+phsxc Posted March 6, 2006 Posted March 6, 2006 Hi, I was riding my bike Saturday with my Garmin GPSMAP 60CSX in the front pocket of my Anorak and when I took it out of my pocket at one point, the display was all skewed at a 45 degree angle. When I shut the unit off, it went back to normal and it hasn't done it since, but I'm very concerned. I wish I had either not reset it so I could have taken a picture, but I wasn't thinking. Has anyone else had this happen? Thanks, Brad Quote
+cary1952 Posted March 6, 2006 Posted March 6, 2006 possibly you accidently set the view to be at HEADING rather than NORTH up, in which case the screen appear sideways depending on which direction you are going. Cary in South Dakota Quote
+phsxc Posted March 7, 2006 Author Posted March 7, 2006 Actually, it was nothing like that.. On every screen I went to every thing - numbers, boxes, letters, icons, etc.. were all stretched and pointing at like a 45 degree angle and some stuff was skewed off the screen, like it was hard to read all the data on the trip computer because some of it was pulled off to the left. dadgum I wish I took a screenshot. Quote
stevesisti Posted March 7, 2006 Posted March 7, 2006 THat has happened to me on my 60cs...in particular when I look at tidal info for a location in long island, then hit the quit key...all the writing goes at a 45 degree angle...The only way to correct it is to turn the unit off then back on. I just ignore that tide station now. Quote
+DustyWalker Posted March 7, 2006 Posted March 7, 2006 That's scary stuff. Hope it doesn't happen to mine. I wonder if it is a firmware issue?? Quote
+scnascar Posted March 8, 2006 Posted March 8, 2006 strange.. I will be keeping an eye on mine. Quote
+phsxc Posted March 14, 2006 Author Posted March 14, 2006 Hasn't happened again, but I just bought a handlebar mount. I want to take my GPS mountain biking on my handlebars. Hope that doesn't jar the display out of whack, but we'll see. I also hope it doesn't shut off like my Garmin Legend did. I think the battery contacts weren't tight enough to handle the jarring. Quote
+jotne Posted March 14, 2006 Posted March 14, 2006 Have also seen this twise on my 60CS. Solved by turning the unit off and on. I have always the latest firmware. Quote
Hertzog Posted March 14, 2006 Posted March 14, 2006 Have also seen this twise on my 60CS. Solved by turning the unit off and on. I have always the latest firmware. Likewise; it seems to be a characteristic of some of the abnormal shutdown modes that occur now and then (sometimes the screen just fades out, other times you get the skewed screen). I think I last saw it on my 60CS about two years ago. Quote
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