John, As others have said, I would go direct to Garmin through their website and follow their directions. I do not know what the warranty arrangements are but GPSs - almost by definition - are items which should reasonably be expected to travel from place to place and the seller may not be the convenient agent to carry out repairs or work on faulty ones. GME Electrophone have been around for a while and should be helpful.
OTOH, I have found the dealers in Singapore to be reasonably responsive too if you have your receipt. I have used STS Communications on the 2nd (or 3rd? - I haven't counted, I just know where to go) floor of Sim Lim Square and they were good. Graeme Cant >From: "John Ashford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [aus-soaring] Stung Badly >Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 13:50:58 +0930 > >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. > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp -- * 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.
