Tech Support by Vendors - Columbus — V-990
Firmware update for Columbus GPS (V-990, V-900 & V-800+, sold between years 2010-2015)
Posted by shaojie wu on
The firmware update is to resolve “GPS Week Number Rollover” Issue. This issue only affects models sold during years between 2010-2015 (which are using the MTK3329 chipset). The current models sold after 2015 (which are using the MTK3339 chipset) don’t affected by this issue. No update is needed. Download firmware update for V-900 and V-990; Download firmware update for V-800+.
For V-900/V-990 GPS, when I click a voice point, nothing happens. Why?
Posted by jack wu on
You should install the latest version of “Google Earth”, which may be downloaded from: http://earth.google.com/intl/en/ . Click "Tools"--"Options"--"General" . Configuring the items as shown.
For V-900/V-990 GPS data logger, after exporting a track, I can only see the track line but no track point. Why?
Posted by jack wu on
In the display window of Google Earth, you should drag away the time bar. Please move away the time line as shown in the following figure. All track points then become visible.
Side by side comparison for Columbus V-800, V-900, V-990, V1000 and P-1
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For detail, please click here.
Columbus V-900 / V-990 GPS memory requirements.
Posted by jack wu on
If the memory card does not meet the following 2 requirements, you will hear continuous short beep from the GPS.Requirements:1. Memory Size <= 4GB2. Memory must be formatted into FAT (FAT16) partition. FAT32 or other partitions do NOT work. The picture below shows the stpes to format a 4GB memory card by Windows 7. BTW, don’t use Mac to format the memory card. It does not support FAT(FAT16).