[C320-list] Chartplotter Internal Battery

[pat reynolds]

Contact Garmin by e-mail and explain the problem.  My
garmin 48 has sent that message for three years. 
Garmin recommended putting new batteries in and
leaving unit off for five days.  That gets rid of the
message for a time.  I will continue to use it to see
just when it goes as I have a newer unit any way.


--- Stanley Rogacevicz <SROGACEV at holycross.edu> wrote:

>   5 or 6 years ago my 2 Garmin 48 GPS's which I
> believe were 'out of production' at that time had
> the same problem. I sent them to Garmin and they
> replaced the batteries, retained all my way points,
> and it was ALL FREE !!!!!
> Stan
> formerly # 656
> 
> >>> "Irving Grunes" <igrunes at gmail.com> 5/8/2008
> 1:05 PM >>>
> Hi
> 
> We got an error message on our chartplotter and one
> of the boat partners
> sent this message:
> Can anyone help???
> 
> "I checked the Garmin manual to find the message
> from the chartplotter.
> According to the Garmin manual, the message was
> "Memory Battery Power is
> Low"  This means "The internal battery that stores
> waypoints, routes, and
> track plots needs to be replaced.  Take your unit to
> an authorized GARMIN
> service center for installation of a new battery."
> 
> That doesn't sound good.  Since the model has been
> discontinued, service may
> not be available.  As best I can tell from the web
> site, the Kansas factory
> is the only authorized service center and the 230
> chartplotter does not
> appear on their list of repairable devices.  I did
> find a posting that
> somebody had gotten that message for a while until
> the unit finally failed.
> 
> Irv - maybe somebody on the C320 list has an
> answer."
> 
> 



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