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Duffyanneal over 5 years ago

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gaijin over 5 years ago +2 suggested

If you were charging the watch in the sun off your wrist, then likely the display got too hot. Dark spots like the one you show are typical on other solar powered watches that are left in the sun and get…

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0 C.sco over 5 years ago

Interesting... so the black spot goes away when you remove it from the sunlight for a while?

I'd say, if it bothers you then I'd exchange it for another one.

0 bluefish over 5 years ago

Put off your screen protector. This may help.

0 C.sco over 5 years ago

This is the first report I've seen of a dark spot on the screen (there have been some reports of darkly-lit spots with the backlkight on, but I think that's different, because your dark spot appears without the backlight illuminated).

It would probably bother me enough to send it back for a replacement.

Keep in mind that this solar display thing is brand new technology, as far as I know this is the first watch ever to use it, and it's definitely the first Garmin to use it. So there are bound to be some issues with some of them. I think this watch is a good candidate for a replacement.

0 Former Member over 5 years ago in reply to C.sco

Only sorta related but I've had a Citizen watched that's solar powered only for several few years now. It's not a smart watch so it doesn't use much power, just average normal while collar daily exposure to inside or sunlight was enough to keep it running without any issues. Only point to that is it's not necessarily new technology although Garmin may be using newer versions of the technology (I'd be surprised if they weren't).

0 C.sco over 5 years ago in reply to Former Member

Is it a solar panel behind an LCD screen?

0 gaijin over 5 years ago

If you were charging the watch in the sun off your wrist, then likely the display got too hot. Dark spots like the one you show are typical on other solar powered watches that are left in the sun and get too hot. Charging while on your wrist prevents the watch from getting too hot. As long as you charge the watch in the sun by itself, even an exchanged watch will likely exhibit the same issue. Always charge in the sun while wearing the watch to prevent this overheating of the watch. Unless severely overheated, the watch should return to normal when it cools down.

HTH

0 Volker over 5 years ago in reply to gaijin

If the watch get to hot, the solar charging is stopped automatically and a red thermometer sign is displayed on the display. Have done several solar chargings with laying the watch in direct sunlight for testing the solar functionality, but never saw a black spot on the display.

www8.garmin.com/.../GUID-E72F3619-D372-44BE-BEBC-348065CEAC07.html

0 Duffyanneal over 5 years ago in reply to gaijin

+1 gaijin over 5 years ago in reply to Duffyanneal

Understood. I wasn't sure whether you were wearing the watch while charging. If your display is darkening while you are wearing it, I would consider that cause for concern. I don't know if that would be the case for all 6x PRO Solar watches, but if it were me, I'd strongly consider swapping your watch for another one - couldn't hurt. Good luck.

HTH

0 rjgunn61 over 5 years ago

My 6x does the same