In the first place, Have u buy the license or not. The license key is actually the Micro SD card comes wth Garmin MXT & probably Garmin's Malaysia maps...that Sharkteef mentioned earlier. .

The symptom u describe is very common for those trying to install without license.

No discussion on #ahem..here..

This post has been edited by stimix: Feb 7 2009, 12:03 AM

Well u are probably correct.. I never try & ask the original Garmin actually only from those members word of mouth & also from sharkteef comment above.. ..Horrible seller asking >RM70 for such #ahem# service

This post has been edited by stimix: Feb 8 2009, 12:06 PM

Garmin MXT is using either Symbiam or Window mobile platforms If yours is Symbian, should not worry.

Read first page..I hv explained

Yes malsingmaps having the most complete Sarawak & Sabah currently Malfreemaps has just released the Labuan, KK & Sandakan maps. No Sarawak maps yet. Probably soon

Here's the maps of Kuching in malsingmaps (Zoom-out)



This post has been edited by stimix: Feb 16 2009, 08:19 PM

To view the maps there, u need to install mapsource. u can get it by googling for "Garmin mapsource"

The download link is here:
http://www.malsingmaps.com/portal/downloads.php

However free version is abit outdated i.e Jan 2008. The locked version are for those who contribute (Not monetary but via contribution of tracklogs, point of interest & errors.

B4 installing to your GPS receiver (Either Garmin, Nokia Symbian or even PDA Window mobile) pls read the wiki 1st on what is GPS, what softwares, how to install & how to contribute. It's rather long to post here..

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Added on February 17, 2009, 9:12 amThose posts hv been deleted for very obvious reason....for sharing #ahem"

Yes it it's possible, Garmin will treat both valid & overlapping each others. If both files are from diff regions no problem, but once overlapped, lotsa funny thingy will happen..one of it that I hate....I can't do address search!!

This post has been edited by stimix: Feb 17 2009, 09:12 AM

Which ever format use, the garmin unit, mapsource & even google earth will auto detect & convert it..

Can't be 13 bars...Max in Garmin MXT/que only 12 ....Well the bars represent the signal strenght of each satelite.If only 4 bars & the bars in in blue, meaning it's fixed & the data is processed by the unit. If other colours or blank/greyish, the unit still acquiring signals from satelites..If u have an ext antenna, u will see all those weak bars suddenly increase to almost max except if u are surrounded by highrises in KL

Yours detected & acquiring thus diff colours..& blank..no fix yet..once fixed normally blue filling ...u can also see certain satelite signal pretty weak...So if u wanted better signal, u need an external antenna. However for general navi, ext ant no need. but for mapping/tracklogs & etc probably need.

Currently there are only about 24 (or probably more now) NASA GPS satelites in space. the max u can acquire only 12 bcos another 12 blocked by the other 1/2 of the globe.So far 10 iare the avg best to acquire all 12 is possible but only once in a while..Signal strength will be another thing..

Yes each bar represent 1 satellite. How strong is the signal from that satellite is represented by how high is the bar. If that satelite having low bar meaning it's far away on the horizon instead of overhead & also due to blockage by trees, car roof and buildings.

If based on my experience, u will get fixed if there is 3 or 4 stable satelites. If less than 3 normally 2D quality & >3 =3D quality. Dun think the North/South/East/West affecting the fix. Only the nukmber of satellites.

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Added on February 18, 2009, 4:48 pmWell the default in my Garmin MXT & also Mapsource is format/method 2 not 3. But default as per Google earth is method 3.

For me no diff because if u use method 3 as per google earth & key in mapsource, u still can get to that location. However (Yeah my mistake earlier) in Garmin MXT, u can't key in method 3 if your default is 2. bcos it's gave wrong info. to convert from google earth to Garmin MXT, just X60min

However in Google earth, if u use method 2 & copy & search using the Fly me to funjction, it will auto convert to method 3 i.e their default format.

This post has been edited by stimix: Feb 18 2009, 04:48 PM

I mean 3 stable wth confirmed blue filling will get u 3D fixed but for sure u will not be at 6M range-lah..probably 20-30M..once u get more satelites wth helps of ext antenna, u will be getting atleast 3-6M accuracy if u playback you tracklogs. U wil get fixed if 3 blue filling satelite acquired & not detected! Sometime there might be 5-7 satelites roaming but u can't get fixed bcos signal is too weak Even wth 7 weak signals, sometime it took as good as 15min to get 3 stable satelite fix!! ..In airplane, sometime can be as long as 20min!! to get a fix!


This post has been edited by stimix: Feb 19 2009, 12:15 AM

If u are using Nokia Symbian, those phones are without the ext antenna socket. So the best is to buy the re-radiating external antenna combo (i.e 1 set of external antenna & another re-radiating unit.) I bought mine from pc-mobile here:

http://www.pc-mobile.net/gpsant.htm

Suprisingly their price reduced so much..I bought mine 2.5yrs ago for ~RM200!...Time to buy 1...kaput oledi ....BTW, for normal navigation, & acceptable satelite reception, no need antenna unless u wanted to contribute tracklogs or your car having Vkool installed

V2.30b was updated sometime in Dec'08..Almost all mapsets remained unchanged/ not updated except Melaka, & Hohor & Singapore

However Mysgfreemaps (Malfreemaps.com) have been continously updated weekly since V1.0 in Sept..08..now at V1.42 (I.e 42 updates since Sept 08 although certain updates not fully released)

Huh..still V1.42 leh..where's the source? Probably 2moro they will release V1.43 or even 1.44 BTW, malfreemaps is 100% not locked-leh

The latest:
http://malfreemaps.com/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=893

..dunno what to say

V1.43 released Today at MFM. More Sabah maps added in..

Hehe..abit of correction...not 2 POIs but 2 different contributions of different types..meaning if 1st submission is POIs the 2nd one probably error reporting. Otherwise more POIs (not 2..probably >5) ...I rejected lotsa fella submiiting minimum 2!

Dun say like dat-lah..Aspire probably asking from jerome thw mapper for Johor & SG..& he probably on good mode. Well I will chk 1st whether the POIs are duplicated or submitted b4..normally that's the case bcos lotsa newbies dun want to chk the latest maps whether the POI already in the maps..

Well u can submit to MFM, faster update there

Yes Antyong is lurking around here too but dunno using which nick....Ah Nong, probably referring to MFM postings or trying hard to expose Antyong's dupe...ehhh nick