On Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:34:13 -0600, lid wrote:

On Tue, 04 Mar 08 Jean-Pierre Trolet wrote:
(Garmin has given up with the 45 - no support - no update)

That's odd. Garmin still has the latest update for my old GPS12CX
(latest update 3/24/99) on their download page. I think the G45 was
about the same vintage.

Garmin's early receivers like the 45 (and pre-version 3.5 12XLs) were
not field-upgradable.

I think the OP's 45 should, given time, fresh batteries, and a clear
view of the sky, recover. (although I had an old Garmin 128 on my
boat that can no longer find satellites - don't know if the problem is
antenna or receiver, but it did work last fall...)


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