[OSM-talk] Is my Garmin Geko dead?
I was just strapping my Garmin Geko 301 (gently) onto my handlebars yesterday when the screen went black - as if every pixel were turned on - though it is still just possible to see a very slightly darker image of what should be on the display. The 3D, satellite and battery indicators are not in the main screen but are permanently on. It's still recording tracks, and responding to buttons (though it is almost impossible to see dialogs). So it looks like the display has failed. Does anyone know of anything I can do other than buying a new one? Has anyone else had this kind of failure? David ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Is my Garmin Geko dead?
On 19/09/2008 09:08, David Earl wrote: I was just strapping my Garmin Geko 301 (gently) onto my handlebars yesterday when the screen went black - as if every pixel were turned on - though it is still just possible to see a very slightly darker image of what should be on the display. The 3D, satellite and battery indicators are not in the main screen but are permanently on. It's still recording tracks, and responding to buttons (though it is almost impossible to see dialogs). So it looks like the display has failed. Does anyone know of anything I can do other than buying a new one? Has anyone else had this kind of failure? Doh. It was the display contrast setting. The strap must have got caught over the buttons when I was mounting it, and on the start up display the OK button pressed enough times (with one crucial press of the down arrow key) will push the contrast up to unusable. It does require the button to be pressed _and released_ many times, not just held down, so I am still puzzled how this could have happened. So thank you Garmin support for suggesting the answer - and on a freephone number too! Relieved Garmin owner, David ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Is my Garmin Geko dead?
David Earl wrote: Sent: 19 September 2008 9:37 AM To: osm Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Is my Garmin Geko dead? On 19/09/2008 09:08, David Earl wrote: I was just strapping my Garmin Geko 301 (gently) onto my handlebars yesterday when the screen went black - as if every pixel were turned on - though it is still just possible to see a very slightly darker image of what should be on the display. The 3D, satellite and battery indicators are not in the main screen but are permanently on. It's still recording tracks, and responding to buttons (though it is almost impossible to see dialogs). So it looks like the display has failed. Does anyone know of anything I can do other than buying a new one? Has anyone else had this kind of failure? Doh. It was the display contrast setting. The strap must have got caught over the buttons when I was mounting it, and on the start up display the OK button pressed enough times (with one crucial press of the down arrow key) will push the contrast up to unusable. It does require the button to be pressed _and released_ many times, not just held down, so I am still puzzled how this could have happened. So thank you Garmin support for suggesting the answer - and on a freephone number too! Sounds like one to note on the wiki Cheers Andy Relieved Garmin owner, David ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Is my Garmin Geko dead?
David Earl schrieb: Doh. It was the display contrast setting. The strap must have got caught over the buttons when I was mounting it, and on the start up display the OK button pressed enough times (with one crucial press of the down arrow key) will push the contrast up to unusable. It does require the button to be pressed _and released_ many times, not just held down, so I am still puzzled how this could have happened. If you manage to depress the button just so it barely makes contact this might get recorded as many single presses. -- Dirk-Lüder Deelkar Kreie Bremen - 53.0952°N 8.8652°E signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
