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ROCKYJS
01-26-2004, 12:23 AM
New IQUE for XMAS. It shuts itself off after using for a few minutes on battery power and I can't turn it on even if I put it in the cradle and power it up for a while. After what almost seems like a cooling off period I can restart it. Today I experimented and it seemed to stay on with the GPS on and now I am running MP3 files on it and just trying to see how long I can get it to run. What I have noticed is that the battery capacity is erratic. At one point I had a message to charge the battery, and when I looked at the battery it had 70% left. It's also read 50% and a few minutes later gone back to 62%. I'm attempting to take the battery down completely. Any advice or should I let Garmin have a look at the unit? Thanks

GMan
01-26-2004, 04:52 PM
If the unit continues to shut down and act erratic I would contact Garmin and possibly send it in for repair or replacement.

:(

Bokkie
01-26-2004, 04:54 PM
Barely a month old!

Oi-vey, here we go again...

ROCKYJS
01-27-2004, 11:21 PM
Now things seem to be working OK. My IQUE stays on like it should. I did delete the auto brightness program. Don't know if it had anything to do with it. I'll reload next week and see what happens!

funbob
01-28-2004, 12:17 AM
The auto brightness program may have had something to do with it. The estimated battery life is recomputed with changes in the backlight level.