Magellan GPS 3000 problem

[Gabriel]

I have an old (1995) Magellan GPS 3000 which I haven't used for some
time (presumably since 2000/01/01?). It seems to be functional, but when
I tried to use it recently, it didn't set up. I have set it up before
(years ago), and knew my location and the time. It mostly sat there
saying "Searching". I sometimes got one and, once, two of the three
bars. I left it for about an hour (it should find its location, starting
from no information, within 15 minutes), and tried in different
locations, all of which could see plenty of sky. When checking
satellites found, it could always see 5 or 6.

prime suspect is the date: it only let me enter 2 digits of the year,
like 23Sep00.

Is this a known issue, and is there any way round it, or should I just
scrap the unit?

Thanks

[DarthVendor]

I have the same problem with my Magellan GPS 2000. I bought it in 1997,
stopped using it around 1999 and would like to use it again. The
firmware is v3.04 and I read that this was the latest for this model. I
am sure it is the date and someone knows if you can change the date to
something else to make it work. Anyone have a sugestion??

Gabriel <y$-z$1...@ms3.org.uk> wrote in
news:MPG.1dadd3582...@news.nildram.co.uk:

[Wilhelm Korrengk]

> I have the same problem with my Magellan GPS 2000.

So I do!
I have one GPS 3000 and one GPS 3000 XL and both don`t work at
all... Anyone knows weather it is the rollover or the date?

Regards
Wilhelm Korrengk

[MicroSchizzle]

Wilhelm Korrengk <wil...@korrengk.de> wrote in news:e20007$7eq$02$1
@news.t-online.com:

I figured out the problem with mine. I had to reset it and input the
correct date/time, then find an open area to let the unit find the
sattelites. I could not do it from out side my apartment, but it worked
standing 15 miles away at work. you can check what sattelites by
pressing "MNU" then left arrow, right arrow, left arrow, right arrow.
change the 00 to 01 then "ENT". I find this is good for showing if it
has found a sattelite and pulling updated info.