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Magellan explorist 500 wont recognize sd card. Is there any type of card recomended i have tried 3 diferent cards in 2 diferent units but when i try to turn sd memory on it wont let me.
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You can download the US basemap for the 500 at http://www.megaupload.com/it/?d=EJTNQH03 Rename it BASEMAP.MGI Then copy it in the directory "background maps" in the SD card of your 500, by using a SD card reader/writer. Insert
the SD card in your 500 and connect it to your PC; then turn it on;it
will turn on regularly, because the basemap in the card will be
detected; turn it to USB file transfer mode, and copy the basemap from
the SD card to the directory "background maps" of the 500. If you already have the file ..just rename it like I said ..and copy it ..using the sd card in the reader...Than if it is not functional ..just reset it ..and reload the file the proper way by reloading maps..
Jeff, I had the same problem with my explorist 500. Your unit lost the "BASEMAP.MGI " file. You will need to get a copy of that file. Then install it.
Try this site http://imhz.com/2006/05/my-explorist-is-screwed.html
(I would recomend all explorist GPS owners copy and save that file and store it in a safe place. I have mine on a thumb drive).
You might have an sd card inserted that contains information that the unit doesn't recognize. This happened to me when I tried to fudge some old magellan destination maps onto the sd card...the format was wrong and the unit froze...gave me the message.
Ciao, mandami una email a [email protected] altrimenti tramite questa via ci mettiamo fino all'anno prossimo. hai messo una basemap europea sulla SD card? nella directory "Backgroud maps"? se hai fatto così avrebbe dovuto sentirtela. Se in ogni caso metti la basemap europea nella directory USBTRANS della SD card dovrebbe caricartela nella memoria interna del GPS (dopo il caricamento non è più presente nella SD card, per cui se devi ripetere l'operazione devi rimettercela).
Ciao
Alberto
You can download the US basemap for the 500 at http://www.megaupload.com/it/?d=EJTNQH03 Rename it BASEMAP.MGI Then copy it in the directory "background maps" in the SD card of your 500, by using a SD card reader/writer. Insert the SD card in your 500 and connect it to your PC; then turn it on;it will turn on regularly, because the basemap in the card will be detected; turn it to USB file transfer mode, and copy the basemap from the SD card to the directory "background maps" of the 500.
You can download the US basemap for the 500 at http://www.megaupload.com/it/?d=EJTNQH03 Rename it BASEMAP.MGI Then copy it in the directory "background maps" in the SD card of your 500, by using a SD card reader/writer. Insert the SD card in your 500 and connect it to your PC; then turn it on;it will turn on regularly, because the basemap in the card will be detected; turn it to USB file transfer mode, and copy the basemap from the SD card to the directory "background maps" of the 500.
You can download the US basemap for the 500 at http://www.megaupload.com/it/?d=EJTNQH03 Rename it BASEMAP.MGI Then copy it in the directory "background maps" in the SD card of your 500, by using a SD card reader/writer. Insert the SD card in your 500 and connect it to your PC; then turn it on;it will turn on regularly, because the basemap in the card will be detected; turn it to USB file transfer mode, and copy the basemap from the SD card to the directory "background maps" of the 500.
I would try downloading the USB driver from magellan (if they offer it). You may also be able to get the driver from C-Map USA as the do the map software for magellan.
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