Leemann Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Folks I need your help, I'm trying to fix a Meriplat That won't power on I have tried all the fixes, unit has new batteries. Is there any thing else I could try?. Thanks Lee Quote Link to comment
xyzee Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Strong, fresh batteries, and good clean connections, and not even a blip? Not good. Hope that it didn't sit in a damp basement for years, or had a set of alkies leak, while in the unit. Something inside broken, due to a bump? Frozen, or overheated? Or? Quote Link to comment
+embra Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 If I remember right (and I may well remember wrong), didn't the cable allow it to run on external power? If so, that might be worth a try. The secret menu mentioned in the FAQs at the top of this forum might just possibly get a response if the regular power on sequence doesn't kick in. If you can't get it to power on, I don't think there's much hope. Quote Link to comment
Leemann Posted April 17, 2010 Author Share Posted April 17, 2010 Thanks guys for the replies, I plan on playing with the unit tomorrow its spotless no leaking batteries ect been stored in a case. Lee Quote Link to comment
gpstrekkers Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 I checked mine for reference. The power button is held down until it beeps. Sometimes mine would flicker in the display but there was no beep heard. Press and hold again and it would power up. Also, I think there was a loose batt compartment spring issue with these units. Make sure the springs are well seated. I'm trying to remember back, some users took their's apart and soldered the springs to the contacts. I might be wrong but I thought the springs just touched the contacts. As the other poster said, hook it up to external power power. If that works, you got it narrowed down. good luck with it. It's still a great unit for geocaching. Quote Link to comment
+EScout Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 A recent topic addressed this: http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php...=245656&hl= I believe that this is a common problem that can be easily fixed by opening up the unit. Quote Link to comment
Leemann Posted April 20, 2010 Author Share Posted April 20, 2010 Thanks to all who replied got it working Yea!. Again Thanks Big Time! Lee Quote Link to comment
vagabond Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Thanks to all who replied got it working Yea!. Again Thanks Big Time! Lee Inquiring minds want to know Quote Link to comment
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