Furuno GP 7000 Owners

Hi all

 

My gps is killing me.

I posted before about purchasing a PC Planner and transfering spots from my computer to gps.

Anyway whatever happened I apparently made my C-Map card corrupt and lost my card and shut down my gps.

 

I have purchasedd a new card from Jepperson in Sydney and my gps still can't seem to read it.

So if someone in the local area (Rockingham - Mandurah - GP 7000) has one could I come and plug mine in or test my card on another unit.,

All help apprieciated cause I'm going to Jurien on Monday and would like a working GPS.

Cheers in advance if someone ould help.

Jason


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 Hi mate, I have  same unit

Wed, 2012-01-18 23:05

 Hi mate, I have  same unit but I live in Mt Nasura, near Armadale.  If you don't have any luck with someone closer, you can come past and test it in my unit.  Cheers

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Thanks mate

Thu, 2012-01-19 06:51

I'll see how I go.

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Date Joined: 28/10/08

A thought

Thu, 2012-01-19 12:50

Jason, I am not sure how likley it is that your corrupted card has somehow corrupted the settings within your GPS unit, but if that is a possibility at all, you might want to reconsider plugging into someone elses unit to test it.  It might do the same to theirs. As I say, I have no idea whether there is any real risk of this, but another option would be to take it to a Furuno service agent and get them to see if their unit reads your card.  

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Fair point makai

Thu, 2012-01-19 20:29

If there could be a chance of that happening I don't want mine unit to be stuffed either. I suppose you could call Taylor Marine, they aren't too far from Rockingham. Cheers

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Taylor Marine

Fri, 2012-01-20 20:49

The guys up at Taylor Marine have sorted the problem.

Long story but a good outcome.

My card that came from a supplier in Sydney was blank (Very rare for this to happen)

Took it to Taylors with my unit and had them all tested.

Unit ok - Card u/s.

Another card supplied and some good advise from Rhyss and GPS working.

Thanks again to all that have helped.

Cheers