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Garmin GPS question

Posted: June 27th, 2007, 11:11 pm
by BAD BEHAVIOR
My GPS is less than a year old and the screen is really hard to see, even under the T-Top. I cant figure out if the film on the screen is messed up or there is something actually wrong with the screen. It kind of looks like its got water spots all over it and I can see it much better with my polarized glasses off. Any suggestions????

Posted: June 28th, 2007, 5:58 am
by CATCH 22
Dont wear your glasses, no really, clean it with some CLR to get spots off

Posted: June 28th, 2007, 7:39 am
by RHTFISH
That boat is going so fassst the GPS can't keep up! :o

Posted: June 28th, 2007, 7:53 am
by rocket
I think the same thing happened to FishMasterson's Garmin, and he sent it back for repair.

Posted: June 28th, 2007, 8:12 am
by BAD BEHAVIOR
Will that CLR eat that film off?? The manual says not to put anything more than soapy water not even a wax. Have you used CLR and where do you get it??

Posted: June 28th, 2007, 8:16 am
by rocket
BAD BEHAVIOR wrote:Will that CLR eat that film off?? The manual says not to put anything more than soapy water not even a wax. Have you used CLR and where do you get it??
It does seem pretty harsh, but if you want to try it you can get CLR at any Home Depot or Lowes (stands for CalciumLimeRust).

Posted: June 28th, 2007, 8:26 am
by BAD BEHAVIOR
:thumbup:

Posted: June 28th, 2007, 8:33 am
by creech
My Lowrance has the same problem. Let me know if the CLR works.

Posted: June 28th, 2007, 8:35 am
by BAD BEHAVIOR
Creech, you try it, Im skeereed!!!

Posted: June 28th, 2007, 3:04 pm
by jsuber
Garmin or GPS will fix that for you. Just call them and get a RA #

Posted: June 28th, 2007, 3:32 pm
by Atticus
That happened to my screens and I sent the GPS back to Garmin who fixed the issue pretty quickly. After that I started using screen protectors.

http://www.navprotector.com/

Always remove from the boat before hosing it down and I clean the unit screens with a cloth for eyeglass cleaning and some lense cleaning solution from the eye doctor's office.

Posted: June 28th, 2007, 6:36 pm
by dolphinatic
is it internal or external? If internal, tap the power button twice and the color should light up. Mine used to do that in black/white mode but went away in color mode. Hope that helps.....

Posted: June 28th, 2007, 9:14 pm
by Barhopr
I second the screen protectors. Go to any phone store that sales Treo phones and you can buy the stick on protectors. Mines been on for about a year and no scratches and no glare.
http://store.palm.com/product/index.jsp ... age=family
They come twelve to the pack so sell some to your buddies.

Posted: June 29th, 2007, 12:12 am
by BAD BEHAVIOR
:thumbup:

Posted: June 29th, 2007, 7:34 am
by Barhopr
I think I got a few left over. PM me your address and I'll mail you some. depending on how big the screen is it may take two to cover.