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Original GPSMAP 66sr had BeiDou?
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2023 7:25 am
by mimichris
At the beginning of its release, le66sr it had Beidou, which was removed quite quickly without Garmin giving an explanation.
Re: Original GPSMAP 66sr had BeiDou?
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2023 1:05 pm
by GPSrChive
mimichris wrote: ↑Tue Mar 21, 2023 7:25 am
At the beginning of its release, le66sr it had Beidou, which was removed quite quickly without Garmin giving an explanation.
Do you have any examples of a GPSMAP 66sr with BeiDou?
Re: Original GPSMAP 66sr had BeiDou?
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2023 1:14 pm
by 987
GPSrChive wrote: ↑Tue Mar 21, 2023 1:05 pm
Do you have any examples of a GPSMAP 66sr with BeiDou?
one of the earlier posts:
Re: Original GPSMAP 66sr had BeiDou?
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2023 2:08 pm
by GPSrChive
I am pretty confident that was a label error.
We have yet to see any evidence the GPSMAP 66sr ever had BeiDou capability.
Re: Original GPSMAP 66sr had BeiDou?
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2023 5:07 pm
by mimichris
This is proof that the first series had Beidou:
1679418350-66sr-beidou.jpg
1679418994-66sr-beidou2.jpg
1679418994-66sr-beidou1.jpg
Re: Original GPSMAP 66sr had BeiDou?
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2023 7:56 pm
by GPSrChive
mimichris wrote: ↑Tue Mar 21, 2023 5:07 pm
This is proof that the first series had Beidou:
1679418350-66sr-beidou.jpg
1679418994-66sr-beidou2.jpg
1679418994-66sr-beidou1.jpg
Those images only prove that the label has an error.
We personally tested these devices for many months before they were released and they never had BeiDou capability.
Until someone can produce a legitimate photo or video of a GPSMAP 66sr displaying BeiDou satellites, we have never seen one use BeiDou!
Re: Original GPSMAP 66sr had BeiDou?
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2023 8:19 pm
by Gadwin
As far as I know, you could determine if GPSMAP 66sr could theoretical receive Beidou signals, if you knew which chip is built in.
Further you can read here on a german website
the follow thing at the last paragraph named Update: "Inzwischen haben uns weitere Informationen erreicht, die wir auch bereits in den Beitrag eingearbeitet haben. Garmin teilte uns jetzt auch mit, warum Beidou noch nicht enthalten ist – dieses System würde im Vergleich zu den anderen deutlich längere Prüfungszeiträume erfordern, und so hat man es zunächst noch nicht integriert"
translated: "In the meantime, more information has reached us, which we have also already incorporated into the article. Garmin now also told us why Beidou is not yet included - this system would require significantly longer testing periods compared to the others, and so they have not yet integrated it for the time being"
We can conclude, that GPSMAP 66sr can also use Beidou and it should be possible to update it.
Re: Original GPSMAP 66sr had BeiDou?
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2023 7:19 am
by mimichris
What I can say, a tester had a 66sr as soon as it was released in France, he talked about it on a French forum "Sorcière Monique" he did see that Beidou was well indicated on the label, but he didn't not say more.
It is possible that we can only configure 4 systems at the same time, which is what Garmin means. Until we know the characteristics of the GNSS chip, we will not know the number of systems integrated into the chip.
Is the chip of the 67 the same as that of the 66sr, if so it is possible with the software to parameterize 5 systems at the same time. It's just Garmin's choice.
Re: Original GPSMAP 66sr had BeiDou?
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2023 11:25 am
by GPSrChive
mimichris wrote: ↑Wed Mar 22, 2023 7:19 am
Is the chip of the 67 the same as that of the 66sr?
No, the GPSMAP 67 is not using the same GPS chipset as the GPSMAP 66sr.