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60CS shuts itself off
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| Paul Cassel 2005-06-19, 4:55 pm |
| Gee, am I disgusted. The first time I used my 60CS in a way which I
needed, rather than having it along sort of as a toy, it failed.
Simply put, the unit shuts itself off after an unpredictable time. There
is no warning or other symptom. One time I 'caught' it doing this, the
screen faded from bottom to top taking about .8 sec to do so.
The unit had fresh batteries and showed full bars in the battery meter.
However, these batteries are about 3 years old and have been with me on
the boat at sea, so I change to a new set of batteries anyway. That kept
the unit going for about a hour then it shut off again. There is no low
battery warning and the meter is always a full bar battery level. Can
this still be a bad battery set? (I can only hope).
The unit shuts off either when moving (I have it on a motorcycle) or
still so it isn't a vibration thing. It's shut off while 'paging' or
just sitting there doing what I hoped it would do which is calcuate
average speed so I can predict ETA's and adjust accordingly. If it shuts
off or won't stay on (your choice) it's useless for calculating overall
rates.
Just as a FYI, I rode an 'Iron Butt' yesterday which is at least 1,000
miles in less than 24 hours on a motorcycle (I did 1,100 in maybe 17).
Obviously time to point was important as was average rate and time to
checkpoints. Due to the failure of this unit, I was back to doing the
calcs in my head which works, but it's not what I paid all this money to
do.
Is this a known problem with a fix? TIA.
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| Steve Calvin 2005-06-19, 4:55 pm |
| Paul Cassel wrote:
quote:
> Gee, am I disgusted. The first time I used my 60CS in a way which I
> needed, rather than having it along sort of as a toy, it failed.
>
> Simply put, the unit shuts itself off after an unpredictable time. There
> is no warning or other symptom. One time I 'caught' it doing this, the
> screen faded from bottom to top taking about .8 sec to do so.
>
> The unit had fresh batteries and showed full bars in the battery meter.
> However, these batteries are about 3 years old and have been with me on
> the boat at sea, so I change to a new set of batteries anyway. That kept
> the unit going for about a hour then it shut off again. There is no low
> battery warning and the meter is always a full bar battery level. Can
> this still be a bad battery set? (I can only hope).
>
> The unit shuts off either when moving (I have it on a motorcycle) or
> still so it isn't a vibration thing. It's shut off while 'paging' or
> just sitting there doing what I hoped it would do which is calcuate
> average speed so I can predict ETA's and adjust accordingly. If it shuts
> off or won't stay on (your choice) it's useless for calculating overall
> rates.
>
> Just as a FYI, I rode an 'Iron Butt' yesterday which is at least 1,000
> miles in less than 24 hours on a motorcycle (I did 1,100 in maybe 17).
> Obviously time to point was important as was average rate and time to
> checkpoints. Due to the failure of this unit, I was back to doing the
> calcs in my head which works, but it's not what I paid all this money to
> do.
>
> Is this a known problem with a fix? TIA.
SOunds like the unit is defective. My 76CS has never done that. Contact
Garmin and they should take care of it if it's under the warranty period
--
Steve
Ever notice that putting the and IRS together makes "theirs"?
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| Scott Ranger 2005-06-19, 4:55 pm |
| I had a similar problem with one of my two Rinos. It got sent back twice for
warranty repair, but now works fine.
Scott
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quote:
> Gee, am I disgusted. The first time I used my 60CS in a way which I
> needed, rather than having it along sort of as a toy, it failed.
>
> Simply put, the unit shuts itself off after an unpredictable time. There
> is no warning or other symptom. One time I 'caught' it doing this, the
> screen faded from bottom to top taking about .8 sec to do so.
>
> The unit had fresh batteries and showed full bars in the battery meter.
> However, these batteries are about 3 years old and have been with me on
> the boat at sea, so I change to a new set of batteries anyway. That kept
> the unit going for about a hour then it shut off again. There is no low
> battery warning and the meter is always a full bar battery level. Can this
> still be a bad battery set? (I can only hope).
>
> The unit shuts off either when moving (I have it on a motorcycle) or still
> so it isn't a vibration thing. It's shut off while 'paging' or just
> sitting there doing what I hoped it would do which is calcuate average
> speed so I can predict ETA's and adjust accordingly. If it shuts off or
> won't stay on (your choice) it's useless for calculating overall rates.
>
> Just as a FYI, I rode an 'Iron Butt' yesterday which is at least 1,000
> miles in less than 24 hours on a motorcycle (I did 1,100 in maybe 17).
> Obviously time to point was important as was average rate and time to
> checkpoints. Due to the failure of this unit, I was back to doing the
> calcs in my head which works, but it's not what I paid all this money to
> do.
>
> Is this a known problem with a fix? TIA.
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| Hoshisato 2005-06-29, 4:55 pm |
| I have that problem with my GPSmap60C when I use rechargable batteries,
they seem to be a little shorter than the usual batteries. When I use
them, each time there is a little shock or impact, the GPS switches
itself off.
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