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fireman121 · Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 6:11 pm Post subject: My Garmin Summit HC Died!!!!

I grab my Garmin HC Summit hoping to garb a couple of caches today only to find out that it wouldn’t turn on. I thought to myself I must have left it on and the batteries must have gone dead. Well I have tired three sets of brand new batteries with no luck. When I try to turn the unit on there seems to a flash of life on the screen for a split second but that is it. The unit has not been dropped or abused in any other manner except from going from a inside temperature to an outside one which should be normal ware and tear if you ask me. Is there any suggestion on how to fix this problem or how to reset the unit? The warranty just ran out on it last Thanksgiving Holiday.
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speedysk1 · Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 6:33 pm Post subject:

Contact Garmin. They have been known to fix for free units that are out of warranty if they find a defect. The original blue etrex screen issue comes to mind. Sounds very similar to that actually.
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fireman121 · Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 6:42 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the info I will give that a try.
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Arcticabn · Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 7:41 pm Post subject:

Try plugging it into car or USB power and see if the unit powers up. If it does then clean the contact on the battery terminals. If it doesn't see post above.
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fireman121 · Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 8:28 pm Post subject:

I tried plugging it into car with no luck. I gave Garmin a call and they walked me through the resetting process with no luck. They suggested to sent it in for repair at a cost of $79 bucks. I hope they decide to wave the fee for me. Thanks to all who have replied to my problem.
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fireman121 · Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 8:34 pm Post subject:

I thing that really sucks is that my old Garmin GPS 72 will not plug into any of my computers, so I have to manualy input the caches in.
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Arcticabn · Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 9:37 pm Post subject:

I suspect that is because your new computer doesn't have an RS232 port. If that is so, you can buy adapters to convert a USB port to Serial. One link is below. But you can probably find them cheaper if you search around a little.

http://www.usb-port.com/uc232.html
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fireman121 · Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 7:09 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the info Artic.
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fireman121 · Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 3:13 pm Post subject:

I just got my Summit back from Garmin and I have to say great turn around it only took a week to get it back. The bad new is they still charged me the $79 bucks.
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fireman121 · Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 3:18 pm Post subject:

I had purchase a adapter from Office Depot for $40 bucks but returned it today, who knew those things are not compatible with Vista. If any one else has to buy a item like that check the label carefully and see if it will work with your system.
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Jam3s · Geocacher Joined: 26 Oct 2008 Posts: 842

Yea I am noticing that you also have to check to make sure that it is either 32bit or 64bit. I am having problems with the Whereigo Builder as a result.
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