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Submitted: Thursday, Nov 05, 2009 at 15:32

shreder

hi, any clever people out there able to help me i have a magellan explorist xl gps . the thing will not turn on i have replaced the batteries but still no success i have a topigraphal maps card ,but nothing works appreciate any help. thanks
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AnswerID: 390096   Submitted: Thursday, Nov 05, 2009 at 15:41

River Swaggie replied:



Does it turn on without the card....????
Try it using cigarette lighter connection...(maybe batts)
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FollowupID: 657861   Submitted: Thursday, Nov 05, 2009 at 15:45

River Swaggie posted:



Check you have latest firmware 9.1.55 from magellan if you get it going...
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AnswerID: 390098   Submitted: Thursday, Nov 05, 2009 at 16:03

Batman69 replied:

Shreder,

I had a similar thing happen with mine, changed batteries, tried it on mains power then I finally took out the SD card pressed the start button, then it fired up no worries. Try it it might work.

Steve.

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AnswerID: 390162   Submitted: Thursday, Nov 05, 2009 at 22:33

Bob of KAOS replied:

Check direction of battery insertion. I know on some of the earlier models you can be tricked by the requirement to insert batteries in a different direction into the same clips ie the clip does not give the clue as to the direction of battery insertion.
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AnswerID: 390163   Submitted: Thursday, Nov 05, 2009 at 22:33

Member - Brian R (WA) replied:

HI shreder

I have a little cheapy from Laser ???? may be nothing like what you have, all the same it stopped working so I searched out the instructions looked under trouble shooting ...and found it has a reset button on the back.I connected to power pressd this button with the end of a pen and problem solved ...hope this is all that is wrong with yours
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FollowupID: 657922   Submitted: Thursday, Nov 05, 2009 at 22:45

River Swaggie posted:



No reset button Brian..To do a restart you need to get into the menu function...
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FollowupID: 657925   Submitted: Thursday, Nov 05, 2009 at 23:33

Member - Brian R (WA) posted:

....and if you can't switch it on, you can't get into the menu function....sorry mate but it was worth a go
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FollowupID: 657927   Submitted: Thursday, Nov 05, 2009 at 23:47

Member - Tony S (WA) posted:

Bin it !
Plenty of better ones around. VMS, Hema etc.
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FollowupID: 657996   Submitted: Friday, Nov 06, 2009 at 13:07

River Swaggie posted:



**Bin it ! **

What terrible advice,Magellan have one of the BEST Topo maps going arourd...Do you BIN Garmin GPS's because the Garmin Aus Topo is crud...????
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FollowupID: 657997   Submitted: Friday, Nov 06, 2009 at 13:08

River Swaggie posted:


**....and if you can't switch it on, you can't get into the menu function....sorry mate but it was worth a go
Brian***

Yep Brian no worries ~(*--)
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AnswerID: 390239   Submitted: Friday, Nov 06, 2009 at 13:28

oz doc replied:

Hi Shreder, is it possible that is its turning on but the screen is dead? For instance could you 'turn it on' and plug it into your computer and see if you can access it via the computer?doc.

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AnswerID: 390356   Submitted: Saturday, Nov 07, 2009 at 11:36

shreder replied:

thanks to all that tried to help , but no success will keep trying. thanks again shreder
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