[kag] Re: HELP! Repair a green eTrex (DIY/low cost/free)
- From: "Lloyd Baker" <binrat@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <kag@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 21:50:09 -0400
http://www.ottawageocaching.com/forum/
http://kingstongeocaching.com/
http://forums.ontgeocaching.com/
http://www.centralontariogeocachers.com/forums/
http://www.torontogeocaching.com/phpBB2/index.php
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From: Free Float
To: kag@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 9:33 PM
Subject: [kag] Re: HELP! Repair a green eTrex (DIY/low cost/free)
Where are these other forums you mention? I've never heard of them.
FreeFloat
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Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 18:11:01 -0400
From: greywynd@xxxxxxxxx
To: kag@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [kag] Re: HELP! Repair a green eTrex (DIY/low cost/free)
Post on the central ontario geocahers forum, as well as the oga forum, I
know when it comes to the etrex type units, there are different people that
have resurrected them using parts from other partly dead units.
There may also be someone that has a partly dead unit that you can get for
parts, often the little joystick button dies, if yours works, maybe you can
rebuild it that way.
Don't give up caching because of gps problems, there are lots of people on
'budgets', as well as those that have more available funds, so if you keep
asking around, I'm sure something will turn up.
Mark (aka Greywynd)
On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 5:41 PM, FreeFloat <freefloat1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hey,
FreeFloat here. My boyfriend, ash57005 on GC.com, has a green eTrex
which recently has begun malfunctioning. It goes through its normal screens
and seems to do everything normally....... except that it NEVER acquires a
signal, even under clear blue skies when my yellow eTrex beside it acquires in
under a minute.
This has made him very sad. I've offered him the use of my yellow eTrex
but to him, it's just not the same. He's actually talking about quitting the
sport..... and has handed over his TBs to me to "grab".........
Moreover, he's now talking about not wanting to to go GeOCanada 3 as he
won't be able to participate!
Ohhh noooooo!
I don't want him to quit Geocaching. He got quite the kick out of the
sport (check out his profile). However, he's in between jobs and I'm stretched
quite thin so neither of us can afford costly repairs or replacement of his
GPS........
Can anyone tell me how we can repair this GPS cost-effectively? It was
bought used so we'd be ok with taking it apart if it's a simple fix. (we both
have some background in electronics) Alternatively, is there someone in town
(or nearby) who could fix it for us inexpensively?
Quick responses would be most appreciated........ perhaps we can still
talk him back into the game!!!
FreeFloat
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