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changing city & summit series maps on explorist 710
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hi guys, i hope someone can help me out here.
I bought a few 710's at auction to resell on ebay and make a few bucks.
They came with world basemap + US City and US Summit series maps.
I sold one to a guy that didnt realise they had the US city & summit series maps and he wants to use australian summit series map.
Can australian summit series maps be used on a unit that came with US summit series preloaded?
The buyer said he called magellan and they told him australian maps cant be used.
Surely they can be used from an SD card?
are there any decent alternative topo maps that can be used on this unit? magellan, 3rd party or other
Any help would be appreciated. cheers
I bought a few 710's at auction to resell on ebay and make a few bucks.
They came with world basemap + US City and US Summit series maps.
I sold one to a guy that didnt realise they had the US city & summit series maps and he wants to use australian summit series map.
Can australian summit series maps be used on a unit that came with US summit series preloaded?
The buyer said he called magellan and they told him australian maps cant be used.
Surely they can be used from an SD card?
are there any decent alternative topo maps that can be used on this unit? magellan, 3rd party or other
Any help would be appreciated. cheers
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Now as far as buying maps for his unit, I just don't know. I can't understand why he would not be able to purchase maps and use them on his unit for any place on planet earth?
I think he asked Magellan the wrong questions, but I don't know for sure.
http://www.magellangps.com.au/Maps/Outdoor_Maps/Summit_Series/Summit_Series_AustraliaNew_Zealand
Notice how it says (in boldface type) PLEASE NOTE: This map is only compatible with the eXplorist 510.
Go figure...
Surely the 710 arent limited to only one set of summit and city series maps for a particular country ?
I saw the aus maps on the aus site, but this guy reckons magellan told him that aus summit maps cant be used on a unit that was preloaded with US city and summit maps.
That doesnt really make sense. Surely you can either turn the preloaded maps off, delete them and or use a micro sd card with other topo maps?
Can anyone else shed any light on the situation?
Whatever the reason, it's one more point in Garmin's favor. :twisted:
If you're a gambling man, you might be able to flash the 710 with 510 firmware. I know people have done this to upgrade the lower eXplorist models. You might also make the unit completely unusable.
Surely other topo maps can be used though?
How can they country lock an outdoor gps to use only the one country topo map?
I'm a bit of a noob with these.
Is there many other reputable topo maps for australia that you can recommend?
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