Article: 51542 of sci.geo.satellite-nav Sender: blalor@localhost.localdomain Newsgroups: sci.geo.satellite-nav Subject: Re: eTrex Vista on its way! What goodies now? References: <3DD9A13C.A2CD1B20@attbi.com> <4c54b944.0211190839.6c6a33bc@posting.google.com> X-All-Your-Base-Are-Belong-To: Us. X-URL: From: Brian Lalor Message-ID: Lines: 15 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 17:49:26 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.14.248.95 X-Complaints-To: abuse@cox.net X-Trace: news2.west.cox.net 1037728166 68.14.248.95 (Tue, 19 Nov 2002 12:49:26 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 12:49:26 EST Organization: Cox Communications Path: news.meer.net!sea-read.news.verio.net!dfw-artgen!iad-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!newsfeed.stueberl.de!cox.net!p01!news2.west.cox.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Xref: archive.mv.meer.net sci.geo.satellite-nav:51542 ibikealotnobulk@hotmail.com (Ibikealot) writes: > I think the problem may be with the batteries flopping around in the > Emap. This has been discussed before on this NG and people have used > everything from foam to cardboard, to springs to keep the contacts > secure. I had problems with my eTrex Vista doing that as well. I cut a couple of wide rubber bands about the same length as the AA cells and stuck them between the batteries and the cover. That seems to have fixed the problem. -- Brian Lalor | http://introducingthelalors.org/ blalor@ithacabands.org (email) | blalor@jabber.ithacabands.org (jabber) N33°29.18' W111°56.55' (Earth)