Bleedin Garmin 530 is on the blink

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FrothNinja

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Bleedin Garmin 530 is on the blink. Yesterday it stopped registering speed & distance after 1.79miles, Turned it on & off a couple of times. Registered the time lapsed but speed, elevation etc absent, not even 0.00
At home I tried again (20 hours ago) & it has shown this screen ever since. Does not respond to any of r po the buttons
 

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ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
Press and hold the power button for a lonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng time to do a hard reset?
 
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FrothNinja

FrothNinja

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Tried most of the routines I can find. When I plug into a laptop, the edge isn't getting recognised
 
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FrothNinja

FrothNinja

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Nothing useful on the Garmin Forum so I have put the question up there & also trying to get hold of Garmin support bods
 
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FrothNinja

FrothNinja

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Weird - I ended up on a USA page - will try the above
 

Sallar55

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Garmin uk don't have a web address you can use for help.I have a GPSMAP 66sr and it will not turn off ,the screen lights up with the off icon . Using the off , quit and enter combination it just switches off and then starts up again. Just going to wait and try and see if an update is available. Found a fix on a forum but it was for one with batteries and fix was remove batteries then refit . Mine has built in lithium pack so no luck.
 
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FrothNinja

FrothNinja

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Garmin uk don't have a web address you can use for help.I have a GPSMAP 66sr and it will not turn off ,the screen lights up with the off icon . Using the off , quit and enter combination it just switches off and then starts up agin.

It seems Garmin prefer not to deal with disgruntled users directly
 

RoubaixCube

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Garmin uk don't have a web address you can use for help.I have a GPSMAP 66sr and it will not turn off ,the screen lights up with the off icon . Using the off , quit and enter combination it just switches off and then starts up again. Just going to wait and try and see if an update is available. Found a fix on a forum but it was for one with batteries and fix was remove batteries then refit . Mine has built in lithium pack so no luck.

Ive had a look. Technically speaking it is possible to remove the lithium battery but it takes a lot more effort. The battery has a little clip that goes into the main board just like it does on my old edge 520 and I assume other garmin products are the same.
 

gcogger

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Garmin uk don't have a web address you can use for help.I have a GPSMAP 66sr and it will not turn off ,the screen lights up with the off icon . Using the off , quit and enter combination it just switches off and then starts up again. Just going to wait and try and see if an update is available. Found a fix on a forum but it was for one with batteries and fix was remove batteries then refit . Mine has built in lithium pack so no luck.

The link from Dadam is GB specific, and shows UK phone numbers. When I contacted them earlier this year (with a problem that I now think was caused by my phone), they were very helpful and followed up repeatedly to check if the issue was resolved.
 
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FrothNinja

FrothNinja

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The link from Dadam is GB specific, and shows UK phone numbers. When I contacted them earlier this year (with a problem that I now think was caused by my phone), they were very helpful and followed up repeatedly to check if the issue was resolved.

Useful to know
 
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FrothNinja

FrothNinja

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Not sure what's going in its eBrain but the bleepin thing has just sorted itself out of it's own accord. Not sure if this is a good or bad thing....
 
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