Anyone know how to get a pc to find an magellan explorist 400 i have windows xp home
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Anyone know how to get a pc to find an magellan explorist 400 i have windows xp home
Didn't you know? Magellans can't find anything!!!
its not mine but I learned that ill never own one
My Magellan Meridian automatically made the right connections . . .
incidentally, since you posted this three times I'm guessing you really, really want to know, huh?
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My first line of defense for this stuff is to go to the magellan website and check for updates then go to the software website and look for updates after that I have no idea
Good Luck
If you are using a USB to serial adapter, check to see if the adapter is working. Right click on My Computer, Properties, Hardware, Device Manager. Scroll down to Ports (COM&LPT). You should see an entry for the USB adapter and it should say which com port it is using. Make sure the com port in windows is the same one you are picking in the Magellan software.
Good Luck!
My brother has a Megellan and he had the same problem. The first time I showed him how to get it to work, it took right off. The next time we tried, neither could get it to work. Be sure to consult the cosmic muffin to determine the optimum time and date for the connection,
Last edited by tat; 02-16-2006 at 01:30 PM. Reason: added more info
it says one of the usb devices has melfunctioned and windows does not recognize it
If the computer has more than 1 usb connection then I would suggest to try another one.
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I have yet to figure that one out, works one day and not the other and is the same on 2 different laptops. but then that is my luck with adapters.Originally Posted by tat
My thought on your issue, I would uninstall the malfunctioning driver. unplug, reboot, checked for driver updates on oem website, reconnect the devicethen try to reinstall the driver. If that does not work you may want to try to use a powered usb hub with the power cable connected. ( some times the usb port on the computer is not powered and this can cause some issues ). from there I would see if I have the same issue when connecting the device to a different computer. If it is haveing the issue with 2 computers I would contact magellan for further info and possible replacement due to defects.
One other source for drivers is http://www.driverguide.com/ . I have found drivers here that I can not find anywhere else including some of the maufacturers website. I had a CF GPS replaced cause of a defect and they replaced it with a newer version and their website did not have the correct drivers for the new card. I finnally found it here before I went nuts trying to learn Tiwaneese so thatI could talk with someone that had a clue