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Old 11 December 2008, 20:03   #1
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am i right in thinking that the Garmin 550 comes with a basic pre loaded map??
after say 10 mins it does eventually find a few of satellites, isnt it supposed to show some sort of basic map, rather than a blank screen?

or is there a setting which turns it off, cos i cant find one,
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am i right in thinking that the Garmin 550 comes with a basic pre loaded map??
after say 10 mins it does eventually find a few of satellites, isnt it supposed to show some sort of basic map, rather than a blank screen?

or is there a setting which turns it off, cos i cant find one,

It comes with a basic map of the UK inland areas and detailed maps of the UK coastline.

The blank screen may be that you are zoomed in too much and effectively looking for detail of the inland areas that isn't there...try zooming out. What happens then?
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did you get it from the states or uk. if from the states it will have the american charts, if UK it should be detailed uk marine charts, the G2 vision card
will give you 3d imagery above and below water and auto guidance.about £260.00 extra.
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zoom in or out, still the same blank screen, got it from Force four in Bristol, have tried again, no avial and no pictures , also cannot get any satelites for in the house where as i could on all my other GPS'S ,178 c and 298 ,any ideas before i take it back ?
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does it work in simulate mode, if not prob best return it.
or maybe the gps wants initialising for the first time.
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top Banana, even in sim mode there is no map appearing, just moving numbers,
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Matt, we have the 555s. Ful detailed map availabel within seconds of powering up. Detail on map even shows our marina berth pontoon.

Suggest it goes back.

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Have you checked the firmware version against the Garmin website? Just a quick SD card download to update. Currently v4.30 for the 550.

I had a customer with a problem like this - first time he used it, he had to leave it for about an hour to get acquisition. After that it was fine but I think he has to update the unit as well.
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thanks for all your help chaps, i spoke to Garmin and it seems like the Basemaps were never loaded onto it, or were not saved in some way, took it back to Force Four and was swapped straight away, its works perfectly now, very please .just need a SD G2 Card now for the Uk, any ideas?? With out spending a small fortune??
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just need a SD G2 Card now for the Uk, any ideas?? With out spending a small fortune??
G2 Vision on SD card, small region = 120 + vat
G2 Vision on SD card, regular region = 160 + vat
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G2 Vision on SD card, small region = 120 + vat
G2 Vision on SD card, regular region = 160 + vat
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