder to read
Note for Oregon 450 and 450t owners: it appears that the Oregon 550 and 450 share exactly the same firmware. New 450 users are reporting that the Webupdater is upgrading them to version 3.1.
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March 11th, 2010 at 9:09 am
If one installs a beta firmware and then needs to ‘step back’ to an earlier version, how is this done? I suspect it is to run WebUpdater but ….?
March 11th, 2010 at 11:05 am
You can find downgrade instructions on the wiki here.
August 3rd, 2010 at 7:20 pm
Hi just purchased oregan 450 for marine use with east africa chart,
Very disapointed with the results in fact no detail for Mombasa the main deep water port!!!!!!! and to rub salt in my friend showed me a navionics on his G3 and it was far superior he paid 11.99 usd for the whole of africa and mid east , i have paid more than 600 usd, also can,t get up dates ,if there are any, not happy at all with this unit.
/garmin
October 23rd, 2010 at 8:22 am
I am delighted that the Oregon and Dakota Fix addresses the problem of drawing maps above 60 degrees South.
Unfortunately the Colorado 300 still has this limitation. Is a fix available or in the pipeline for this ?
I went to the Antarctic Peninsula in February 2010, taking my Colorado and the available Argentina/Chile/Uruguay/Antarctic “Mapyear” maps loaded.
Nothing displayed below 60 degrees South, although it was possible to track and log progress on the unit.
Can anyone assist in getting this fixed ?