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FR230: Screen blank

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Has anyone seen this issue before?

I have my FR230 for less than a week now. Last night i went to bed and when i woke this morning, the screen was blank. No time or anything like that just a blank screen. Backlight still worked and it appeared the watch was working because the alarm still went off and i was able to dismiss it but i just couldnt see anything on the screen. I held the power button and switched it off and on and when it came back on screen worked but watch was messed up. Time and date way off. I will go outside shortly and enable run activity to get the gps time sync.

Some things were a bit strange with it. i pressed the run button to get to the Activity/Menu screen and pressed run button to select run and it kept selecting it repeatedly without actually going to the activity page. i pressed it, it just kept showing the run activity profile. Watch seems very confused. Steps are split into "Yesterday, today, today" yes, today is there twice.

I added a connect IQ watch face with a step counter and enabled activity tracking for the first time yesterday, but i doubt that was anything to do with it?
Just wondering if anyone else had this blank screen issue? I searched google and found nothing.
Regards,
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member
    return it and get a new one while you still can

    dont waste your time messing around with a malfunctioning device. let the retailer/Garmin deal with it