Hello,
For those in APAC who are considering the Instinct Solar but have not put in your money yet, you should know that a core feature is currently broken on an APAC Instinct Solar that is on firmware v13.3. (If yours is not broken, please respond here =) )
- Compass's true and magnetic north is off by a lot. In my case, it was off by 132 degrees.
- No where on earth is the declination off by 132 degress.
- This is not something that can be calibrated away.
- This is also not something that you could set User Ref to offset it.
- Basically, there is currently no workaround.
- Consequently, navigation is a mess when you choose to have Maps set to "Track Up"
- It seems to be largely solved for units who are able to install latest beta firmware.
- You should also know that the beta firmware released here is not for APAC models.
- If you follow the instructions in that web page, you don't get any update prompt and the firmware file keeps going missing, it means you have an APAC Instinct Solar.
- APAC clients are known to wait 6-8 weeks for official firmware updates to reach us.
- Do check if the unit you are buying is APAC or a US unit. I did not check mine before buying.
- Don't expect much official help from these forums.
- Your local support may be more helpful but
- there is not much they can do either as they end up passing your questions to Garmin anyways.
For my detailed description of the problem (with video) mentioned in bullet 1 & 2, see here.
For a similar problem from another user, see here and here.
- The 1st link indicates that not every official update is a good update.
- The 2nd link indicates that the problem has been around for months: solved for some. unsolved for some others.
Hope this helps.
TC
Edit log
3rd June 2021 : APAC = Asia Pacific
