TLS76

Which unit and which modelnr. ?! Cheers TLS76

@quakemap.com: SergZak is right. I was talking about the even smaller AAA sized batteries. Geko units all use AAA size, while the eTrex series uses AA. @all: However i was just wondering, if anybody else has seen that strange behaviour. Personally i will stick to useing the "Alkaline" setup for my NiMHs. The battery bar drops slowly and linear in this setting and if i measure the voltage, when the unit reports "Battery low" it is around 1,15V per cell. That also seems to be fine. Would be worth to do the countercheck and use the NiMH setup for Alkaline batteries one time. :-) Cheers Tobias

Hi there! As i were recently buying AAA sized batteries on a weekly basis, i finally ordered a nice set of NiMH rechargeables (750mAh) and run into a funny software problem of the Geko201. In the Setup->System menu of the unit, you can switch the battery type from Alkaline to NiMH. Ok so far so good. This makes sense, as an Alkaline battery has a nominal voltage of 1.5V, while rechargeables mostly have 1.2V and you should get a reasonable battery-voltage-bar display with useing both types. Ok, and now the odd thing: If i use the NiMH set for 2hours, the battery bars drop down very quickly, with the setup switched to NiMH, but if i switch the setup back to Alkaline, i immdediately gain two bars in the battery display. Could it be, that Garmin mixed up the labels and the Alkaline setup is in reality the NiMH setup and vice versa?! I´m just wondering... Cheers Tobias P.S.: Software version is V2.20