Bleedin Garmin 530 is on the blink
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Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
I've always found contacting Garmin support is pretty easy: support.garmin.com
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Lack of speed and distance basically means it hasn’t got a GPS lock. As it needs gps positioning to calculate those items. I presume you didn’t have it set to an indoor profile, which would switch off the GPS element?
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FrothNinja
Veteran
Don't think I have ever set to an indoors profile, tend to change that after the activity is recorded. Has failed to get a GPS lock a few times recently, always out in the open. I have assumed that at least one of those sites is because the area is subject to signal suppression
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FrothNinja
Veteran
I now feel a bit thick, my wife has told when the car's satnav packed up, Garmin replaced it twice under warranty - she contacted them using the paperwork that came with the device, DOH 😣
Twice this week my Explore has switched off the gps and today it decided to do an update to 5.40, trouble is the update has been out for quite a while. My 520 uploads in seconds, Explore sometimes takes 4or 5 attempts to upload. Using the same phone , must be an Explore issue.
Tom B
Guru
- Location
- Lancashire
I have had that fault, either with my 520 or 820.
Either pressing and holding the power button for about 2mins or letting the battery run out has resumed normal operation.
I think I assumed it was just a bug in the firmware / garmin beta testing on the public as usual.
Either pressing and holding the power button for about 2mins or letting the battery run out has resumed normal operation.
I think I assumed it was just a bug in the firmware / garmin beta testing on the public as usual.
