JB
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I have had this unit for about 7 years. It has always worked fine for marine or auto applications. . . until the last year or so.
When first turned on after being off for several hours or more it has no idea where it is or what the date/time are. It goes into autolocate for a few minutes and searches the sky. Once it has found a few satellites it operates normally. Only a minor inconvenience, but annoying.
Garmin says they no longer service that model. I read somewhere that there is an internal battery that saves time/date info and that it needs to be replaced every few years. Garmin says nothing about that.
Anyone know about that and how to change it?
Should I just put her on ebay and recover as much of my large investment as possible?
I have replaced her with a GPSMAP640.
When first turned on after being off for several hours or more it has no idea where it is or what the date/time are. It goes into autolocate for a few minutes and searches the sky. Once it has found a few satellites it operates normally. Only a minor inconvenience, but annoying.
Garmin says they no longer service that model. I read somewhere that there is an internal battery that saves time/date info and that it needs to be replaced every few years. Garmin says nothing about that.
Anyone know about that and how to change it?
Should I just put her on ebay and recover as much of my large investment as possible?
I have replaced her with a GPSMAP640.
