AvMap Geosat 6 series User Manual
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Updates
5.3 Downloading the software updates
1. Enter the Support area of the www.avmap.it web
site, then select Download and FAQ.
2. Select you product from the scroll down menu 
3. The FAQ page for your product will be opened, click 
on Software update, from the Download column on 
the left. 
4. In the software update Page you will see the software
release name and description, click on download. 
The file Geosat 6 Update_x.x.xx.zip will be saved on 
your computer.
5. Remember to download the Manual Addendum for this
software version (par. I.II), introducing the changes 
and innovations of the new release. You can find the 
addendum clicking on Manuals in the download menu 
in the left Column.
5.4 Installing the software updates
1. Disconnect the navigator fro the power supply cable. 
WARNING: do not feed the navigator when connecting 
it to the PC, this could damage the device. 
2. Turn on the navigator without feeding it and connect 
it to the PC through the USB cable provided (the 
navigator will be charged through the USB cable). Wait 
for the Windows OS to recognise it. 
3. Open the file ”Geosat 6 Update_x.x.xx.zip”. It is a 
zip containing an executable file. Unzip it.
4. A dialog window will open. If Geosat 6 has been 
correctly recognised, then a Geosat 6 icon will 
appear on the left, and the button on the right will 
be highlighted in blue. If this does not happen, make 
sure that Geosat 6 is turned on, and that the cable is 
correctly plugged both into the navigator and the PC. 
5. Once Geosat 6 has been detected, click on the blue 
button.
