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Can't see how they would fry. Check your owner's manual and see what it says. I know the Garmin Legend uses Nimh just fine. Recharge is better than recycle is better than dumping. Use nimh rather than nicad though. No memory problem.

To be honest, I don't know. I was in fairly heavy traffic when I noticed I was out to sea. Didn't think at the time of checking signal strength.

Does anyone have a suggestion? I was driving on I-295 near Jacksonville, FL. My legend had been accurate for the prior 2 hours of driving, when all of a sudden, it showed me about 400 miles west -- right in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico (OK, not the geographical middle, but definately not where a Ford Taurus could go). I shut the unit down, restarted it, and it found me on I-295 again. All went well the rest of the trip. A few days later, as I'm getting ready to leave Statesboro, GA, it suddenly shot me out into the Atlantic Ocean, a distance, I think, of about 500 miles, but now east of my actual location. (I did not notice this until I got home, and it returned me to my actual location before I actually got started). Does anyone have any idea how, or why, this would happen? Overall, I really like this Legend, and I'm hoping that perhaps it was something atmospheric and nothing is wrong with it. I'm going to hold off sending it in for inspection/repair to see if it happens again. I did send a trouble report to Garmin, but was told that it could be several days before I get an answer, so I'll try this forum first. Thanks.