I got this thing in Summer 2006. I just want to know how to LOAD A MAP
onto it. No Web support. Using their "Maggie" live chat just kept
bouncing me back to their help page. I wrote to them.

They told me that the eXplorist had been out of production for "quite
some time" but that I could call them and upgrade to a great NEW unit!

Their site says that the eXplorist went out of production in April 2008.

Their customer service mail said that it was confidential, and I was not
allowed to share it with anyone. So I think if you're reading this,
Magellan might sue you. Heads up.

And still no idea how to load topo maps onto it.

Cynicor wrote:

> I got this thing in Summer 2006. I just want to know how to LOAD A MAP
> onto it. No Web support. Using their "Maggie" live chat just kept
> bouncing me back to their help page. I wrote to them.
>
> They told me that the eXplorist had been out of production for "quite
> some time" but that I could call them and upgrade to a great NEW unit!
>
> Their site says that the eXplorist went out of production in April 2008.
>
> Their customer service mail said that it was confidential, and I was not
> allowed to share it with anyone. So I think if you're reading this,
> Magellan might sue you. Heads up.
>
> And still no idea how to load topo maps onto it.


Magellan support has to be one of the worst of the GPS makers.

I have an eXplorist 500.. It is adequate for what I use it for.
But, when I eventually have to replace it, I won't buy another
Magellan product.

What kind of Topo maps do you have?

You need a registered version of Magellan's MapSend Topo maps program.
With it, you can mark a region and upload it to your GPS unit.

Or, If you have legacy files from older Magellan applications, you can
use Magellan's Mapsend manager to convert them to eXplorist format.

I may be wrong, but don't believe you can upload third party topo maps
to the eXplorist series....

Jim Townsend wrote:
> Cynicor wrote:
>
>> I got this thing in Summer 2006. I just want to know how to LOAD A MAP
>> onto it. No Web support. Using their "Maggie" live chat just kept
>> bouncing me back to their help page. I wrote to them.
>>
>> They told me that the eXplorist had been out of production for "quite
>> some time" but that I could call them and upgrade to a great NEW unit!
>>
>> Their site says that the eXplorist went out of production in April 2008.
>>
>> Their customer service mail said that it was confidential, and I was not
>> allowed to share it with anyone. So I think if you're reading this,
>> Magellan might sue you. Heads up.
>>
>> And still no idea how to load topo maps onto it.
>
>
> Magellan support has to be one of the worst of the GPS makers.
>
> I have an eXplorist 500.. It is adequate for what I use it for.
> But, when I eventually have to replace it, I won't buy another
> Magellan product.
>
> What kind of Topo maps do you have?
>
> You need a registered version of Magellan's MapSend Topo maps program.
> With it, you can mark a region and upload it to your GPS unit.
>
> Or, If you have legacy files from older Magellan applications, you can
> use Magellan's Mapsend manager to convert them to eXplorist format.
>
> I may be wrong, but don't believe you can upload third party topo maps
> to the eXplorist series....

Well, that was my question to them. How do I get and upload a topo map
to the device! I just want to get a map of a specific square mile or two
and put it on there, and they won't answer me. I'd only used it for
positioning against a map before. (Actually, I was using an OS map in
Scotland.)

I ended up using a Holux GPSlim unit in conjunction with my smartphone
and Google Maps, just to see where I was in relation to a satellite
view. Not a perfect solution, but it wasn't THAT strenuous a trail.