AlexUSA
Senior Member
- Joined
- Apr 19, 2011
- Bikes
- XR280R, Dash 125 (supercup) , DT125
Anyone else have this problem? My Garmin 60CSx sometimes turns off by itself while it's in the Ram Mount on my bike (I'm on battery power because my bike has no battery to hardwire). The screen quickly fades out like it is losing power.
It doesn't seem to matter if I'm off-road or on-road but sometimes wrapping the batteries in electrical tape for a tighter fit seems to help and the problem won't return for a while. But then it will come back - sometimes - even with wrapped batteries.
But I'm not totally sure if this vibration is the problem. Sometimes I can really smack the unit around in my hand and it's fine but then I'll ride for a little while and it shuts down. And today I was bouncing around off-road for a few hours with no problems and then after 30 minutes back on smooth road the unit shut down. I turned it back on several more times as I continued on-road and it kept doing the same thing.
It doesn't seem to matter if I'm off-road or on-road but sometimes wrapping the batteries in electrical tape for a tighter fit seems to help and the problem won't return for a while. But then it will come back - sometimes - even with wrapped batteries.
But I'm not totally sure if this vibration is the problem. Sometimes I can really smack the unit around in my hand and it's fine but then I'll ride for a little while and it shuts down. And today I was bouncing around off-road for a few hours with no problems and then after 30 minutes back on smooth road the unit shut down. I turned it back on several more times as I continued on-road and it kept doing the same thing.