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wildey
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 Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 11:18 am Post subject: Garmin StreetPilot i3 has stopped talking to me..... |
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Hi There,
I've had a streetpilot for 6 months, running v2.70 all working just fine.
Got half way home from a longish journey the other day with it powered from cig lighter and it just stopped talking to me. Just like that - no other factors !
Now it will occasionally mumble something unintelligible with lots of distortion.
Has anyone any experience of this or even any suggestions ?
Many Thanks,
Chris |
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Lester_Burnham
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| Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 11:22 am Post subject: Re: Garmin StreetPilot i3 has stopped talking to me..... |
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| wildey wrote: | Hi There,
I've had a streetpilot for 6 months, running v2.70 all working just fine.
Got half way home from a longish journey the other day with it powered from cig lighter and it just stopped talking to me. Just like that - no other factors !
Now it will occasionally mumble something unintelligible with lots of distortion.
Has anyone any experience of this or even any suggestions ?
Many Thanks,
Chris |
Backup any favourites you want to keep using easygps (won't preserve the case of the name, will all be uppercase when you restore - and delete the built-ins (ie the Garmin locations) from the easygps backup - else you'll get duplicates when you restore).
Then try switching the audio / voice settings to American and then back to British.
If that doesn't make any difference, do a hard reset, and be prepared to restore any of your favourite locations, and POIs you've loaded.
If that doesn't cure it, I suspect you are looking at a true fault, and you'll need to contact either where you bought it from, or Garmin for support under warranty. |
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wildey
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| Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 3:08 pm Post subject: How do I do a hard reset ? |
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Hi,
How do I perform a hard reset on the i3 please ?
Chris |
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jeglet
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Trajet
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| Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Although you are using the 12v supply from your car, have you checked the 2 x 1.5v batteries are not flat. Sounds daft I know, but when my batteries go flat the unit doesn't always repond correctly until I put fresh ones in. |
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zogman
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| Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 4:48 pm Post subject: |
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you dont need batteries in the i3 for it to work....
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zogman
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| Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 4:48 pm Post subject: |
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ps..when using a 12 volt supply....
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Ash10
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| zogman wrote: | | you dont need batteries in the i3 for it to work when using a 12 volt supply.... |
Quite a few people (myself included) have noticed that the i3 misbehaves when you're using the external power lead, and the batteries fitted in the unit are dead.
| wildey wrote: | Got half way home from a longish journey the other day with it powered from cig lighter and it just stopped talking to me. Just like that - no other factors !
Now it will occasionally mumble something unintelligible with lots of distortion. |
Sounds familiar. I've had the audio die on two units now (albeit both within the first week) - one just became progressively more and more distorted, and the other became distorted before giving up completely.
Try what others have suggested above - namely resetting the i3, and reloading the language setting. If that doesn't work, I suspect that you're looking at a hardware fault. |
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zogman
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| Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 7:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Ash10 wrote: | | zogman wrote: | | you dont need batteries in the i3 for it to work when using a 12 volt supply.... |
Quite a few people (myself included) have noticed that the i3 misbehaves when you're using the external power lead, and the batteries fitted in the unit are dead.
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you and others must have been unlucky then..i've used my i3 (with v2.50 firmware ..if that makes a difference?) with new,flat and without batteries using the car power supply with no problems....
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timber
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| Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 5:59 pm Post subject: Re: Garmin StreetPilot i3 has stopped talking to me..... |
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| wildey wrote: | Hi There,
I've had a streetpilot for 6 months, running v2.70 all working just fine.
Got half way home from a longish journey the other day with it powered from cig lighter and it just stopped talking to me. Just like that - no other factors !
Now it will occasionally mumble something unintelligible with lots of distortion.
Has anyone any experience of this or even any suggestions ?
Many Thanks,
Chris |
Chris,
can you post the outcome regarding your mute I3, I'm considering buying a Garmin c320 which is also exhibiting this fault, if its hardware I'll leave it well alone.
Derek. |
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wildey
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| Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 10:35 pm Post subject: Mute machine...... |
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Hi,
Result was i spoke to Garmin who told me to send it in, they would reload the software and upgrade the maps for free at the same time and return it - all within 5 working days.
Their customer service was awesome.
Chris |
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