Garmin 296 strangeness

I experienced some strangeness with my 296 the other night. We recently
upgraded to the latest software and I've taken it on a trip to NM. The
other night I noticed the unit did not power on when I turned on the
bus voltage (its wired into the cig lighter full time). So I turned it
on manually. It would then only pick up one sat. The Sat screen also
showed an icon with a battery with a lightening bolt through it. I
unplugged the unit (which generated the power loss screen) and tried to
adjust all connections in the back. It still didn't work. I also power
cycled it several times. After about 30 minutes the background went
white and a giant icon was displayed that said "charge complete". I've
never seen this before (didn't even know I was charging it). I then
power cycled the unit again and it come up with lots of sats and worked
great. Seems like a software problem. It seems like it got stuck in
some strange power mode. Has anyone else seen this?

-Robert

"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
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white and a giant icon was displayed that said "charge complete". I've
never seen this before (didn't even know I was charging it). I then
power cycled the unit again and it come up with lots of sats and worked
great. Seems like a software problem. It seems like it got stuck in
some strange power mode. Has anyone else seen this?

-Robert

If it has a built-in charger - what a vast improvement over the 295! I was
always disappointed that if you ever lost external power on the 295 you were
stuck with remaining battery power only (not fully recharged batteries as
would be the case with a built-in charger).

Allen

"A. Smith" wrote:

If it has a built-in charger - what a vast improvement over the 295!

Agree. The L-Ion battery & charging circuit alone are reasons enough to
trade up to a 296.

--

Dan
C172RG at BFM

That battery lasts a long time too. I made it to Teaxas and back in a Baron
on a single charge.
"Dan Luke" wrote in message
...

"A. Smith" wrote:

If it has a built-in charger - what a vast improvement over the 295!

Agree. The L-Ion battery & charging circuit alone are reasons enough to
trade up to a 296.

--

Dan
C172RG at BFM

Without knowing where you are from, or how many hours you are talking,
your "report" is meaningless.

Dave

Aluckyguess wrote:
That battery lasts a long time too. I made it to Teaxas and back in a Baron
on a single charge.
"Dan Luke" wrote in message
...

"A. Smith" wrote:


If it has a built-in charger - what a vast improvement over the 295!

Agree. The L-Ion battery & charging circuit alone are reasons enough to
trade up to a 296.

--

Dan
C172RG at BFM

I think I've seen the Charge Complete icon you describe. It's a big
(blue?) representation of a battery, isn't it?


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golleeeee, has anyone read their manual? Not being sarcastic, just
amazed... Yes, the 296 is a big step up from the 295 and has some
really nice bells-n-whistles... Not sure the 396 has anything to offer
me, though...

denny

On 24 Jul 2005 05:00:38 -0700, "Denny" wrote:

golleeeee, has anyone read their manual? Not being sarcastic, just
amazed... Yes, the 296 is a big step up from the 295 and has some
really nice bells-n-whistles... Not sure the 396 has anything to offer
me, though...

Isn't the 396 going to have the ability to couple to XM satellite
weather? Now that would be nice.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com


denny

On Sun, 24 Jul 2005 05:41:43 GMT, Dave S
wrote:

Without knowing where you are from, or how many hours you are talking,
your "report" is meaningless.

Dave

I get at least 7 hours on mine without dimming

The XM subscription is $50/month though. Not worth it for me.