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Originally posted by pharmteam:
Any one have a clue? If I turn it off I have to remove battery before it will turn back on.
Lucien of PharmTeam

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Lucien, a couple things to try:

[*] Powering up the unit while holding the “Enter” key down will bring up a test screen. At the bottom they’ll be some test names (RAM, ROM, etc.)… after a while they should all say Pass. If not, you’ve got a hardware problem and you’ll have send the unit back.
[*] Powering up the unit while holding the “Page” AND “Enter” keys down (yep, it’s a bit awkward) will reset the unit to out of box. All your settings will be lost, as will any waypoints and maps (at least I think maps are also lost). This reset is usually the first thing recommended by the Garmin techs when you call about a non-working unit… hopefully by erasing all the data on the unit, you get it out of this weird state.
[*] If the reset works, you might want to try upgrading the firmware (http://www.garmin.com/support/collection.jsp?product=010-00322-30). My 60c shipped with firmware 3.50, and I experienced a couple weird lockups when routing with City Navigator maps… I upgraded to 4.00 last week and (knock on wood) have had no issues since.

[This message has been edited by jvechinski (edited 06-29-2005).]

Mole recently bought batteries for her new atomic clock. I put one in and it didn’t work right. Put another in and the clock still didn’t work right. I pulled out my tester and found she had a bad batch of batteries. Each AA cell should read 1.53 volts DC when new. If the battery is fresh it should read at least 1.50 or more volts.

I carry a tester in the truck (in case something somewhere goes wrong), but your GPS should have a battery gage displayed when you turn it on.

By the way, thanks again for showing us that fancy GPSr at the caching event.

I will trade a sweet working Garmin GPS III for it even up….works all day on 4 rechargables!

I have a Garmin GPS III for in the field and a GPS V for on the road. I find the GPS III to work better in the field plus I know the function buttons quite well after 950+ finds with it.

The shirts were 3 for $23 shipped from eBay, maybe we can find a possum pie shirt for you too.

I bought a 15 minute Energizer charger w/2200 mAh batteries included that work great in the field even during the Winter. They work forever in my Kodak digital camera too where the Kodak battery was good for a couple of picture before it would croak.

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Originally posted by Opossum:
Do you keep your GPS in your pocket so the batteries stay warm?

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NiMH batteries actually work slightly better than alkaline in the cold. NiCad batteries are worse than alkaline. For really low temperatures (sub-zero), lithium batteries are the way to go. All batteries have reduced capacity (and thus will go dead quicker) in the cold. Here are some references:
http://www.weasner.com/etx/techtips/2004/battery-lowtemps.html
http://www.bushwalking.org.au/FAQ/FAQ_Batteries.htm
http://www.mongeese.org/photos/tips/

On a somewhat unrelated note, if you are using rechargeable batteries in your 60c/60cs (or any other newer Garmin GPS), be sure to go into the setup menu and change your battery type to NiMH… otherwise, the “battery meter” won’t be accurate.

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Originally posted by Opossum:
Hey thanks! That’s really good to know. Now I won’t have to keep my GPS in my pants pocket anymore. (Which, by the way, is how I met Mole.)

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Okay…remember, this is a fmaily site!