Mungo Park

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Hi Folks, again my question: What are the DOs and what are the DON´Ts to avoid problems with the GPSMAP 60 cx? Firmware 2.5 is a problem or not ? Batteries, which type is a problem which not ? what should be avoided ? Maybe you can put together your collective intelligence and post a list, what to be aware of because i´m a little bit afraid of unpacking the unit after replacement and afterwards again having no chance to awake it to life after some hours. Thanks in advance for your answers Best regards Mungo

I get my defect 60cx now replaced soon. What are the DOs and what are the DON´Ts to avoid problems ? As i understood now, a don´t is "to install Firmware 2.5" isn´t it`? Best regards Mungo

I had almost the same problem: The unit came. I took it out of the package. Used new alkaline batteries. Everything was OK. Then after plugging in the USB cable and copying some POIs on the 60cx storage card I wanted to shut off the 60cx. I pressed the power/on button and the light of the display went up. The display control was visible for some seconds, the sentence "external power source" appeared at the screen and after that the unit switched off and I am not longer able to switch it on. It is dead. I think there is a huge bug in the Power Management of the 60cx because I read on some other forum similar error report: --------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Bob Denton am 26.01.06 in alt.sattelite.gps: New 60Cx fried! The 60Cx was acting strange out of the box. It would power down during zoom up or zoom downs on the map. Garmin suggested a reset, which seemsd to work. Then after a couple of days Idecided to load some more maps and plugged it into the PC using the USB port. A mysterious glowing dot appeared on the screen and got bigger and bigger, along with the old burning chip smell and some crackling. I quickly powered down and removed the batteries, which were hot, very hot. Now the unit won't power up, although it does work on the USB power (I suppose I could strap it to a laptop) and the burn in the LCD makes for an interesting landmark. This is my 6th or 7th new Garmin and first out of the box failure If your new Cx powers down by itself, beware and send it back. Cya Bob Denton Blue Ridge Art & Graphics www.blueridge-signs.com -------------------------------------------------- Best regards Mungo