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alansbestmate Occasional Visitor
Joined: Jan 13, 2010 Posts: 15
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Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 12:45 pm Post subject: Nuvi 860 battery |
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Hi, my 860 has the occaisional habit of running its battery down despite being shut down correctly. Can I leave it permanently on charge with the home charger without harming it?
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Gary |
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ander02 Occasional Visitor
Joined: Mar 11, 2009 Posts: 10
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Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 11:25 pm Post subject: |
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Hi,
I once raised the issue of the battery going flat if you don't use the sat nav for a couple of days, according to Garmin support...
when you slide the power button on the top of a Nuvi 8xx unit, this doesn't turn the unit off but puts the unit into a standby mode, much like closing the lid on a laptop.
The idea is the next time you turn the unit on it will wake up faster than if you were to turn it on completely. As the unit runs on a Linux based operating system, it would take a few minutes to boot up if you were to completely turn it off.
The solution to avoiding a flat battery is to remove it when not in use!
As to your question, sorry I don't know the answer as to whether it will shorten the battery life, however, I doubt it would be very "green" to do so. At least you know why the battery runs down while not in use. |
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alansbestmate Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 6:57 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for that, it explains why I get the odd dead battery. I'm sure I didn't have this problem with my old 660 which had a 'proper' on/off switch, but I suppose thats progress. |
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ander02 Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 12:08 pm Post subject: |
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Progress would be 2 ways to shut the device down, 1 to save battery and 1 to allow quick start up.
The soft power down also prevents you doing a reset when you switch the device on, to do this you need to remove the battery and do the reset when you put the battery back in. |
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alansbestmate Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 12:25 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks again, I'll make more use of the mains charger!! |
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