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« on: November 01, 2010, 05:40:52 pm » |
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I just bought Hogsgonewild's Garmin setup. I received it in the mail today. Everything was in good shape just as described. I did take the time to do the most recent updates found on the Garmin website. Bruce Conkey who has litterally sold 1000's of the DC-30 told me to do the updates, as he was seeing better results with the latest software. I upgraded 3 of the 4 collars. I am going to do some testing tonight to see what the range difference is. I'll let you all know tomorrow what I find.
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Josh
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« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2010, 08:28:15 pm » |
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I updated 2 Garmin Astros 220's (1 mine, 1 my buddies) to the latest software upgrade. I also updated 3 of the 4 DC-30's to the newest software for the DC-30. I loaded all 4 collars into both ASTRO's. Tonight when I got home, I turned everything on. The 3 upgraded collars triple blinked meaning the had great reception. We drove away from our house at a slow rate of speed. At around 1 mile as the crow flies from the collars, I began loosing reception on the collar that was not updated. The 3 that were updated were loosing and picking back up signal at 1.51 miles. Tara and Emily wanted to get back home, so we stopped our research for the night. I saw enough of a difference to recommend updating your equipment. I will update the last collar tomorrow.
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« Reply #2 on: November 02, 2010, 05:19:23 am » |
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Thanks for the info. We updated ours last night, will test them this weekend for opening weekend!!!!!!!!  |
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« Reply #4 on: November 02, 2010, 07:20:50 am » |
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i knew you should update the Astro, but how do you update the dc-30's?  You link your Astro to the USB. Then on the Astro screen for the collar you want to update, you hit menu. Choose update collar. The Astro will update it while linked to the computer (garmin website) via radio waves. It only takes several minutes. Well worth the time. |
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« Reply #5 on: November 02, 2010, 03:25:02 pm » |
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i knew you should update the Astro, but how do you update the dc-30's? You link your Astro to the USB. Then on the Astro screen for the collar you want to update, you hit menu. Choose update collar. The Astro will update it while linked to the computer (garmin website) via radio waves. It only takes several minutes. Well worth the time. Thanks - Will try it tonight! |
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« Reply #6 on: November 04, 2010, 07:56:42 am » |
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well im computer illiterate how do u link ure garmin to the usb an all that an wuts garmin website
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« Reply #7 on: November 04, 2010, 08:00:08 am » |
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well im computer illiterate how do u link ure garmin to the usb an all that an wuts garmin website
You keep using the Beep Beep system.  https://buy.garmin.com/shop/store/downloadsUpdates.jsp?product=010-00596-01&cID=209&pID=8576You will need the USB cord that came with the Astro 220. Once you are logged on to the site, refer to your owner's manual. It will walk you through the steps of upgrading your software. Regards |
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« Reply #9 on: November 04, 2010, 10:16:13 pm » |
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This would probably be a good "sticky" if one of you would take the time to write out an explanation of what you are doing.
I updated mine and it seemed to help on my initial test.
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« Reply #10 on: November 05, 2010, 12:30:37 pm » |
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just updated mine its great
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« Reply #11 on: November 05, 2010, 12:32:57 pm » |
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just updated mine its great
Have you range tested them yet? If so, what difference did you see? |
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« Reply #12 on: November 05, 2010, 01:18:14 pm » |
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yea i used to lose em round 900 yrds it was over a mile an somethin b4 it started goin in an out of reception but when i stopped for a min it picked up at 2.6 miles
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« Reply #13 on: November 05, 2010, 01:27:10 pm » |
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« Reply #14 on: November 08, 2010, 10:31:08 am » |
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took it to the woods wasnt as good as at work but it was way better than it was b4 i upgraded i recomend upgrading
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« Reply #15 on: November 08, 2010, 11:36:44 am » |
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thanks for the info... i'll get mine updated before the next hunt...
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« Reply #16 on: November 08, 2010, 12:42:32 pm » |
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upgraded 2 handhelds and 6 collars . took the dogs out yesterday ,man theres a serious difference. only dropped signal once but got it right back at a mile and the dog might have been in the creek . wish i new about this sooner . thanks
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« Reply #17 on: November 10, 2010, 09:57:55 am » |
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i got a new dc 40 an it beat the updated collars by half a mile got mine for 215 bucks
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« Reply #18 on: November 10, 2010, 12:22:16 pm » |
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You can buy them for $185 at erwin
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« Reply #19 on: November 10, 2010, 02:01:26 pm » |
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wuts erwins website
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