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Old 12-27-2016, 06:18 AM
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I got an aera 660 for Christmas. I have some questions.

I installed the battery, put it on the wall charger for about 12 hours. It wouldn't power up when I hit the power button. I removed the battery, reinstalled it, unit powered up fine.

Now, I rode around with my brother in the truck yesterday. I played with my new GPS with it plugged into the 12v in truck. Worked fine. Unplugged it from the 12v, it wouldn't power up. I removed/reinstalled the battery, powered up fine.

Flew with my daughter yesterday. Had the unit on it's own battery power. Had to r/r battery to get it to power up.
I'm having to r/r the battery if I turn if off, or unplug it from either charger.
Question is......What am I doing wrong?


Another "problem". I set the CDI to .25 mi. If I turn the unit off, the CDI defaults to 5 mi when turned back on. I'd really like it to stay at .25 mi.
I wonder what else is "defaulting" to something I don't know about.

I really do wish it had come with a complete owners manual.
Guess I'm kind of spoiled............with my OLD 295.
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Old 12-27-2016, 06:24 AM
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Did you update the software?
There have been several updates since they were built.
It is easy to do on wifi.
I downloaded the user manual on desktop and use it to look up stuff.
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Old 12-27-2016, 06:39 AM
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Did you update the software?
There have been several updates since they were built.
It is easy to do on wifi.
I downloaded the user manual on desktop and use it to look up stuff.

This was going to be my next plan of action.
I did notice on the opening page, it says 2.5.
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Old 12-27-2016, 08:43 AM
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I believe we are at 2.80 now so yes the updates may fix some of the bugs. I also downloaded the manual and keep it on my iPad mini. It's always in the plane as my backup if anything goes bad and this way I have the manual if needed. I keep all manuals for all electronics and avionics on my iPad mini.

You can download the manual here.

https://support.garmin.com/support/m...=en&country=US

They are working on a new manual revision as we type.

Spoiled with a 295? Wait til you start flying with the 660, you'll wonder how you ever left the ground. It's amazing.

Shawn

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Old 12-27-2016, 09:06 AM
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Thanks so much Shawn. I appreciate it.
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Old 12-27-2016, 12:50 PM
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I got an aera 660 for Christmas. I have some questions.

I installed the battery, put it on the wall charger for about 12 hours. It wouldn't power up when I hit the power button. I removed the battery, reinstalled it, unit powered up fine.

Now, I rode around with my brother in the truck yesterday. I played with my new GPS with it plugged into the 12v in truck. Worked fine. Unplugged it from the 12v, it wouldn't power up. I removed/reinstalled the battery, powered up fine.

Flew with my daughter yesterday. Had the unit on it's own battery power. Had to r/r battery to get it to power up.....What am I doing wrong?
I seemed to struggle with similar issues (while first assembling the 660 in a dark room holding our infant). Then eventually realized one side of the battery cover wasn't completely seated and latched when I couldn't power it up w/o the wall charger. The difficulty powering it on hasn't repeated itself when the top and bottom are fully seated. With just one side properly in, it seems the battery contact sometimes isn't adequate. Maybe you also had one side of the battery cover not fully latched and thus it only powered up while plugged in, until R&R the battery fixed the latch.

If so, I feel better I'm not the only one. If not, now I might be a bit embarrassed for sharing my simple mistake. Inserting the end away from the Garmin letters, then clicking in the Garmin side in near the latch works every time now.
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Old 12-27-2016, 01:19 PM
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I seemed to struggle with similar issues (while first assembling the 660 in a dark room holding our infant). Then eventually realized one side of the battery cover wasn't completely seated and latched when I couldn't power it up w/o the wall charger. The difficulty powering it on hasn't repeated itself when the top and bottom are fully seated. With just one side properly in, it seems the battery contact sometimes isn't adequate. Maybe you also had one side of the battery cover not fully latched and thus it only powered up while plugged in, until R&R the battery fixed the latch.

If so, I feel better I'm not the only one. If not, now I might be a bit embarrassed for sharing my simple mistake. Inserting the end away from the Garmin letters, then clicking in the Garmin side in near the latch works every time now.

Well Ryan, I've had to r&r the battery everytime, so I would like to think that I at least got it back on once correctly. lol
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Old 12-27-2016, 03:32 PM
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Is there a way to turn off the background? I mean the green/yellow shading.

I can do it by selecting the decluter. But I have to do that every time. and when it auto zooms in the back ground comes back.

I really don't see the point of the green/yellow. For me it just detracts from the clarity.
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Old 12-27-2016, 10:38 PM
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Somewhere in the 2.4-2.6 range of software versions they added the ability to update over WiFi. If yours doesn't offer an update when you connect to WiFi, then you will have to do the first update at your computer. After that, you will be able to update without a computer.
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Old 12-28-2016, 03:15 AM
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I did do the update last night. It shows 2.8 now when powered up.

Another thing I noticed was, the battery indicator never did show "fully charged". Even after being on the charger for 24 hrs. I'll check it this evening to see if that was something else with the update.

The CDI still defaults to 5 miles when powered off then back up. I don't like that. I prefer it to stay where I put it.
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