Sun Apr 07, 2019 1:15 pm
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Paul_Sengupta wrote:
Jeepers. There's a fine example of 6.5 minutes of video which should be 60 seconds of text.
Paul_Sengupta wrote:
Colonel Panic wrote:My beloved Garmin Pilot III is showing "10:46:28 LCL, and 23-AUG-99" - the time is correct (UTC) but presumably it has not rolled over re: date. Does anyone know if this can be remedied?
Colonel Panic wrote:My beloved Garmin Pilot III is showing "10:46:28 LCL, and 23-AUG-99" - the time is correct (UTC) but presumably it has not rolled over re: date. Does anyone know if this can be remedied?
johnm wrote:Colonel Panic wrote:My beloved Garmin Pilot III is showing "10:46:28 LCL, and 23-AUG-99" - the time is correct (UTC) but presumably it has not rolled over re: date. Does anyone know if this can be remedied?
I've got one of those in a box in the attic but it hasn't been switched on in at least 5 years....
Sooty25 wrote:Colonel Panic wrote:My beloved Garmin Pilot III is showing "10:46:28 LCL, and 23-AUG-99" - the time is correct (UTC) but presumably it has not rolled over re: date. Does anyone know if this can be remedied?
do you know what software version is in it? V2.07 was the very latest.
Sooty25 wrote:2.07 was the very latest.
patowalker wrote:Mine is .. showing .. Software version 2.13
Colonel Panic wrote:My beloved Garmin Pilot III is showing "10:46:28 LCL, and 23-AUG-99" - the time is correct (UTC) but presumably it has not rolled over re: date. Does anyone know if this can be remedied?
I dug out my old Garmin GPS-III's (mid 1990's vintage !). The internal backup batteries had completely died after many years of non-use, so it took a while for them to find the satellites, but when they did, they, of course, came up with an August 1999 date. A quick "Google" found that someone is hosting a zipped Windows executable (apparently originally from Garmin) that you run when the satnav is connected to your PC via a serial cable, and it corrects whatever internally so that the date is reported correctly. Works like an absolute charm! The program doesn't say it is specifically for the GPS-III, so it might be using a standard (undocumented, of course!) message that will work on a whole bunch of receivers. Might be worth giving it a try? See:
https://sites.google.com/site/gnbaddele ... ftware.zip
patowalker wrote:Mine is also showing the date as 23 Aug 99, Software version 2.13, Cycle 0701, 18 Jan 2007 to 15 Feb 2007, Atlantic Highway 1.0, Memory battery low, Stored data lost.
Finds satellites quickly and works!