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Growing older but not up...
- Location
- Shropshire
About a year ago my Garmin Edge 800 stopped talking to my computer. It still worked as a GPS/navigation tool/virtual partner and it would recharge but I couldn't upload my rides or download any routes and there were one or two spurious error messages about 'unsupported devices' and 'xml receivers' or some such gobbledegook. As it was (just!) out of warranty I searched the web and found the most common problem was the 800's USB port - probably caused by water ingress. Solution - return it to Garmin and get a refurbished unit for $100 (about £70 at the time). The refurb would come with a 3 month warranty.
Well, for £80 I could get a new Edge 200 so I bought one as a stopgap fully intending to return the 800 to Garmin when I had a spare £70. Today I installed Garmin's updated Communicator plugin to 4.2.0.0 and it occurred to me to connect the old Edge 800 and see what happened. It worked perfectly!
Now I'm not saying it's the new software but if you have a zombie Edge 800 that you haven't got around to returning to Garmin it might be worth updating the plugin and giving it a try.
Well, for £80 I could get a new Edge 200 so I bought one as a stopgap fully intending to return the 800 to Garmin when I had a spare £70. Today I installed Garmin's updated Communicator plugin to 4.2.0.0 and it occurred to me to connect the old Edge 800 and see what happened. It worked perfectly!
Now I'm not saying it's the new software but if you have a zombie Edge 800 that you haven't got around to returning to Garmin it might be worth updating the plugin and giving it a try.