On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 01:16:52PM +1000, Rohan Clarke wrote:
> Hi Stuart,
>
> Can't comment on Magellan as I've never dealt with them but a couple of years
> ago we had three Garmin units that stopped working because the internal
> memory battery had failed (as opposed to the 4 AA batteries that provide
> 'mains' power). This meant every time the AA's went flat, or were removed,
> all data and settings were lost. We sent all three back to the supplier
> asking if they could put new memory batteries in them. We expected to pay for
> this given the memory batteries typically fail if the units are stored for
> long periods (months) without AA's in them (i.e. our fault).
>
> The response was rather pleasant. They informed us that the cost of replacing
> the memory batteries in each unit exceeded the cost of a new unit and so
> promptly sent us three new units at NO cost.
>
Hi,
I beleive that all newer Garmin models including the Etrex run on
non-volatile memory meaning that its like a flash card. It does
not require batteries to store data you will not loose any data
if the batteries die out.
I recently got a Geko 201, and seems to do okay, even in
light cover ie. dry sclorophyll (sp) forest. I was getting
6m accuracy in the Bunyip State park a few weeks back.
Regards,
Vin.
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