Garmin 396 Glitch??

I had never had a problem until this weekend when I was out on a
joyride with a friend. My 296 lost signal twice withing minutes. The
first time, I just double checked the anntena connection and it seemed
to come back (this is the suction-cup antenna). The second time, I did
the same thing again, no joy. Waited a bit, and then realized that the
excess cable from the antenna was balled up in and around my headset
cord. I picked it all up and shoved it on the dash and the signal came
back immediately. It didn't drop for the remaining 45 minutes.

Some sort of interference?

-ccq

I have a GPS 296 recently bought - August 2005.
Its problem is that occasionaly does not power on - while is working
with battery - and needs to take out and re-insert the battery. I
emailed Garmin but no answer yet...

Any suggestions?

Mike Noel wrote:
I had a similar problem with my 296 except that is would turn itself off in
the air. I sent it in and Garmin ended up calling it corrupted user data.
After they purged the stored data, it worked OK for a while. When it
started doing it again the Garmin tech had me clear the data by removing
and re-inserting the battery, then holding down three buttons to give it a
lobotomy.

It's working OK for now, but I suspect I will have to kill the user data
again sometime to re-fix it.



"Maule Driver" wrote in message
. com...
No loss of signal... but I just sent my 396 in for service.

Long story short -it would just stop working for no apparent reason.
Screen would go black. Only way to restart was with a battery re-insert.

The only apparent pattern it that it would never happen in the a/c.
Only on the ground. Swapped everything except for the stick attenna
which I used 100% on the ground and 0% in air.

So back it goes for repair.

Jeff B wrote:
Has anyone experienced significant "loss of signal" hiccups with their
new 396?? Since getting ours a few months ago, we have had
several...some lasting 15-20 minutes. System shutdowns/start ups may
or may not re-initialize it. THe antenna is unobstructed and in plain
view of the sky. An older Garmin is still in our plane and works fine
so its not some GPS system glitch.

I've thought about re-installing the software. There is a new upgrade
on the Garmin site so it wouldn't hurt, but none of the fixes address
any "loss of signal" problems.

Any similar experiences out there???

Thanks!!!

The first thing they will have you do is upgrade the software, so you might
as well do that first. Then,if the problem persists (and it probably will),
call them on the phone. The email route takes too long.

--
Mike Noel,
Tucson, Arizona

'Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from
religious conviction.'

-Blaise Pascal
"Alexandros" wrote in message
oups.com...
I have a GPS 296 recently bought - August 2005.
Its problem is that occasionaly does not power on - while is working
with battery - and needs to take out and re-insert the battery. I
emailed Garmin but no answer yet...

Any suggestions?

Mike Noel wrote:
I had a similar problem with my 296 except that is would turn itself off
in
the air. I sent it in and Garmin ended up calling it corrupted user
data.
After they purged the stored data, it worked OK for a while. When it
started doing it again the Garmin tech had me clear the data by
removing
and re-inserting the battery, then holding down three buttons to give it
a
lobotomy.

It's working OK for now, but I suspect I will have to kill the user data
again sometime to re-fix it.



"Maule Driver" wrote in message
. com...
No loss of signal... but I just sent my 396 in for service.

Long story short -it would just stop working for no apparent reason.
Screen would go black. Only way to restart was with a battery
re-insert.

The only apparent pattern it that it would never happen in the a/c.
Only on the ground. Swapped everything except for the stick attenna
which I used 100% on the ground and 0% in air.

So back it goes for repair.

Jeff B wrote:
Has anyone experienced significant "loss of signal" hiccups with
their
new 396?? Since getting ours a few months ago, we have had
several...some lasting 15-20 minutes. System shutdowns/start ups
may
or may not re-initialize it. THe antenna is unobstructed and in
plain
view of the sky. An older Garmin is still in our plane and works
fine
so its not some GPS system glitch.

I've thought about re-installing the software. There is a new
upgrade
on the Garmin site so it wouldn't hurt, but none of the fixes
address
any "loss of signal" problems.

Any similar experiences out there???

Thanks!!!

I have upgraded... to 3.70 (latest) and I have hard reset it too...
I monitor its behaviour till the end of the week, and lt you know!

The email still flows.....

Thanx anyway!


Mike Noel wrote:
The first thing they will have you do is upgrade the software, so you might
as well do that first. Then,if the problem persists (and it probably will),
call them on the phone. The email route takes too long.

--
Mike Noel,
Tucson, Arizona

'Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from
religious conviction.'

-Blaise Pascal
"Alexandros" wrote in message
oups.com...
I have a GPS 296 recently bought - August 2005.
Its problem is that occasionaly does not power on - while is working
with battery - and needs to take out and re-insert the battery. I
emailed Garmin but no answer yet...

Any suggestions?

Mike Noel wrote:
I had a similar problem with my 296 except that is would turn itself off
in
the air. I sent it in and Garmin ended up calling it corrupted user
data.
After they purged the stored data, it worked OK for a while. When it
started doing it again the Garmin tech had me clear the data by
removing
and re-inserting the battery, then holding down three buttons to give it
a
lobotomy.

It's working OK for now, but I suspect I will have to kill the user data
again sometime to re-fix it.



"Maule Driver" wrote in message
. com...
No loss of signal... but I just sent my 396 in for service.

Long story short -it would just stop working for no apparent reason.
Screen would go black. Only way to restart was with a battery
re-insert.

The only apparent pattern it that it would never happen in the a/c.
Only on the ground. Swapped everything except for the stick attenna
which I used 100% on the ground and 0% in air.

So back it goes for repair.

Jeff B wrote:
Has anyone experienced significant "loss of signal" hiccups with
their
new 396?? Since getting ours a few months ago, we have had
several...some lasting 15-20 minutes. System shutdowns/start ups
may
or may not re-initialize it. THe antenna is unobstructed and in
plain
view of the sky. An older Garmin is still in our plane and works
fine
so its not some GPS system glitch.

I've thought about re-installing the software. There is a new
upgrade
on the Garmin site so it wouldn't hurt, but none of the fixes
address
any "loss of signal" problems.

Any similar experiences out there???

Thanks!!!

I had the same problem with my 296, Garmin released a pacth that fixed
this problem up; I guess they'll do the same for the 396; I am
considering buying one, if anybody knows where to get a good trade-in
deal 296/396 please let me know
Thks
Hughes

Hi Hughes - Mine is rhe 296 also! can you assist me how to find the
patch for me too?

http://www.garmin.com/support/collec...t=010-00356-00
"Alexandros" wrote in message
ups.com...
Hi Hughes - Mine is rhe 296 also! can you assist me how to find the
patch for me too?

Hello Janice! I already have 3.70 version and the problem exists!

Contact Garmin, they'll trouble shoot with you.


"Alexandros" wrote in message
ups.com...
Hi Hughes - Mine is rhe 296 also! can you assist me how to find the
patch for me too?

I hope so
I have emailed them and waiting....