Andrew I have similar problem and my Garmin is only about 3 yrs old. At this stage I have a "Memory Battery Low" alrm only and havn't had a failure.
I understand the problem with replacing the lithium battery is with the seperation of the case. it has been joined by a heat rpcess that cannot be reversed as we could do with glued cases. I have also tried the tecniques for charging the internal battery such as enabling the diagnostic mode and putting fresh batteries in. I would be interested if anyone has dealt with this problem successfully. I bought my 12xl in Singapore so don't have recourse to the Australin agent for Garmin. regards John Ashford Alice Springs ----- Original Message ----- From: "ANDREW WRIGHT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 12:44 PM Subject: [aus-soaring] Stung Badly > Dear All > I think I have just been stung badly and would like to pass this info > onto users or potential users of GARMIN handheld GPS. > GARMIN handheld GPS have an internal lithium backup battery in > them that is kept charged by the main power batteries ( usually 4 X AAs). > This internal battery maintains the waypoints etc when the unit is turned off > and the main batteries are less than fully charged or removed. When this > internal battery dies, which it is designed to do after about 10 years, you > throw the whole bloody GPS out the window!!! This is because the internal > battery is sealed in place and CAN NOT be replaced. > How crazy is that !!! Like scraping your car because the ash tray > is full! I expected to be able to use my GARMIN 12XL for a lot more than > 10 years ! > As my GARMIN 12XL internal battery has just died (after only 4 > years I might add), I will definitely not be buying another GARMIN. I would > rather spend more on something that is serviceable and will give me years > of service if looked after. Perhaps if we all did the same they (GARMIN) > would get the message! > SIGNED > Pretty pissed off. > > -- > * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. > * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message > * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information. > > -- * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information.
