n1niq Posted September 28, 2004 Share Posted September 28, 2004 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment
+sprocketman927 Posted September 28, 2004 Share Posted September 28, 2004 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.... ! Quote Link to comment
Craig #1 & Wife Posted September 28, 2004 Share Posted September 28, 2004 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment
KimmyShimmy Posted September 28, 2004 Share Posted September 28, 2004 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... Quote Link to comment
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