+slinger91 Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 When I'm on the altimeter page, and I hit the right arrow on the rocker pad, the power goes off. Anyone else notice this? Quote Link to comment
4x5shooter Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 I just tried it and mine does not shut off. However, I know I've had mine shut off from some combination of button presses on the rocker switch before, and I think it was on the altimeter page then, too. I just tried mashing the rocker every which way, and couldn't get it to shut off, so I can't seem to repeat it. Perhaps this could be the "loose battery contacts" issue? Quote Link to comment
+maleki Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 Never buy the first version of anything.... Quote Link to comment
+slinger91 Posted March 12, 2004 Author Share Posted March 12, 2004 Never buy the first version of anything.... I trust garmin, and I'm sure if it turns out to be an issue, I'm sure they'll handle it quickly. [emoticon] Quote Link to comment
Varta Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 I also have no doubt that Garmin will provide a solution if there was a problem with the first batch. For example, the glue which attaches the rubber to my Vista started dissolving more than two years after purchase, thus completely out of warranty. When I asked Garmin how much a repair was, they asked me to send in the unit and within 3 days I got a brand-new Vista in return - for free. Quote Link to comment
jbclimber Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 Mine has not done that, yet.... Quote Link to comment
Neo_Geo Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 Also a known problem with the 60C! CLICK HERE Quote Link to comment
Bampson Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 When I'm on the altimeter page, and I hit the right arrow on the rocker pad, the power goes off. Anyone else notice this? See my post in another thread about this same problem with the CS shutting off automatically. Seems to be associated with the altimeter. http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php...ndpost&p=835965 Quote Link to comment
+RockyRiver Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 Never buy the first version of anything.... Then you will never have the biggest, Baddest , newest thing on the Market. Quote Link to comment
+Team BlackZ Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 When I'm on the altimeter page, and I hit the right arrow on the rocker pad, the power goes off. Anyone else notice this? Yep! mine does the same thing. I have to hit the rocker button a few times , but it does it. The screen just fades out, and the unit shuts off. E-mail being sent to Garmin now! Quote Link to comment
+slinger91 Posted March 13, 2004 Author Share Posted March 13, 2004 When I'm on the altimeter page, and I hit the right arrow on the rocker pad, the power goes off. Anyone else notice this? Yep! mine does the same thing. I have to hit the rocker button a few times , but it does it. The screen just fades out, and the unit shuts off. E-mail being sent to Garmin now! Good. let me know what garmin says. Hopefully this is one of those things that can be fixed with an update, and not sending it back to Garmin. Quote Link to comment
+Willapa Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 I just got my 60 CS today. I tried this and my unit shut down on the first test. I haven't been able to it to repeat this though. Weird. Quote Link to comment
+BradleyUffner Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 I also have no doubt that Garmin will provide a solution if there was a problem with the first batch. For example, the glue which attaches the rubber to my Vista started dissolving more than two years after purchase, thus completely out of warranty. When I asked Garmin how much a repair was, they asked me to send in the unit and within 3 days I got a brand-new Vista in return - for free. I had the same problem. I'll have to give them a call. Quote Link to comment
+Shadow n Seqoui Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 (edited) I havn't been able to get mine to do this. However it wouldn't take a waypiont average until I cleared it by holding down Page and Enter when powering up. All seems fine now. Edited March 13, 2004 by Shadow n Seqoui Quote Link to comment
+geo-jedi Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 My 60CS just arrived. It took a while to initialize as it thought that it was Feb 29th. I had to get it to start a new search so it could get the right date and access the right almanac data but I digress... I went to the altimeter page and hit right arrow, and it shut down - TWICE! It fades and then off. Team Geo-Jedi Quote Link to comment
anmtcalf Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 Mine did the same thing about 4 times in a row, it has not done it since though Quote Link to comment
+mochalatte Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 Got my 60CS yesterday and did my first 2 caches today. Very fun! I almost got a Legend at Christmas time, but I'm glad I waited. Autorouting works great. It did crash on me once today when I was using the rocker button on the map page. I can't get it to crash any more, though. I happened to be plugged into external power at the time, so that probably rules out the battery spring being the culprit. Quote Link to comment
+robert Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 Considering how fast the 60C update was released, I'd imagine this fix will be out shortly. Quote Link to comment
wag100 Posted March 15, 2004 Share Posted March 15, 2004 I got got my 60cs Friday. It shuts down on the altimeter page when I hit the right or left rocker. I will call Garmin on Monday. Quote Link to comment
+Greg&Patty Posted March 15, 2004 Share Posted March 15, 2004 Got mine on Thursday. Used it all day yesterday and today. It shut off twice yesterday and 3 times today. In my case it seems to associated with movement. I'll look into the loose battery issue. Quote Link to comment
+Pooter Posted March 15, 2004 Share Posted March 15, 2004 Like everybody else, mine shuts down on the altimeter page using the left/right rocker switch but only with the GPS switched off - playing indoors Ouside, it's not fallen over once. Quote Link to comment
+BradleyUffner Posted March 15, 2004 Share Posted March 15, 2004 I just got my 60CS, the first thing I tried after getting a satalite lock was to see if I could recreate this bug. I have crashed twice so far, but not on the altimeter page, and only with the GPS off. 1st time was while scrolling around on the map, the second time was just flipping through pages using the "page" key. Quote Link to comment
+BradleyUffner Posted March 15, 2004 Share Posted March 15, 2004 Ok, I've been able to reproduce th crash reliably now. If I turn teh unit on, and right away start pressing the Page key, it crashes every time trying to move off of the compas page and onto the next. I found another post that says pressing Up, Right,Down,Left on the trip computer opens a debugging window. I tried it and it works, there are a lot of "Abnormal Shutdows", and "RTL Traps" listed, along with what looks like Regsiter and stack dumps. Quote Link to comment
thork Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 Be sure to email Garmin with this info. The more respnse they get on this issue the better! Quote Link to comment
+sindigo Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 OK....I think I'll wait till the first firmware update to get a 60CS. My current units never crash. I don't need to spend $400+ for a semi-buggy GPS. Sindigo Quote Link to comment
+RockyRiver Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 OK....I think I'll wait till the first firmware update to get a 60CS. My current units never crash. I don't need to spend $400+ for a semi-buggy GPS. Sindigo So far so good with my unit I have had no crashes. I am curretly running Metroguide USA version 5. I will install City Select latter after I play with it awhile. I wonder if there are conflicts between the 60CS and City Select causeing some of the problems here posted? Quote Link to comment
+BradleyUffner Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 OK....I think I'll wait till the first firmware update to get a 60CS. My current units never crash. I don't need to spend $400+ for a semi-buggy GPS. Sindigo So far so good with my unit I have had no crashes. I am curretly running Metroguide USA version 5. I will install City Select latter after I play with it awhile. I wonder if there are conflicts between the 60CS and City Select causeing some of the problems here posted? I'm using MetroGuide USA 5 also. I've eliminated teh crashing altogether by removing the Altimeter page from the page rotation in setup. I havn't crashed once since I did this. It's a temporary bandaid over the problem (i didn't pay an extar $100 for an altimeter to not be able to use it). Other then the altimeter page crashing the unit works flawlesly for me. It fits better in my hand then my Vista, and the screen is easier to read, plus map transfer over USB is soo much faster. The CS also picks up a satalite lock in about 25 seconds, and can even get a reading inside my apartment building. Once the software bugs are worked out it's going to be a wonderfull GPSr. Quote Link to comment
+Team BlackZ Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 Here's the reply from Garmin about our problem: Chris, I am sorry that you are having a problem with the 60CS. There has been a small amount of units that power off when using the rocker key on the altimeter page. This only happens when the unit has no recorded track log. If the unit has recorded a track log you can customize and navigate the altimeter page. Please check our website for potential fixes addressing this issue. If you have any additional questions please feel free to contact our product support team at the phone numbers listed below or reply to this email. Best regards; Chris Statham Product Support Specialist Garmin International 1200 E 151st St. Olathe, KS 66062 1-800-800-1020 913-397-8200 Quick reply from the Garmin support team Quote Link to comment
4x5shooter Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 That debug page is interesting. According to mine, I've had 7 abnormal shutdowns. Sounds about right -- where I've had to shut down the unit when it locked up in the middle of something. While that is a lot, it hasn't really phased me. I've used it quite a bit in the car and hiking and am pleased with how well it has worked, maintaining signals and tracking even while hiking through valleys in Shenandoah. I have City Navigator (from a 2610) and 24k Topo East maps installed. I figure most or all of the bugs will be fixed soon enough. If I've had 7 crashes in a week of use, I can't believe s/w testers wouldn't come across the same things just as quickly. In the meantime, I'm happy with mine. Quote Link to comment
+Greg&Patty Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 I found another post that says pressing Up, Right,Down,Left on the trip computer opens a debugging window. Cool! Thanks for sharing. I have 7 abnormal shutdowns and one RTL trap. I sent a report of of data to Garmin tonight. Quote Link to comment
thork Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 I got my 60CS today and sure enough, it does the same thing. Garmin says it doesn't do it after you've saved a track? I walked around the neighborhood and saved the track. It still does it. It will power off if I hit left or right arrow the first time going into the Altimiter page after being on another page. Doesn't do it hitting up or down. And once you've hit up or down, you can hit left and right all you want and no power down. Quote Link to comment
Loren Smith Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 (edited) What mapsource software do you have on your unit if any? I can't get mine to do that no matter what I do. I turn the unit on without a saved track, Press the page button a few times to get the the ALT page and hit right or left first. Nothing happens it just changes the scale. What plot mode do you have the ALT page set to? Loren Edited March 16, 2004 by Loren Smith Quote Link to comment
thork Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 I haven't installed any maps yet. Just the basemap it comes with. I was playing with it some more and noticed it only does it if you hit left or right before it draws the elevation profile. It takes a small moment before it displays it and if you hit left or right before then.. poof! I suspect that's why they say if you don't have a track yet it happens.. because it never displays the profile. But even if you have a track and are able to hit the arrows before it draws the profile, you can kill it. Thor Quote Link to comment
Loren Smith Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 (edited) OK That did it. Mine does the same thing. Hopefully it will be fixed in the next update. Did you give this info to garmin so they can fix it? Loren Edited March 16, 2004 by Loren Smith Quote Link to comment
thork Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 (edited) I just fired off a message to tech support basically telling them the same thing. ( Garmin Tech Support Form ) Couldn't hurt for you to contact them too. I think their "happens to a small number of units" line is wishfull thinking! (although thinking about it, maybe it's related to what elevation you're at. I'm at 2400 ft, what about you?) Thor Edited March 16, 2004 by thork Quote Link to comment
Loren Smith Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 Already sent a report to tech support as well. Loren Quote Link to comment
KDimmick Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 I agree. NEVER buy the first version of anything having to do with electronics or software. Seems like quite a few of these type problem are starting to sprout up with these new Garmin units. Quote Link to comment
+Firehouse16 Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 My 60CS has a problem. Started a few days ago, the buttons wouldn't respond, then they would, then they wouldn't. Then not at all anymore. So I email tech support and the tell me how to reset the unit, but I can';t use the buttons to reset it! So I ended up sending it back today. Has anyone ever dealt with there service dept? Are they good, fast, etc? I mean I got caches to find! Quote Link to comment
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