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inch71 Occasional Visitor
Joined: Sep 30, 2005 Posts: 13
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Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 5:43 pm Post subject: Chipset ?????? |
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Hi,
Having recently purchased a new Garmin nuvi 760t, I am starting to find my way around this great little unit. I have installed POI Loader, and Web Updater. However, when I used Web Updater it gave me a list of updates available. Most of them were for voice updates, of which I only needed the English ones, so I installed them. There is also an update for GPS Chipset Type M. I'm not sure what this is, so I don't want to download it if it may cause conflict on my unit.
Any advice would be grateful.
Many thanks in advance.
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PaulB2005 Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 04, 2006 Posts: 9323 Location: Durham, UK
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Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 5:54 pm Post subject: |
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WebUpdater only offers updates specifically for your unit. The updates should be safe. In fact i installed these updates this morning on a 765T which seesm to be ok. |
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inch71 Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the quick reply PaulB. I shall install the updates.
Have you any idea how long it takes for the unit to charge using the USB lead into PC. How do I know when it's fully charged? |
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PaulB2005 Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 04, 2006 Posts: 9323 Location: Durham, UK
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Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 9:24 am Post subject: |
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It takes a long time. IIRC Garmin told me 9 hours! There is no charging indicator unfortunately (unless you go into the diagnostics screen). However if you buy the mains charger it only take 3 hours or so.... |
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inch71 Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks again for your reply PaulB. Wow 9 hours is a long time. I had it on charge for about 6 hours yesterday, and didn't get any kind of notification whether it was charged or not. Now I know why. I have purchased a mains charger, so hopefully things will be a bit quicker now. I use it mainly with the in car charger, but its nice to know its got plenty of charge just in case I need to use the batttery.
Thanks again for your help.
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BeatO Regular Visitor
Joined: Feb 11, 2006 Posts: 109 Location: Zurich, Switzerland
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Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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PaulB2005 wrote: | WebUpdater only offers updates specifically for your unit. The updates should be safe. In fact i installed these updates this morning on a 765T which seesm to be ok. |
Do you know what got updated with it? The installation worked on my 765T as well, but I could not test it yet, I'll take it for a ride tomorrow.
Could it be that it's something with EGNOS? I've read somewhere that it went live after several years of test transmissions.
BeatO _________________ nüvi 765T Firmware 4.50 CN Europe NT 2013.30
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MaFt Pocket GPS Staff
Joined: Aug 31, 2005 Posts: 15226 Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
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Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 11:54 pm Post subject: |
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garmin use both MTK and SiRF for their GPS chipsets so the type M will refer to an MTK version of the device.
as for EGNOS, garmin devices have been able to use this since back in the days of the street pilot i3 (late 2005) although it could be an update to cover any possible changes implemented once launched? or it could just be a bug fix!
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