flytoday
Well Known Member
Purchased my new aera 660 at Osh17. Really works/worked well, regularly used, started to act up last week.
Last week it started to refuse to charge the battery. New Garmin battery arrived today, still won?t charge. Also will not change the icon to indicate external power is applied.
Won?t indicate external power applied by icon, or automatically power up, in the case where the 660 is clipped into the plane?s Garmin mount or when sitting on a table and connected to the Garmin supplied AC adaptor. So I?m attempting to charge, or even operate, using two different connectors on the 660s case, from two independent sources, and none of them work.
I?m wondering software because of the sudden behavior change of the icon not changing and the battery quantity just dropping. However if I connect the external Garmin AC adaptor and press the power button the 660 powers up, indicating battery operation, which of course is weak and dropping. While still powered up I unplug the AC adaptor from the side of the 660, and the 660 announces that External Power has been removed.
So the power is coming from the AC adaptor, the cord and connector are getting power into the 660.
So some of the software knows the external power is applied, but it isn?t indicating that by the External power icon, and the battery level isn?t increasing - so it?s not charging. Software anomaly? Or is the specific charging circuitry dead? The 660 functions, drives the Trio AP, connects to the GDL39 3D, but it?s dying and I can?t recharge it...
Anyone have similar experiences? Suggestions? I wanted to check the forum for any similar experiences, and repair options, prior to contacting Garmin...
Thanks!
Carl
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Last week it started to refuse to charge the battery. New Garmin battery arrived today, still won?t charge. Also will not change the icon to indicate external power is applied.
Won?t indicate external power applied by icon, or automatically power up, in the case where the 660 is clipped into the plane?s Garmin mount or when sitting on a table and connected to the Garmin supplied AC adaptor. So I?m attempting to charge, or even operate, using two different connectors on the 660s case, from two independent sources, and none of them work.
I?m wondering software because of the sudden behavior change of the icon not changing and the battery quantity just dropping. However if I connect the external Garmin AC adaptor and press the power button the 660 powers up, indicating battery operation, which of course is weak and dropping. While still powered up I unplug the AC adaptor from the side of the 660, and the 660 announces that External Power has been removed.
So the power is coming from the AC adaptor, the cord and connector are getting power into the 660.
So some of the software knows the external power is applied, but it isn?t indicating that by the External power icon, and the battery level isn?t increasing - so it?s not charging. Software anomaly? Or is the specific charging circuitry dead? The 660 functions, drives the Trio AP, connects to the GDL39 3D, but it?s dying and I can?t recharge it...
Anyone have similar experiences? Suggestions? I wanted to check the forum for any similar experiences, and repair options, prior to contacting Garmin...
Thanks!
Carl
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