Etrex Legend Doa

[n1niq]

My wife and I just bought her dad an Etrex Legend for his birthday. He gets home, puts in the batteries (correctly), presses the power button and nothing happens. He tries a separate set of batts and still nada. Now, I don't think its operator malfunction because he is a very smart man who is fairly well versed in electronics. I am just wondering if he is missing something obvious that's required for the initial power up. Any Etrex experts out there?

 

Chris

Edited September 28, 2004 by n1niq

[+sprocketman927]

You might have him press the power button continuously for a few seconds to see if that works. I'm thinking it takes 2-4 seconds for the unit to power up - it's not an 'instant on' kind of power button.

 

Hope this helps.... !

[Craig #1 & Wife]

Hi, in regards to powering up the e-trex legend, make sure batteries are in the right way, and push and hold the power button in for a few seconds, it does take a few seconds for the unit to turn on. Mind does, I have recently bought a new e-trex legend. Good luck, hope I was helpful.

Edited September 28, 2004 by Craig #1 & Wife

[KimmyShimmy]

I had that problem too, borrowed Junglehair's Legend to see if I liked it better than the basic garmin, found out that you really need to just hold tight to the power button for a few seconds, then it will come on, I also noticed that if you turn it the wrong way or if you bump it, it will turn off, but that may just be with this particular unit...I still think I like this one better...