Does anyone know of anywhere in this country I can get my ETrex Venture looked at? It appears to be functioning perfectly except for one niggling glitch: It doesn't seem to be able to receive satellite signals any more. I have found that it was far more accurate when it did. Garmin do a 'one stop' repair / replacement for $75 + $25 postage, plus my postage costs to the USA, which very nearly adds up to the cost new one. I suspect the fault to be of a minor nature, perhaps a loose connection from the internal arial, which hopefully would cost substantially less.
Steve
p.s. I would have found a uk.rec.gps group, very useful for this posting. More power to your elbow Dave Fawthrop.
Does anyone know of anywhere in this country I can get my ETrex Venture looked at? It appears to be functioning perfectly except for one niggling glitch: It doesn't seem to be able to receive satellite signals any more. I have found that it was far more accurate when it did. Garmin do a 'one stop' repair / replacement for $75 + $25 postage, plus my postage costs to the USA, which very nearly adds up to the cost new one. I suspect the fault to be of a minor nature, perhaps a loose connection from the internal arial, which hopefully would cost substantially less.
Steve
p.s. I would have found a uk.rec.gps group, very useful for this posting. More power to your elbow Dave Fawthrop.
Garmin (Europe) Ltd. Unit 5, The Quadrangle Abbey Park Industrial Estate Romsey, Hampshire SO51 9DL, UK Phone: 01794 519944 Fax: 01794 519222
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Does anyone know of anywhere in this country I can get my ETrex Venture looked at? It appears to be functioning perfectly except for one niggling glitch: It doesn't seem to be able to receive satellite signals any more. I have found that it was far more accurate when it did. Garmin do a 'one stop' repair / replacement for $75 + $25 postage, plus my postage costs to the USA, which very nearly adds up to the cost new one. I suspect the fault to be of a minor nature, perhaps a loose connection from the internal arial, which hopefully would cost substantially less.
Steve
p.s. I would have found a uk.rec.gps group, very useful for this posting. More power to your elbow Dave Fawthrop.
Garmin (Europe) Ltd. Unit 5, The Quadrangle Abbey Park Industrial Estate Romsey, Hampshire SO51 9DL, UK Phone: 01794 519944 Fax: 01794 519222
The general opinion is to speak to Garmin (Europe) Ltd by phone rather than emailing them, I found them to be very good offering to do a free repair on an out of warranty Vista (glue) problem when I spoke to them.
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Does anyone know of anywhere in this country I can get my ETrex Venture looked at? It appears to be functioning perfectly except for one niggling glitch: It doesn't seem to be able to receive satellite signals any more. I have found that it was far more accurate when it did. Garmin do a 'one stop' repair / replacement for $75 + $25 postage, plus my postage costs to the USA, which very nearly adds up to the cost new one. I suspect the fault to be of a minor nature, perhaps a loose connection from the internal arial, which hopefully would cost substantially less.
Steve
p.s. I would have found a uk.rec.gps group, very useful for this posting. More power to your elbow Dave Fawthrop.
Garmin (Europe) Ltd. Unit 5, The Quadrangle Abbey Park Industrial Estate Romsey, Hampshire SO51 9DL, UK Phone: 01794 519944 Fax: 01794 519222
The general opinion is to speak to Garmin (Europe) Ltd by phone rather than emailing them, I found them to be very good offering to do a free repair on an out of warranty Vista (glue) problem when I spoke to them.
MP.
Yes - I've just spoken to a very helpful chap about my out-of-warranty Etrex Legend. It needs a replacement rubber case surround bit "We can do that free" and a replacement for cracked screen glass "Send it in and we'll let you know how much it'll cost to repair".
Cheers
Guy - please support uk.rec.gps -- Guy Morgan
First Light Services Lighting Design Video Projects Technical Direction Consultancy
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p.s. I would have found a uk.rec.gps group, very useful for this posting. More power to your elbow Dave Fawthrop.
Garmin (Europe) Ltd. Unit 5, The Quadrangle Abbey Park Industrial Estate Romsey, Hampshire SO51 9DL, UK Phone: 01794 519944 Fax: 01794 519222
Brill! I owe you one Mike. Many thanks. Wonder why Google failed to turn that one up?
Steve
Good question! I failed to find it via google myself. Came across it on one of the sites selling Garmin stuff. "We don't do repairs - you need to contact Garmin UK." Followed by the above info.
Guy -- Guy Morgan
First Light Services Lighting Design Video Projects Technical Direction Consultancy
