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Posted by Dddudley on February 28, 2010, 10:16 pm


On 2/28/2010 9:06 PM, Steve Stone wrote:
> Dddudley wrote:
>> I have time to play and follow suggestions as the warranty has another
>> eight months or so to run.
>> Thanks in advance.
> Not sure if this is a solution.
> Electronic devices do not like power surges, power dips, or "dirty"
> power sources.
> When a device is left plugged into your car and you start your car up,
> that device, depending on its design,
> might be subjected to power surges and dips as most of the power is busy
> trying to start the car.
> This can result in electronics products like GPS getting their brains
> scrambled.
> Unplug the GPS from it's power vehicle power source, start the vehicle,
> then plug it back in.
> See if that helps. It might help. It may not help.

I suppose it's worth a try. I know that all devices are not created
equal but I've never had a problem with the Garmin 2610, The Nuvi 760,
or the Quest I in the SAME vehicle.

That's the problem with these erratic, occasional problems. One must
make sure the planets are in the proper alignment, the humidity and
temperature in range, the moon in the proper phase, etc. <g>

I'm going to run it for a bit without entering the home location into it
and see what happens. Recently it seems to have been occurring a bit
more frequently. We'll see.

Thanks for the suggestion.



Posted by Holger Issle on March 1, 2010, 12:35 am


On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:06:48 -0500, Steve Stone wrote:

>Electronic devices do not like power surges, power dips, or "dirty"
>power sources.

You are absolutely correct with what you say here, and I killed a
number of 12V to 5V USB converters on the motorbike and in the car.

However, none of my Garmin units ever reacted to this kind of trouble.
--

Ciao,
Holger (GUS-KOTAL, GUS#1100, GRR#51)

90-92 Honda CB400 10 Mm | 93-95 Yamaha TDM 850 26 Mm
95-97 KTM 620 LC4 13 Mm | seit 97 BMW R1100GS 69 Mm (Die Renndrecksau!)

cu @ http://www.issle.de

Posted by Holger Issle on March 1, 2010, 12:48 am


On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:39:33 -0600, Dddudley wrote:

>green bar crawling across the screen and the logo below it, "loading
>maps" and when the green bar is within a gnat's ass of the right side of
>the screen, the unit blacks out, and reboots.

Sounds odd. I had a similiar feature on my zumo - in some areas it
would crash in the middle of a drive, and I needed to get the battery
out to get it back to life.

The cause finally was a corrupted file system in the zumo, affecting
the map. How I realized: Tried to copy all data via USB from the zumo
to the PC. Including maps. Result was that the big map file wouldn't
copy at all. I believe that was caused by the first crash due to
faulty firmware.

Solution: Format the zumo in USB mode, then copy all files back that
were present. Finally, re-create the mapset in MapSource and transfer
it to the zumo. Took 2 hours as usual. Last step is to rename the map
file from gmapsup.img to gmapprom.img using Windows Explorer. It never
crashed since.

Maybe its worth a try even if you could copy the map file. And it is
worthwhile to read the nuvi tricks at
http://forum.pocketnavigation.de/forum1000075-garmin-nuevi/1037321-nuevi-tipps-die-nicht-im-handbuch-stehen/
(may need to use a translator, they are in German)
--

Ciao,
Holger (GUS-KOTAL, GUS#1100, GRR#51)

90-92 Honda CB400 10 Mm | 93-95 Yamaha TDM 850 26 Mm
95-97 KTM 620 LC4 13 Mm | seit 97 BMW R1100GS 69 Mm (Die Renndrecksau!)

cu @ http://www.issle.de

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