Garmin 396 battery question

[Paul kgyy]

I bought a 396 at Osh this summer and the battery never shows more
than half charge on the meter. However, if I just let it run, it runs
to its full time, so apparently the internal meter needs to be reset.
Anybody know how to do that? Yep, I did read the manual, couldn't
find anything.

[Woody]

Might try Garmin support. They are usually helpful.
http://www.garmin.com/garmin/cms/site/us/supportcontacts


"Paul kgyy" > wrote in message
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>I bought a 396 at Osh this summer and the battery never shows more
> than half charge on the meter. However, if I just let it run, it runs
> to its full time, so apparently the internal meter needs to be reset.
> Anybody know how to do that? Yep, I did read the manual, couldn't
> find anything.
>

[Paul kgyy]

I found that I deep cycle the battery by running the gps until it
dies, then recharge, each recharge is a little better. After 3
cycles, it's now up to about 95%. It also helped to download new
firmware from garmin.