"Mitty" wrote in message
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On 2/17/2008 4:54 PM, Stan Prevost wrote the following:
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I wonder what the response would be if one called Garmin and asked if
they approve using the navigator this way?

Try it! I have had extremely good luck with Garmin tech support
transferring me to very knowledgeable people when I had something besides
the usual RTFM questions. My guess is that the manuals are the problem
and that the behavior is in the design spec.

I would call them if I understood why I might have anything to gain from
doing so. I don't yet understand how using the undocumented self-activation
"feature" helps anything.

Stan