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Charging - always turns on?

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over 2 years ago

I can't imagine it's just me or maybe I just am search-challenged here...

Been very happily using my 1040 pretty much since launch.  The issue I've got is when I go to charge it, it slways powers on.  If I go to turn it off, it nicely turns back off, but seems not to charge.

The only way I've been able to reliably get it to charge is by just leaving it powered on.

Not a showstopper at all.  Little PITA to have to turn my Varia lights off (they turn on when the GPS is on), but that's about it.

This has been a consistent issue since day 1 for me on every firmware revision and is present using multiple charging methods from a computer/USB cable to a direct-plug USB wall charger.

What's the silly thing that I'm missing?

  • 0 over 2 years ago

    My 810 did this years ago. I think it's a Garmin design "feature".

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to CycloGolf

    I will never buy another garmin product. The 1040 has so many problems that are never going to get fixed and they won't buy it back. It doesn't track altitude on steep accents or decents worth crap. Reads half the altitude of wahoo. Doesn't record calories any better even after I added 20 lbs of weight to my profile. Turning on every time you start the car up and shut it off while the charge cable is plugged in is just plain asinine.