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Posted by Jim on July 16, 2008, 10:12 am


I have a GSP 76 that I purchased recently to replace the 48 that had a
dead lithium battery. Often when I have it on for a while, sometimes
only minutes. It displays a vertical line on the screen and seems to be
hung. Nothing short of removing the batteries will bring it back. Odd
thing is that I also have a Etrex legend that did the same thing the
other day. Does anyone have a clue as to what's going on? Even the
power buttons don't work when this thing fails.

Thanks,
Jim.

Posted by Rudy P on July 16, 2008, 10:50 am



Reloading the software is a first step.

>I have a GSP 76 that I purchased recently to replace the 48 that had a dead
>lithium battery. Often when I have it on for a while, sometimes only
>minutes. It displays a vertical line on the screen and seems to be hung.
>Nothing short of removing the batteries will bring it back. Odd thing is
>that I also have a Etrex legend that did the same thing the other day.
>Does anyone have a clue as to what's going on? Even the power buttons
>don't work when this thing fails.
> Thanks,
> Jim.



Posted by Jim on July 17, 2008, 4:40 am


Rudy P wrote:
> Reloading the software is a first step.
>
>> I have a GSP 76 that I purchased recently to replace the 48 that had a dead
>> lithium battery. Often when I have it on for a while, sometimes only
>> minutes. It displays a vertical line on the screen and seems to be hung.
>> Nothing short of removing the batteries will bring it back. Odd thing is
>> that I also have a Etrex legend that did the same thing the other day.
>> Does anyone have a clue as to what's going on? Even the power buttons
>> don't work when this thing fails.
>> Thanks,
>> Jim.
>
>
Didn't even know you could. Now to locate my data cable...

Thanks,
Jim.

Posted by ps56k on July 17, 2008, 12:28 pm


x-posted to the Garmin group

Jim wrote:
> Rudy P wrote:
>> Reloading the software is a first step.
>>> I have a GSP 76 that I purchased recently to replace the 48 that
>>> had a dead lithium battery. Often when I have it on for a while,
>>> sometimes only minutes. It displays a vertical line on the screen
>>> and seems to be hung. Nothing short of removing the batteries will
>>> bring it back. Odd thing is that I also have a Etrex legend that
>>> did the same thing the other day. Does anyone have a clue as to
>>> what's going on? Even the power buttons don't work when this thing
>>> fails. Thanks,
>>> Jim.
> Didn't even know you could. Now to locate my data cable...
> Thanks,
> Jim.



Posted by Peter Bennett on July 17, 2008, 1:40 pm



>I have a GSP 76 that I purchased recently to replace the 48 that had a
>dead lithium battery. Often when I have it on for a while, sometimes
>only minutes. It displays a vertical line on the screen and seems to be
>hung. Nothing short of removing the batteries will bring it back. Odd
>thing is that I also have a Etrex legend that did the same thing the
>other day. Does anyone have a clue as to what's going on? Even the
>power buttons don't work when this thing fails.
>Thanks,
>Jim.

I had the same problem with a GPS72 and emailed Garmin support about
it.

The problem is apparently related to the new WAAS satellites, and, for
the 72 at least, there is new firmware available which should cure the
problem. (I just upgraded my 72 this morning, and haven't had a chance
to try it yet...)

Go to http://www.garmin.com, and look for firmware updates for your
unit.

--
Peter Bennett, VE7CEI
peterbb4 (at) interchange.ubc.ca
GPS and NMEA info: http://vancouver-webpages.com/peter
Vancouver Power Squadron: http://vancouver.powersquadron.ca

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