+VE6NS Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 I own a LegendC and it has been an excellent little unit. A few weeks ago I noticed it locked up. I had it plugged into the lighter and when I went to push a button, nothing happened. I tried all the buttons and nothing happened. I unplugged the unit and everything worked again. I took the unit into the house and tried it on the computer cable. Same thing. If I plugged the cable in and then turned the unit on it works fine, but I am unable to load anything onto the unit. The computer does not recognize the unit. I tried a reset, but nothing happened except now I have to manually put in all my waypoints. Any ideas Quote Link to comment
+El Diablo Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 I would call Garmin. It sounds like there is a problem with the receptor on the unit. El Diablo Quote Link to comment
+VE6NS Posted September 23, 2006 Author Share Posted September 23, 2006 Garmin said that they have never heard that problem before. Thet were the ones that told me to try the reset. When that didn't work they gave me the address of their authorised service center and the service center said "Garmin established a flat rate repair cost for each model. The Legend C is $161.72 CDN + tx & shipping." Quote Link to comment
+El Diablo Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 Have you checked the pins in the receptor to make sure one isn't either broken off or bent? I had that happen once. I bent a pin that was apparently shorting out others. El Diablo Quote Link to comment
+VE6NS Posted September 23, 2006 Author Share Posted September 23, 2006 All the pins seem to be fine though there is not an awful lot of room to check in. Quote Link to comment
+Bad_CRC Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 (edited) Garmin said that they have never heard that problem before. sounds pretty similar to this... http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=144711 Call back and talk to someone better. Edited September 24, 2006 by Bad_CRC Quote Link to comment
+VE6NS Posted September 24, 2006 Author Share Posted September 24, 2006 sounds pretty similar to this... http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=144711 Call back and talk to someone better. Not much they can do he said as the unit is about 16 months old. Guess I'll take the $161.72 CDN + tx & shipping and purchase an Etrex yellow or Camo as I do have a GPSmap 60Cx and only really need it for backup. Quote Link to comment
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