Harry
>Dear Thomas,
> I contacted Garmin today because my Garmin is on board and the rain has
>been off and on today. I asked the dealer and Garmin if they could tell by the
>date of purchase etc. what software version mine was without the serial
>number. I was told "it wouldn't matter about the serial number, the units will
>be running slowly for about the next month during the adjustments with
>satellites. The initial screen should tell what version I have for a download
>need. If I boot up by holding the page key while starting up, it would take
>care of it automatically, but it will take as much as 20 minutes to pick up on
>the new positioning info., and that they'd all be this way for about a month.
>Ted-Milwaukee WWPotter19 "Sea Breeze"
>
>Thos. Westerman wrote:
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>> West Wight Potter Website at URL
>> http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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>> >I just saw this in this morning's USAToday.
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>> >Global positioning system adjustment set
>> >Some guide receivers may be off
>> >
>> My GPS is a Garmin III. I went to their web page and a table showed that
>> this model requires no sofware change or any user intervention whatsoever
>> to handle the new change. That was very comforting. Some of their models
>> showed the need to do a "cold boot" after the rollover, some while holding
>> down one or two specific keys. Still others needed a software infusion to
>> fix the problems (which were available).
>>
>> Cant speak for other models like lorain, marantz, Even my Tripmate GPS.
>> But most manufactureres have info available (of course).