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Sandy Sanderson

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Garmin GPSMAP 64 loses data?
« on: July 17, 2014, 06:22:29 PM »
I have just gone and bought myself the Garmin 64ST, and I was reading a review afterwards (stupidly) and it stated that when you change the batteries that you loose all track, waypoints and routes data.

Has anyone used a 64 and come across this problem?

I assume that it would be more beneficial to carry around a battery charging kit (similar to Powermonkey approved by Garmin) instead of a spare set of AA batteries so that i can charge the set that is in the unit and potentially not loose data.

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Re: Garmin GPSMAP 64 loses data?
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2014, 07:34:07 AM »
The GPSMAP64ST should store all of this data irrespective of battery state, if it does not you have a faulty unit.
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Re: Garmin GPSMAP 64 loses data?
« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2014, 02:09:42 PM »
Yes, I was struggling to understand why a modern GPS receiver would be relying on volatile memory rather than flash.  Does sound like the reports are for faulty devices, since I couldn't find anything about data volatility when changing batteries in the user manual.  But then it is a Garmin user manual...
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Re: Garmin GPSMAP 64 loses data?
« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2014, 04:01:22 PM »
Sorry, I forgot to add that Garmin's instruction manuals make excellent fire lighters ;)
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Re: Garmin GPSMAP 64 loses data?
« Reply #4 on: July 23, 2014, 11:30:24 AM »
Have you sorted this problem now Sandy?
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Re: Garmin GPSMAP 64 loses data?
« Reply #5 on: July 23, 2014, 02:17:01 PM »
Yes I believe I have, I loaded my GPS with a route, ensured that it loaded correctly and then turned it off and removed the batteries.

I then waited 10 minutes re-inserted the batteries and turned the unit back on. Route still there so don’t have a faulty unit.

Just need to remember now to believe everything I read in some reviews.

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