IowaRV9Dreamer
Well Known Member
I have a Garmin 296 that I bought new and use in the car and in the plane. It has been absolutely babied, always. I love it.
About 6 months ago (right after the warranty ended )it developed an interesting problem. Sometimes on poweron the internal clock appears to have "stopped" and the date/time is not correct. This causes GPS acquisition to be slow. It always eventually reacquires, and the date/time corrects itself. This happens about 33% of the time. It doesn't matter if the battery is full, half, on nearly empty. The longer it is left off, the more likely the problem is to happen.
I've been working with Garmin tech support, and we've done all sorts of software updates, hard resets, etc. I've also cleaned battery contacts. They've pretty much given up and want me to send it in, along with $250 for repair.
Has anyone else had this problem? I once fixed a 196 that had a loose internal screw that was causing problems. I'm (wishfully) hoping this might be easy too. Thanks for any info,,,
About 6 months ago (right after the warranty ended )it developed an interesting problem. Sometimes on poweron the internal clock appears to have "stopped" and the date/time is not correct. This causes GPS acquisition to be slow. It always eventually reacquires, and the date/time corrects itself. This happens about 33% of the time. It doesn't matter if the battery is full, half, on nearly empty. The longer it is left off, the more likely the problem is to happen.
I've been working with Garmin tech support, and we've done all sorts of software updates, hard resets, etc. I've also cleaned battery contacts. They've pretty much given up and want me to send it in, along with $250 for repair.
Has anyone else had this problem? I once fixed a 196 that had a loose internal screw that was causing problems. I'm (wishfully) hoping this might be easy too. Thanks for any info,,,