Has anyone here on the newsgroup had problems with their Garmin Forerunner blanking out due to wetness or extreme sweat? This happend to me 2 years ago, and since I could not get the unit to work again, I turned it in for another one, as I was withing the warranty period.
I've had similar problems this month, but the unit still works--after I've noticed it go blank, I can start it up again. I've also noticed that the unit blanks out when it's extremely hot--a couple of times I was running when it was in the 90's--and the same thing happend.
Of course, the unit is out of warranty now, so having it repaired will cost something--
I have the original Garmin Forerunner 100 series, which uses the AAA batteries and does not have the PC interface.
Has anyone here on the newsgroup had problems with their Garmin Forerunner blanking out due to wetness or extreme sweat? This happend to me 2 years ago, and since I could not get the unit to work again, I turned it in for another one, as I was withing the warranty period.
I've had similar problems this month, but the unit still works--after I've noticed it go blank, I can start it up again. I've also noticed that the unit blanks out when it's extremely hot--a couple of times I was running when it was in the 90's--and the same thing happend.
This happened to me once. I did a hard reset and reinstalled the latest firmware. I haven't had that problem since then. YMMV You can find your firmware update here: http://www.garmin.com/support/download.jsp
Has anyone here on the newsgroup had problems with their Garmin Forerunner blanking out due to wetness or extreme sweat? This happend to me 2 years ago, and since I could not get the unit to work again, I turned it in for another one, as I was withing the warranty period.
I've had similar problems this month, but the unit still works--after I've noticed it go blank, I can start it up again. I've also noticed that the unit blanks out when it's extremely hot--a couple of times I was running when it was in the 90's--and the same thing happend.
This happened to me once. I did a hard reset and reinstalled the latest firmware. I haven't had that problem since then. YMMV You can find your firmware update here: http://www.garmin.com/support/download.jsp
Oops. I guess you can't do the firmware updgrade with your 100 version of the Forerunner. This is a good time to get the 301. ;-)
"Jean S. Barto" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:a7%Pe.87943$Ep.62829@lakeread02...
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Has anyone here on the newsgroup had problems with their Garmin Forerunner blanking out due to wetness or extreme sweat? This happend to me 2 years ago, and since I could not get the unit to work again, I turned it in for another one, as I was withing the warranty period.
I've had similar problems this month, but the unit still works--after I've noticed it go blank, I can start it up again. I've also noticed that the unit blanks out when it's extremely hot--a couple of times I was running when it was in the 90's--and the same thing happend.
Of course, the unit is out of warranty now, so having it repaired will cost something--
I have the original Garmin Forerunner 100 series, which uses the AAA batteries and does not have the PC interface.
