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Old 06-25-2007, 11:53 PM   #4
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Default eTrex Vista turning itself off (Software Problem)

On Fri, 05 Sep 2003 12:00:55 +0100, Jason Price
<mail@jasonprice.org.uk> dropped the following oil-slick:

>in article 3f9elvoqu19p7basircocq6d7b4uq7nq67@4ax.com, gomez at
>adams_gomez@notmail.com wrote on 4/9/03 12:52 pm:
>
>> I have just sent the following to Garmin Technical assistance. Anyone
>> else noticed the same or is willing to experiment with their Vista to
>> see if they get the same problem?
>>
>> Symptom: When I switch to the Navigation Screen the unit switches
>> itself off. I have to do a Master Reset to get the unit working
>> again.

>
>hi,
>
>I just had this very same problem and contacted garmin about it. here is
>their reply, cut and pasted, which I have carried out and now my unit is
>working just fine. the symptom on mine was that it would shut down when
>switching to the navigation screen as yours did, *unless* I had the
>navigation screen selected before it actually acquired all the satellites
>and was then asked to 'find'. bizarre.
>
>anyway, doing a hard reset as suggested by Garmin worked for me so far and
>I've been using it for a couple of weeks since without any shutdowns.
>

The hard reset Garmin describe is the same as the Master Reset I have
been using to clear the problem. I have had to do this so many times,
I can probably now do them with my eyes shut and with boxing gloves
on.

However after a hard/master rest, I can then reproduce the problem at
will by changing the Navigation Screen settings to display Final
Distance in the bottom right hand area.
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