Garmin GPSmap 62s Screen Fades, standard reset not working

[+MaSL]

Dear Community,

 

My loyal Garmin GPSmap 62s has these symptoms after I deleted an old - and loaded a new map:

 

It powers up normally, halfway the loading bar it stops loading, then slowly the screen fades.

When connected to usb abd my mac: it powers up as if not connected, then shows the normal usb connection screen, but then this starts to fade

 

I tried the reset option: Page + Enter, it comes up in that reboot option screen, but no key gives a respons and the screen fades

 

Replaced batteries, same result.

 

Any thoughts, is it doomed?

 

MaSL

 

 

[+Timpat]

It's been awhile since I used my 62S having moved on to the 64S and now the 66i. But I saved my notes on how to try clearing issues.

 

Garmin 62s Reset steps

Press Enter + Page + Power together, then when the Garmin logo appears, release the Power button but continue holding the Enter + Page buttons until the ‘user data deletion’ warning appears.

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Have the GPSMAP 62 (not sure if this works on 78) turned off.

Press and hold both the "Quit", "Out" and the "Menu" buttons

Press and release the power button

Release "Quit", "Out" and "Menu" buttons after about 5 seconds
 

[+MaSL]

Thanks for replying! Yes, I get to this 'user date deletion' warning screen, but none of the buttons work after this and this screen fades too....

[JaVaWa]

Did you empty the trash after deleting the old map?

Did you use an SD card for the maps? In that case: remove the SD card (the GPSMAP should work after that) and put the SD in a card reader. Connect the reader to your mac and empty the trash.

The problem is slightly bigger if you have put the maps on the device itself. You have to start your GPSMAP in the pre-boot mode:

• switch the device off (when it isn't off already)
• press and hold the rocker in the up direction
• connect the device with the USB cable to your mac
• wait until the USB symbol appears on the screen (it can take a while)
• release the rocker

Now empty the trash; it also may be necessary to remove the new map when that is causing the problem. 

 

Edited December 29, 2024 by JaVaWa

[+MaSL]

Many, many thanks, this solved the problem!

 

The Garmin GPSmap 62 does not have a SD card, so I indeed loaded the map directly on the gps.

I do not see a trash folder in the file structure, but I removed the map and the pocket query I had loaded last and the device restarted okay.

Next I ran the disk utility function on my Mac and it did not show errors. Unfortunately your 'JaVaWa Device Manager.app' does not run on my MacOS version.

Next I loaded another map and the device boots well with this map.

 

Not sure how to keep the file structure intact, tempted to do this factory settings reset, but not sure all the original files are still on the device....

 

Thanks,

 

MaSL

 

[JaVaWa]

Finder will not show the trash folder for a certain device, when you click on the trash icon in your dock you will see the trashed items on all disks/devices.

It is a better idea to put your maps on an SD card, especially when the map isn’t made by Garmin (maps made with open source software are more prone for causing problems than official Garmin maps).

 

A factory reset does not erase all files, it also doesn’t revert the firmware to the original version. What is does is setting all options to the factory default en erasing waypoints, routes and tracks.

 

I stopped updating my offline tools eight years ago due to medical reasons, newer MacOS versions won’t run them anymore. 

[+HHL]

On 12/28/2024 at 5:31 PM, MaSL said:

My loyal Garmin GPSmap 62s has these symptoms [...]

 

3 hours ago, MaSL said:

The Garmin GPSmap 62 does not have a SD card

Right, but your GPSmap 62s has:

Quote

Installing a microSD Card
NOTE: The microSD card option is
available only with the GPSMAP 62s,
GPSMAP 62st, GPSMAP 62sc, and
GPSMAP 62stc

 

Hans