leftcoast22
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It appears that my FA-50 and GP-150 are affected by the "rollover issue"
https://support.furuno.co.uk/en_US/news ... nuary-2022
I was able to cold start the FA-150 to get gps position again but the date, as indicated on the bulletin, still displays May 2002.
The FA-50 cannot be fixed with a "cold start" and now we cannot transmit our location on AIS. The solution for both the FA-150 and FA-50 problem is to take it to a dealer and have the software updated (for a fee?!). The challenge is that we're in the middle of the South Pacific and do not anticipate visiting an area with a service center for at least 6 months.
Is there any chance we can do the update ourselves? It seems insane that we have to pay for an update for a mistake on Furuno's part.
Another possible solution is to use external GPS (from my Navnet VX2 MFD) but I have never been able to get the FA-50 to recognize the Navnet VX2 GPS data.
Thoughts/help?
https://support.furuno.co.uk/en_US/news ... nuary-2022
I was able to cold start the FA-150 to get gps position again but the date, as indicated on the bulletin, still displays May 2002.
The FA-50 cannot be fixed with a "cold start" and now we cannot transmit our location on AIS. The solution for both the FA-150 and FA-50 problem is to take it to a dealer and have the software updated (for a fee?!). The challenge is that we're in the middle of the South Pacific and do not anticipate visiting an area with a service center for at least 6 months.
Is there any chance we can do the update ourselves? It seems insane that we have to pay for an update for a mistake on Furuno's part.
Another possible solution is to use external GPS (from my Navnet VX2 MFD) but I have never been able to get the FA-50 to recognize the Navnet VX2 GPS data.
Thoughts/help?