Re: etrex legend ?

From: GSV Three Minds in a Can (GSV_at_quik.clara.co.uk)
Date: 11/27/04 

Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 10:52:17 +0000

Bitstring <5FUpd.5290$Ua.3235@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net>, from
the wonderful person randy pape <rspape@earthlink.net> said
>hello, I have this unit and it seems like when I try to power it up, it
>takes forever. I know you're suppose to hold the power button in for around
>2 seconds, sometimes this works and sometimes it doesn't. do you think I
>just have a bad unit, and does anyone else have this problem? thanks

Occam's razor would suggest a faulty switch, (or bad connection, or
circuitry problem). You can test the switch - when the unit is on, in a
dark place, see if pushing the switch puts the backlight on/off
immediately, or if you have to have several attempts at that too. If
that works then it's the circuitry that does the timing for 'two
seconds', as opposed to 'instantaneous' (circuitry which is obviously
always 'on', even when the unit is off).

Or, if it's under warranty, just let the dealer, or Garmin, sort it out
for you. Even if you ID the problem, you'll invalidate any warranty if
you try to fix it. 

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