Re: Map updates for Magellan Mestro 4250

Does anyone have map updates for Magellan Maestro 4250 and
instructions how to update chip?

Thanks

I just went to their web site and did not see anything regarding an
update for the firm ware. Also would be interested in how to be able
to use a SD card I have in the unit. Please post any info you have.

Thanks

I found it yesterday, but not without difficulty.

You probably have to login to the site and register your 4250 before you can
download this update.

Go to http://www.magellangps.com/ , click on Support, enter the info for
your 4250 under Product Support & Updates then click Submit. Scroll down
almost to the bottom of the resulting 4250 Support page and under
Updates/Upgrades click on Maestro 4250 Firmware Update 3.34. Follow the
instructions on this page to download and install the update.

As a AAA member I tried to enroll in the AAA special offer while registering
my 4250 and got into a vicious
register-enroll-login-register-enroll-login-... cycle which somehow I
escaped on about the 4th cycle through. Their website design isn't any
better than the rest of their customer support.

It's almost an 80 MB download. I installed it without incident but haven't
had a chance to test it yet. At least it doesn't seem to have broken
anything.

Thanks to Mac or I wouldn't have even known to look for it or had the
patience to hunt it down.

Jerry

Jerry,

Thanks for the help so far.

I have a 2 GB SD card in my 4250. I have plugged the GPS into the USB
port on my PC. It shows as a drive formatted FAT32 and the space as
1.9 GB. with 520 MG free. Is this space the space on the GPS unit or
my SD card. I am not sure what needs to be done so that information
can be downloaded to the card.

There are a number of exe files in the various folders but when I
click on them I get a message that they are not valid Win_32
executable files.

Again thanks,



wrote:

What you see is the GPS hard drive; your SD card should have almost 2 GB
free, right? There may be a way to see the SD info via the USB connection of
your GPS, but I don't know how to do it. Perhaps someone else can step in
and tell us if they know a way.

To backup and restore your personal settings (see my other reply) just
insert the card into your GPS slot and go to Backup and Restore under User
Options (on page 2 of the Main Menu).
.
For Enhanced POIs (the other SD card use) it looks like you load the POIs
onto the SD card using a card slot on your computer and then insert the card
into your 4250. This process differs from my RoadMate 700/760 where you load
Enhanced POIs from your computer directly onto the GPS hard drive via the
USB connection. In either case you have to install the Enhanced POI Manager
on your PC. Loading Enhanced POIs is a cumbersome process that, for my
purposes, isn't worth the trouble.


I would strongly advise against clicking on any .exe files in your GPS unit.
You also need to read the firmware instructions carefully and follow them to
the letter; more than one person has destroyed their GPS unit when updating
firmware.

Jerry