Garmin 305

[Aedon]

Has anyone else ever had a similar problem?

My Garmin has now started switching off in the middle of a ride. From what I am told there seems to be a problem with the internal wiring of the unit which has to be sent in for repairs.

[Willehond]

You already have a Garmin?!  Man, your conversion from roadie went quick!

[scotty]

I have not experienced this but it was discussed a while back on motionbase chat forum, reasons ranged from version upgrade to faulty battery connector.

[Aedon]

You already have a Garmin?!  Man' date=' your conversion from roadie went quick![/quote']

 

No no no,  still a roadie but I use it on both bikes though.

[Tankman]

Has anyone else ever had a similar problem?

My Garmin has now started switching off in the middle of a ride. From what I am told there seems to be a problem with the internal wiring of the unit which has to be sent in for repairs.

YES!  I have been experiencing exactly that!  <?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

Got my unit back from Avnic yesterday and wont have time to test it until tomorrow's Double.

 

I am a bit annoyed, the warranty is only for a year, and although this seems like a factory fault (definitely not my fault) and a recurring fault, they don?t seem to keen on replacing these units or extending the warranty.

 

I have also been experiencing problems with the speed/cadence sensor.  In the last 2 years I have replaced it 3 times!  It is normally the speed that stops working first. 305 and 705 use the same sensor, so I wonder how the guys are doing with the 705 speed/cadence??

 

AND THEY KEEP TELLING ME THAT THIS IS NOT A REGULAR OCCURANCE??????

 

[spano]

I had a similar problem,

 

One friday night before a race on saturday, the unit just didn't switch on.

no matter what i did, nothing!

put it on charge,, still nothing!

 

did the race without it, and I think on sunday when I tried again to turn it on, it worked perfectly.

 

the "enter" button on the unit is not working properly though..

you have to press almost till it comes out on the other side for it to work!

 

so I emailed the guys at garmin and they said I should bring it in and they

will have a look and decide if the warrantee covers it.

[Tankman]

3 guys on the hub and loads more on motionbased

http://forums.motionbased.com/smf/index.php?topic=5925.0

 

That seems pretty regular to me!

[IanJ]

I had the same problem, 4 units in 18 months. Eventually got them to upgrade me to a 705 for a reasonable price.

 

It is a well documented problem (google it) there is a connecter between the two halves of the case which after time stops making good contact. I was told that newer units now have a hard wired connecter so shouldn't give the same problem.

 

 

[The Saint]

Tankman a few of us had the same problems a few months back. We managed to get them sorted out very quickly by Jason Theunissen at Avnic Trading.

 

I upgraded to the 705 and have not had any problems since.

[cyclingfan]

I had the same problem.  Took it to Avnic and they replaced it imediately.

[GoLefty!!]

I am currently having the same issue...

 

Mine switched off in the middle of the DC on Saturday...

 

It's about to get tossed over the storms river bridge

[Dirty Twin]

Mine did exactly the same and this is what happened:

 

https://www.bikehub.co.za/forum_posts.asp?TID=36152

[Tankman]

Ok so much more than 3!

You are lucky to get a new unit Dirty Twin!!  Just for your sake hope that it doesnt have the same problem!

[leet2269]

Anyone know who i can contact in Cape Town about my 305? It goes on the goes mental. Standing still i can move 500m in 2 secs. And the the buttons dont work all the time