Upgrade for Magellan Roadmate 760, I just did it!

Since I am the kind of person who likes to keep things up to date, I opted
to purchase the recently available upgrade for my North American Roadmante
760. Advertised cost is $80 USD (I'm in Canada) with a $20 discount if you
order before the end of the year. So I ordered. I was then hit with a $25
shipping fee. Well, I am in Canada afterall. So all said and done, the
cost was $85. It arrived today and consisted of 1 DVD with the upgrade and
1 CD with the user guide. Basic user guide. Also, I got a printed version
of the same guide and some printed installation instructions. Pretty
straightforward. Anyway, I fired things up and lo and behold, my 760 was
upgraded to release 5.36 and so were my maps. (I think). The process was
quite easy and took the 2-3 hours that they said it would. So from time of
order to time of successful install, about 2 weeks. Kudos to Magellan for
making the process simple and effective.

I wish I knew how to check out the updated maps.

I still am reluctant to buy the key to unlock the European maps ($249 USD)
and then spend another $85 to upgrade them. For that kind of money, I think
I can buy a brand new GPS with European maps in it.

What I would like to know is some information about just what has been
updated and to what date. Just wishful thinking I guess.

Gord

Go into Diagnostics/Set GPS position. The location near an intersection
which was missing or incorrect on the previous map. This is best done
indoors so that the GPS will not rest itself to the real location when it
obtains a satellite fix.

I got my two updates today. Everything was moving along until I reached
about 70%. The program said that it could not find the RoadMate. It told
me to unplug the USB cable, turn the GPS device off and restart. After one
false start, the update continue from the stop point. I did a simulated
route and it appears that the SayWhere voice is not as harsh as it was
before. I also noticed that the previous cities list now included places
for which I have never created a route.


--
Earl F. Parrish

Gord Pope wrote:
Short of driving down all the roads in North America, you can't. Grin.
However, if you have a new residential subdivision in your town, you
might try going there to see if it shows the roads.



I believe Magellan uses Nav-Tec maps. Have you tried their website?

They use NAVTEQ maps, which I think come out quarterly.

Unless they changed things for this update, the NAVTEQ map version is
indicated by "GDF Version" on the Product Information screen (under
is Q204 (2nd quarter of 2004) and the one for this update should be Q306 or
later.

If you find out what version you have, please post back as I, and perhaps
others, would like to know.

Jerry

Thanks Jerry, here is what I see:

S/W version: 5.36
Map compiler version: 1.8.5.24
Map library version: 1.8.5.19
Map GDF version: Q306
Map Index Version: 0.0.0.30
GPS version: HN15

I went to the NAVTEQ site but could find no information about Magellan.