[OSM-talk] my etrex died?

maning sambale emmanuel.sambale at gmail.com
Wed Mar 25 02:02:24 GMT 2009


Thanks for all the tips.  Tried every trick but no good results thus
far.  I guess this unit will be going to the shop for now.

On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 7:45 AM, Gregory Williams
<gregory.williams at purplegeodesoftware.co.uk> wrote:
> Very spooky. I got large gaps in the trace I took yesterday on my eTrex
> HCX, but had a very clear view of the sky throughout. I've never had
> such a poor trace before from the unit (If you discount the time I
> managed to factory-reset the unit, thus switching off logging without
> realising -- I wasn't happy...).
>
> Gregory
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-
>> bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Andy Robinson
>> Sent: 22 March 2009 20:45
>> To: Maning Sambale
>> Cc: osm-talk
>> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] my etrex died?
>>
>> Maning Sambale wrote:
>> > For some reasons I can't explain, my etrex couldn't start anymore.
> At
>> > first I thought it's the battery but plugging it to my usb doesn't
>> work
>> > either.
>> >
>> > I see no physical damage in the unit and it's still working
>> yesterday.
>> >
>> > Any idea why?  Or how do repair it.
>> >
>> > cheers,
>> > maning
>> >
>> >
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>> Spooky, My eTrex Legend stopped receiving satellite reception when I
>> turned it on today. It works fine otherwise suggesting that its the
>> receiver not talking to the rest of the unit. I'll be calling Gramin
> in
>> the morning.
>>
>> Hope you get yours sorted out.
>>
>> Not so much cheers
>>
>> Andy
>>
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