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FIN555

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FIN555

30 posts

4 May 2011 2:15am

Hello,

My friend has a problem with new GT-31 unit.
It worked well when he tested it with a bicycle but now it does not turn on.
It turns on when it is attached to power source.
Has anybody had this kind of a problem?

It will go to warranty but he is now on a windsurfing trip and would like to use the unit.

He has tried resetting to factory defaults but i did not help.

FIN555

DaGodfather

280 posts

DaGodfather

SA, 280 posts

4 May 2011 9:53am

FIN555 said...

...It turns on when it is attached to power source...

At the risk of stating the obvious... has he re-charged the battery?

Windxtasy

4019 posts

Windxtasy

WA, 4019 posts

4 May 2011 9:56am

DaGodfather said...

FIN555 said...

...It turns on when it is attached to power source...

At the risk of stating the obvious... has he re-charged the battery?

Is he holding down the button and waiting a reasonable length of time?

decrepit

12884 posts

decrepit

WA, 12884 posts

4 May 2011 7:19pm

So is the little button working at all?
In other words does it just turn on automatically when it's plugged in.
If so once it's on does it change menus when the little button is pressed.

FIN555

30 posts

FIN555

30 posts

4 May 2011 8:45pm

Thanks for the input.
I will ask my friend to try these.

FIN555

FIN555

30 posts

FIN555

30 posts

13 May 2011 3:32pm

The putton is not working at all.
The unit goes to warranty.
Thanks fo your help.

yoyo

1646 posts

yoyo

WA, 1646 posts

13 May 2011 4:00pm

It may be a "fuel gauge " error. Li-ion batteries have a protection circuit to stop them going below a certain state of charge. If the gps has gone through many partial discharges/recharges cycles then the fuel gauge can be off and the gps switches off. Usually a full charge and full discharge full charge recalibrates the gauge properly.

Or your gps may be stuffed.

dkeating

VIC

280 posts

dkeating

VIC, 280 posts

15 May 2011 2:17am

Similar problem on my gt-31 thats couple of years old. The on button is tempremental. a couple of times i could not get it to turn on at all left it until that night,then it turned on first time. worked fine for about 5 sessions and today spent about 5 mins before i could get it to fire up the last session was the same.then on/off on /off worked ok the battery still shows full. Always turns off and changes mode thou.
i turned it on/off 3 times tonight and its working fine again.????

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