Comments on: Garmin Rolls up Oregon Beta into Official 3.10 Release

By: darum

darum — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:30:43 +0000

I think this might well be part of the problem, thats why I mentionned it. But don’t you forget, that the Oregon DID boot with that duplicate file, if the default background file was in use. So I think, background setting is an option to think of in such a situation.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:53:30 +0000

That duplicate map file was probably the issue. From the Garmin Oregon wiki Issues List:

(Crash) Use Mapsource load the same maps onto the internal memory and on the SD card. The Oregon will fail to boot and resets during the initialization process (2.5)

By: darum

darum — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:32:56 +0000

GPSFix told us right: “Garmin Oregon 3.10 BETA Software Available”.
My 400t wouldn’t boot anymore after that update when the memory card was in the device. So I removed the card, changed the settings and tried to boot again. In the end I noticed, that I could have either the card in the gadget and background set to default ot the other way round or it would refuse to boot.

Before upgrading i had all background images other than Default modified to show my phonenumber. For that I had used IrfanView. Now I opend these images with Gimp, did a fresh save and replaced the files on the device with these new ones. Now it starts up again with memory card AND the changed backgound image. But I have to note, that when replacing the image files I additionally deleted a OSM mapfile that was stored both on the Oregon and on the card.

This story just to give someone a hint what might help in similar situation.

By: Fossy

Fossy — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:59:02 +0000

hi scott,

ok, thanks. i mean the european all_in_one here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/DE:All_in_one_Garmin_Map and the german ride and hike-map here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/DE:OSMC_Reitkarte (sorry, is only available in german)

the all_in_one is a very good map for europe inkl. the routing-possibility.

i will contact the support of garmin.

fossy

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:04:07 +0000

Fossy, I’m assuming that you mean the GB Discoverer OSM maps?

Unfortunately I don’t have these maps to try but I was told by Garmin that they were working on some issues with the “anyname”.img file support and GB Discoverer — I thought they were fixed in 3.10 but maybe there are still some lingering issues. I would send this off to productsupport@garmin.com or call tech support to see if they are aware of an issue.

=Scott

By: Fossy

Fossy — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:54:23 +0000

hi,

i think, there is an issue with the multi-map-function.

i installed two maps from osm with different names. (wandern.img and all_in_one.img). if i want to view the version-information in the preferences-menu the oregon hang up. can you confirm this issue?

cu
fossy

By: Garmin Oregon 3.10 Beta Software Available - GPSFix

Garmin Oregon 3.10 Beta Software Available - GPSFix — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:14:27 +0000

[...] Promises GPS Receiver Improvement Aug.04, 2009 in Garmin Oregon Shortly after receiving an official 3.10 release for the Oregon x00 series, Garmin has followed up with a new Beta release, 3.12, which employs new [...]