MERIDIAN PLATINUM FAQ
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MERIDIAN
Product Question Solution
Meridian
Basic,
Meridian
Gold,
Meridian
Color,
Meridian
Marine,
Meridian
Platinum,
1.
Meridian
Platinum
Europe,
Meridian
marine
Europe,
Meridian Gold
Europe,
Meridian
Color Europe
Can I use a memory
card larger than 64MB
in Meridian® GPS?
Yes, to utilize the entire size of the card, you will need a
Secure Digital memory card reader/writer
Meridian
Basic,
Meridian
Gold,
Meridian
Color,
Meridian
Marine,
Meridian
Platinum,
2.
Meridian
Platinum
Europe,
Meridian
marine
Europe,
Meridian Gold
Europe,
Meridian
Color Europe
Can I install BlueNav™
on another PC for
Meridian® GPS?
Yes but only one GPS can be used or one memory card.
Meridian
Basic,
Meridian
Gold,
Meridian
Color,
Meridian
Marine,
Meridian
Platinum,
3.
Meridian
Platinum
Europe,
Meridian
marine
Europe,
Meridian Gold
Europe,
Meridian
Color Europe
Meridian
Basic,
Meridian
Gold,
Meridian
Color,
Meridian
Marine,
Meridian
Platinum,
4.
Meridian
Platinum
Europe,
Meridian
marine
Europe,
Meridian Gold
Europe,
Meridian
Color Europe
I am using Meridian®
GPS with my
MapSend® product and
it indicates "not enough
memory." What is
wrong?
How often is the
BlueNav™ CD updated
and when is the next
update?
You may not have a memory card in your unit. The built-in
memory of the Meridian GPS cannot accept detailed maps
from the MapSend products — you must use a Secure
Digital memory card to load the detailed maps. Or, if you
are using a 128MB Secure Digital memory card or larger,
the firmware version of your unit may need to be updated to
a version higher than 3.12.
The BlueNav CD is no longer manufactured. The Marine
Charts that we now offer are in the form of an SD Memory
card and are called Mapsend® Blue Nav XL-3 Charts. They
are only compatible with Meridian® Marine, Meridian
Color, Meridian Platinum and Meridian Gold. They are not
compatible with any SporTrak Series.
Meridian
Basic,
Meridian
Gold,
Meridian
Color,
Meridian
Marine,
Meridian
Platinum,
5.
Meridian
Platinum
Europe,
Meridian
marine
Europe,
Meridian Gold
Europe,
Meridian
Color Europe
Meridian
Basic,
Meridian
Gold,
Meridian
Color,
Meridian
Marine,
Meridian
Platinum,
6.
Meridian
Platinum
Europe,
Meridian
marine
Europe,
Meridian Gold
Europe,
Meridian
Color Europe
Why does my program
indicate "unsupported
receiver" when I am
trying to load a map in
Meridian® GPS?
How can I print my
map?
First, ensure you are using a receiver that is supported by the
MapSend® application. Not all receivers in the Meridian
and SporTrak® series are supported by all MapSend
products. Second, some older applications may have other
applications on the CDs that are specific to older units, such
as the original CDs for MapSend TOPO and MapSend
Streets & Destinations which both had a program (MAGUP)
to load updated firmware to the older model Map330™
units. If you have a Meridian or SporTrak product, do NOT
to use this firmware update on your unit, as it would try to
load obsolete firmware that may render your unit useless.
If MapSend® products that support printers, either left click
on the printer icon on your product tool bar or select "FILE"
then "PRINT". You can preview the map to be printed and
turn features to be printed on & off by selecting
"OPTIONS" and selecting or deselecting features as desired.
Meridian
Basic,
Meridian
Gold,
Meridian
Color,
Meridian
Marine,
Meridian
Platinum,
7.
Meridian
Platinum
Europe,
Meridian
marine
Europe,
Meridian Gold
Europe,
Meridian
Color Europe
Meridian
Basic,
Meridian
Gold,
Meridian
Color,
Meridian
Marine,
Meridian
Platinum,
8.
Meridian
Platinum
Europe,
Meridian
marine
Europe,
Meridian Gold
Europe,
Meridian
Color Europe
What is the advantage
of using a card
reader/writer?
Can I print out my
waypoints?
There are multiple advantages. The primary one is speed. It
is faster to load the files through the card reader than
through the unit when loading to a memory card. A second
advantage is that you can load multiple files.
Yes, but you will need to have a MapSend® program that
allows export to an Excel file. You will only be able to print
from the exported Excel file.
Meridian
Basic,
Meridian
Gold,
Meridian
Color,
Meridian
Marine,
Meridian
Platinum,
9.
Meridian
Platinum
Europe,
Meridian
marine
Europe,
Meridian Gold
Europe,
Meridian
Color Europe
Meridian
Basic,
Meridian
Gold,
Meridian
Color,
Meridian
Marine,
Meridian
Platinum,
10.
Meridian
Platinum
Europe,
Meridian
marine
Europe,
Meridian Gold
Europe,
Meridian
Color Europe
What is Cross Track
error?
Is it possible to change
the temperature
readings from
Fahrenheit to Celsius?
This is how far you are off from your point A to B or an
individual leg in a multi-leg route.
Yes it is possible. Go to Setup>Nav
units>Advanced>temperature>Select Celsius.
Meridian
Basic,
Meridian
Gold,
Meridian
Color,
Meridian
Marine,
Meridian
Platinum,
11.
Meridian
Platinum
Europe,
Meridian
marine
Europe,
Meridian Gold
Europe,
Meridian
Color Europe
How can you copy a
file manually from
earlier topo and streets
applications to an SD
card for use with the
Magellan Meridian®?
(There was no SD card
option in earlier
options)
Without connecting your Meridian to a PC create your
regions and begin the map download process. When the map
compilation part of the download process is done, MapSend
will display a message that it cannot find your GPS receiver
to perform the download. Stop the process here by selecting
"Cancel.” Copy this file to the SD card using a USB card
reader. Do not create any folders within the SD card where
you place this file. Your Meridian will always looks at the
top, or "Root", level within the card. Rename the file to
"DETAIL00.img." Remove the card and place it in your
Meridian. You can use your Meridian as you would
normally from here.
Meridian
Basic,
Meridian
Gold,
Meridian
Color,
Meridian
Marine,
Meridian
Platinum,
12.
Meridian
Platinum
Europe,
Meridian
marine
Europe,
Meridian Gold
Europe,
Meridian
Color Europe
Is it possible that a map
downloaded from the
world wide basemap
becomes the internal
basemap in the unit and
the BlueNav™ map
runs from the BlueNav
SD card?
Yes, follow these steps:1. Use World Wide BaseMap CD
and prepare a chart area of your choice. Choose to upload
the chart to your local hard disk and not to the GPS.2. Using
Windows Explorer rename this chart to something
meaningful for you, leaving the .img suffix unchanged.3.
Use the standard Magellan software (MagUp) for uploading
firmware fixes. Select Expert Upload (Select "No" to the
default question to upload firmware); select Meridian(R) as
your GPS unit and the port the GPS is connected to. Select
"Save."4. Choose Expert Upload and select Upload
firmware and basemap. For basemap select the chart you
have previously prepared with the WWBaseMap CD.5.
First, the program uploads the firmware. When this is done
the GPS will shut down. Turn it on again and you should
receive a message that the unit contains no internal base
map, and it will automatically switch to basemap upload
mode. From the Magellan application proceed to upload the
basemap6. When the Magellan application finishes
uploading the map:a) Either the GPS will recognize the new
map and it will immediately start loading and display the
new map, orb) the GPS will not respond and continue to
display the message "Uploading basemap." If this happens,
then from the Magellan MagUp application select "Upload
base map" (just "Base map" not "Firmware and basemap")
from Expert Mode and repeat the process.7. After repeating
the process the second time your GPS should work
correctly. If the problem persists, repeat once more. If there
is no response, access the secret menus from the files
section of your GPS to erase the internal basemap and start
again from step 4.
Meridian
701241
701239
Basic,
Meridian
Gold,
Meridian
Color,
Meridian
Marine,
Meridian
Platinum,
13.
Meridian
Platinum
Europe,
Meridian
marine
Europe,
Meridian Gold
Europe,
Meridian
Color Europe
How do you perform
the expert upload of a
firmware?
If your Meridian® is in a "locked up" state (stuck on), make
sure you put fresh batteries before proceeding. Power it
down by holding down MARK/GOTO and the ESC keys
and press ENTER. This will power down the unit. Power it
up in "Software upload mode" by holding down
MARK/GOTO and the ESC keys and press POWER. Unit
should power up with a "software upload mode active"
message. Run magup.exe, select "No" when the dialog box
appears. Click on "Expert" and checkmark "On" for the
"Expert Upload" setting. Be sure to set the "Unit Type." Use
Meridian GPS for the green/yellow or Meridian for the
others. With the latest MagUp there is also a Meridian
Marine and Meridian Color option. Click "OK." Select the
firmware file by clicking on "File" then "Select Code File."
The firmware file should have a name like MGPS402.HEX
or MGOLD406.HEX. Click on "Upload" and click "OK."
Checkmark "Program Code Only." Check "Upload File.” If
the problem persists, contact Magellan Customer Support.
Meridian
Basic,
Meridian
Gold,
Meridian
Color,
Meridian
Marine,
Meridian
Platinum,
14.
Meridian
Platinum
Europe,
Meridian
marine
Europe,
Meridian Gold
Europe,
Meridian
Color Europe
What is the part number
for vehicle mounting
bracket, swivel
mounting bracket and
bike mounting bracket?
Vehicle Mounting Bracket PN –
Swivel Mounting Bracket PN –
Bike Mounting Bracket PN - 701242
Meridian
Basic,
Meridian
Gold,
Meridian
Color,
Meridian
Marine,
Meridian
Platinum,
15.
Meridian
Platinum
Europe,
Meridian
marine
Europe,
Meridian Gold
Europe,
Meridian
Color Europe
Meridian
Basic,
Meridian
Gold,
Meridian
Color,
Meridian
Marine,
Meridian
Platinum,
16.
Meridian
Platinum
Europe,
Meridian
marine
Europe,
Meridian Gold
Europe,
Meridian
Color Europe
I have selected correct
COM Port but still gets
an error message
"comport busy/comport
not available?
I am having serial
communication issues
between the unit and
the computer. What
could be the reason?
There may be another program using the COM port of the
computer. This can be caused by the Hot Sync manager of a
PDA, such as the Palm and Visor models (even if you are
not using these devices, they could still be running in the
computer’s background). Disable these types of programs.
Also try disabling any Anti Virus or Firewall software on
the computer. Verify the baud rate of the receiver is set to
4800; and in the computer’s device manager, in the port
settings, verify the baud rate is set to 4800 and the Flow
Control is set to On / OFF on the computer.
The baud rate (data transfer speed) on your PC has to match
the Baud rate in the gps. The Baud rate adjustment on the
gps is found by selecting “menu” and under menu you select
“setup” and set the baud rate to 4800bps. On your PC you
right click the “My Computer” icon and left click onto
“properties” and under properties select “hardware and
under hardware you will see the “Device manager” and that
is where you will find your COM Port usually they are
already defaulted to 4800 bps baud rate speed
Meridian
Basic,
Meridian
Gold,
Meridian
Color,
Meridian
Marine,
Meridian
Platinum,
17.
Meridian
Platinum
Europe,
Meridian
marine
Europe,
Meridian Gold
Europe,
Meridian
Color Europe
Meridian
Basic,
Meridian
Gold,
Meridian
Color,
Meridian
Marine,
Meridian
Platinum,
18.
Meridian
Platinum
Europe,
Meridian
marine
Europe,
Meridian Gold
Europe,
Meridian
Color Europe
Why am I having
problems with my SD
card in the unit?
The direction on my
compass is off by 180
degrees. What can be
done?
The root of this problem is that an SD card formatted using
Windows XP might not work in a Meridian® GPS receiver.
The solution is to use your Meridian to format the card. The
card can be formatted from the “Card Utilities” menu. Note
that formatting will completely erase the card. DO NOT do
this while using the device in the outdoors, when you are
dependent on full functionality. Note that the Meridian
completely ignores the “Lock” switch on the SD card itself.
Update – This problem is fixed in the latest firmware
updates, version 4.51 or later.
Toggle the "Compass Orient" in the setup menu to "GPS
Course" and then back to "Magnetic North."
Meridian
Basic,
Meridian
Gold,
Meridian
Color,
Meridian
Marine,
Meridian
Platinum,
19.
Meridian
Platinum
Europe,
Meridian
marine
Europe,
Meridian Gold
Europe,
Meridian
Color Europe
Meridian
Basic,
Meridian
Gold,
Meridian
Color,
Meridian
Marine,
Meridian
Platinum,
20.
Meridian
Platinum
Europe,
Meridian
marine
Europe,
Meridian Gold
Europe,
Meridian
Color Europe
Why is it not possible
to use the U.S. cars
CLAs in European
cars?
Can I get a Bluetooth®
adapter for my
Meridian®?
The cars in the U.S. are positively grounded, while the ones
in Europe are negatively grounded.
We do not support any such activities and the customer is at
his own risk. The Magellan Meridian does not support
Bluetooth.
Meridian
Basic,
Meridian
Gold,
Meridian
Color,
Meridian
Marine,
Meridian
Platinum,
21.
Meridian
Platinum
Europe,
Meridian
marine
Europe,
Meridian Gold
Europe,
Meridian
Color Europe
Meridian
Basic,
Meridian
Gold,
Meridian
Color,
Meridian
Marine,
Meridian
Platinum,
22.
Meridian
Platinum
Europe,
Meridian
marine
Europe,
Meridian Gold
Europe,
Meridian
Color Europe
What are the optimal
com port settings for
the Meridian GPS?
Is the Meridian®
compatible with IPAQ
and xmap?
Bits per second: 4800,Data Bits: 8,Parity: NONE, Stop Bits:
1,Flow Control: Hardware
It has an NMEA 2.1 GSA output that the IPAQ would use
but we do not make a cable to interface. Suggest:
Technically, it is compatible, but Magellan does not make a
cable to interface.
Meridian
Basic,
Meridian
Gold,
Meridian
Color,
Meridian
Marine,
Meridian
Platinum,
23.
Meridian
Platinum
Europe,
Meridian
marine
Europe,
Meridian Gold
Europe,
Meridian
Color Europe
Meridian
Basic,
Meridian
Gold,
Meridian
Color,
Meridian
Marine,
Meridian
Platinum,
24.
Meridian
Platinum
Europe,
Meridian
marine
Europe,
Meridian Gold
Europe,
Meridian
Color Europe
Can I load more than
one chart from
MapSend® BlueNav™
to my authorized
memory card?
What accessories comes
with the Meridian®
GPS?
No, the licensing for the program restricts the use of the
program to a single chart loaded on a single Secure Digital
memory card at any given time. If you need to load a second
chart, you simply reprogram the card with the second chart
once you are done using the first chart.
Your Meridian unit comes with preloaded background
maps, PC cable, Reference Manual-CD ROM, and Quick
Reference Guide.
Meridian
Basic,
Meridian
Gold,
Meridian
Color,
Meridian
Marine,
Meridian
Platinum,
25.
Meridian
Platinum
Europe,
Meridian
marine
Europe,
Meridian Gold
Europe,
Meridian
Color Europe
Meridian
Basic,
Meridian
Gold,
Meridian
Color,
Meridian
Marine,
Meridian
Platinum,
26.
Meridian
Platinum
Europe,
Meridian
marine
Europe,
Meridian Gold
Europe,
Meridian
Color Europe
What is the minimum
and maximum
operating temperature
of the Meridian GPS?
What is the maximum
operating altimeter in
the Meridian GPS?
Minimum Temperature -10*C ( 14*F ) Maximum
Temperature 60*C ( 140*F ).
Maximum operating altimeter 60,000 Ft/ 18,288 m.
Meridian
Basic,
Meridian
Gold,
Meridian
Color,
Meridian
Marine,
Meridian
Platinum,
27.
Meridian
Platinum
Europe,
Meridian
marine
Europe,
Meridian Gold
Europe,
Meridian
Color Europe
Meridian
Basic,
Meridian
Gold,
Meridian
Color,
Meridian
Marine,
Meridian
Platinum,
28.
Meridian
Platinum
Europe,
Meridian
marine
Europe,
Meridian Gold
Europe,
Meridian
Color Europe
How many routes I can
create in my Meridian
GPS?
How many navigation
screens does the
Meridian GPS have?
You can create 20 routes in your Meridian GPS.
The Meridian GPS has 8 navigation screens.
Meridian
Basic,
Meridian
Gold,
Meridian
Color,
Meridian
Marine,
Meridian
Platinum,
29.
Meridian
Platinum
Europe,
Meridian
marine
Europe,
Meridian Gold
Europe,
Meridian
Color Europe
Meridian
Basic,
Meridian
Gold,
Meridian
Color,
Meridian
Marine,
Meridian
Platinum,
30.
Meridian
Platinum
Europe,
Meridian
marine
Europe,
Meridian Gold
Europe,
Meridian
Color Europe
How many satellites are
needed to obtain a
position fix ?
Can I connect the
Meridian GPS to the
USB port of my
computer?
At least three satellites are needed for a position fix.
The Meridian unit can only be connected to the serial port of
the PC and not to the USB port, to connect it to the USB, the
user needs to use the serial to USB conversion cable.
Meridian
Basic,
Meridian
Gold,
Meridian
Color,
Meridian
Marine,
Meridian
Platinum,
31.
Meridian
Platinum
Europe,
Meridian
marine
Europe,
Meridian Gold
Europe,
Meridian
Color Europe
Meridian
Basic,
Meridian
Gold,
Meridian
Color,
Meridian
Marine,
Meridian
Platinum,
32.
Meridian
Platinum
Europe,
Meridian
marine
Europe,
Meridian Gold
Europe,
Meridian
Color Europe
Does my Meridian GPS
comes with detailed
street maps?
My backtrack readings
are not accurate. How
can I save get more
accurate breadcrumb
readings?
No, it has a basic highway map.
Adjust track interval to .01 and it should increase the
resolution.
NOTE: setting to .01 will limit the amount of track to be
recorded.
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