Have a bug in my FineDrive

Finedrive units are made by Navman. Try them to see if they have parts available. Finedrives are no longer manufactured and their maps are not supported for updates.

The Finedrive line of GPS' were made by the same company that makes the Navman line. Sorry, they do not support the Finedrive line for map upgrades.

No updated maps are available for the Finedrive line of GPS'

I may be able to help you, these units corrupt the data card if powered off at the wrong time (while writing data). email me at [email protected]

does it boot at all? you should see the finedrive splash screen, then the main menu for a second or so, then it tries to load maps, how far does yours get?

if it boots but does not load maps or if it gives you an error then you have two options:

one solution is to visit C&C wireless and pay over $100 for a map update or even send them your unit for even more $. see http://www.finedrive-acc.com/shop.cart?action=ITEM&prod_id=F400-08CP

The other solution was to send it to Fine digital but they closed their doors in the US so they no longer support us customers. Because of this I made a DVD with map data I purchased from them before they closed and I added much better instructions; this DVD updates the firmware in the unit and loads the last map data issued to the SD card. you would need a PC with a DVD drive and SD card reader to use it. you can find these DVDs on ebay for $18 which basically covers my costs only.

Now, if it does not boot at all, no splash screen, you could have other issues, if there is an image but no backlight (hard to see but try looking at an angle) and you get responses to key presses, then your backlight could have failed.

if it seems to lock up on boot try holding down the two right hand keys on power up, this should bring up windows CE, if it does you may have a chance at recovering by manually running the repair data I sell to recover the firmware.

nope, that site changed and the file is too large to post. I made a dvd that I sell on ebay cheap, search for finedrive dvd

go to ebay, search for finedrive dvd

unfortunately that is way too much data to email, in fact, most file sharing sites also will not work as the files are too big. I ended up creating dvds and selling them on ebay to help fellow finedrive 400 owners.

sounds like your firmware or sd card is corrupt, unfortunately this is common on these. I created a dvd with the map and program data to reload everything in your unit, it also updates the map data to the last version issued. you can find it in ebay by searching for finedrive 400 map...

you need to reload the firmware in the unit and reload the map data on the SD card, this will fix your issues. as finedrive is not around anymore, here are the files:

here is the link to the instructions and install data.

http://www.flyupload.com/?fid=951808

install data

http://www.flyupload.com/?fid=6960824

and the map data


http://www.flyupload.com/?fid=9768281