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Pingvin- this may help a bit.
MONTANA 600 max user waypoints 4000 Routes 200 Tracklogs 10,000 points, 200 saved tracks 3Gb Ram Micro sd + you have a pm ☺ |
Thanks guys, will make an effort, hopefully me and the Monata will gel after a while, done some progress :)
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Anyone having issues with reliability of Montana's now? I really like them, great units however mine died en route to Mongolia in 2014 (completely blank screen that wouldn't re boot or reset), it was repaired under warranty though occasionally the maps hang and don't refresh now until it's switched off.
Two other friends Montana's won't charge in the cradles now including a brand new cradle though they will charge via the USB connection or run off AA batteries. To be fair they have all had very extensive use off road (such as UK to Magadan, New Zealand, USA, Europe etc) so have been subject to a lot of vibration. They are 4 years old and well out of warranty but even so Garmin have sent me 3 new batteries FOC which is excellent service. We have all done the tape or little bit of foam around the battery mod to stop the battery vibrating. It may just be that they are coming to the end of their useful but hard life. I'd buy one again or has anybody found a better replacement? I see Garmin are releasing the GPSMAP 276cx and many people raved about the original 276 |
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Had not a single problem with the unit despite much offroading = vibration and dust. I used the Garmin Rugged Mount (powered mount). Great solution :thumbup1: |
HI, I had issues originally with my 650T back in 11/12, had 2 replacements under warranty. this was during my overland trip from Europe to Aus. Just a few weeks ago, after about 4 years of not much riding, the power button(rubber bit as part of waterproof case) broke apart and it was now no longer waterproof.
The switch inside still did work. I had also been having the occasional problem with the connection being lost on the cradle mount, but could not ascertain whether that was the GPS or mount, I guess I will find out soon I queried the replacement cost, it is now only $142AU so I sent it back, hope to get my replacement in a day or so Edit date 13/2/17- So after a month of waiting still nothing, but after some queries were made it seems the 650T is hard to come by and they did not have any. After explaining that if I had known that prior to sending it away I would not have done so at that time, the chap offered to upgrade me to a refurbished 680T the newer version at no extra cost and they had one in stock :) I took the offer and had the unit within 7 days, now I just have to relearn how to install maps on it LOL |
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