Garmin Oregon 450 External Power

[WildHog]

I just received an Oregon 450 and I've been trying it out. When I plug in my external power cable the unit enters mass storage mode even though it's just a power cable. I have two power cables and it's done this with both; kind of hard to drive down the road in mass storage mode. I thought I remembered someone else on the forum having the same issue but I can't find the post. Anybody know what the problem is or where the previous post is?

 

Thanks

 

Mark

[yogazoo]

It will work in this mode:

 

Setup > System > Interface > Garmin Spanner.

 

I think you'll have to do it this way unless and until you purchase a 12v cable made specifically for your Oregon.

[Imagin0s]

It will work in this mode:

 

Setup > System > Interface > Garmin Spanner.

 

I think you'll have to do it this way unless and until you purchase a 12v cable made specifically for your Oregon.

 

Additionally, you have to set that to Spanner in each profile you are likely to use the handheld on external power.

[+eusty]

It goes into detail about this issue on the Oregon wiki page.