The problem with the 305 powering down IIRC is the glue on the case weakening a little and allowing the battery contacts to be interrupted when you hit a bump. There's a bunch of stuff on the Motionbased forum about this problem. Here's a link to one of the threads. There are MANY more.
http://forums.motionbased.com/smf/index.php?topic=8249.0 ---- Jay Carter AutoForums.Com Technical Support TriangleCycling.Com Webmaster On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 4:44 PM, Neal <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well Jay, perhaps its time for me to contact Garmin because my 305 > does occasionally power down when I hit a bump. Its not such a big > deal on club or solo rides but, its most aggravating on event rides. > It doesn't happen often fortunately. Maybe two or three times per > month. I figured it is the battery getting jarred. The frequency > occurrence is still too much tho. > > Nevertheless, the 305 is a fine cycling computer and I have come to > really like it. > > Now that the 705 is relatively clean, I might consider one of these. > The bigger screen/digits is appealing. I already have the CNNA NT > software. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you foolishly subscribed to the Gyro email group. To post useless drivel to this group, send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] We love reading 3000 line messages so please don't bother trimming your replies. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
