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One of the contacts for the battery has corroded and broke. Anybody know a place to repair something like this? I have a lot of waypoints saved on it so marketplace isn’t a real option.

 

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22 minutes ago, Dahobbs said:

Garmin still exists? 

They sell a ton of smart watches.  I suppose the market for navigation is pretty dead, but not sure.

And to answer the question, here's a repair guide and the comments have suggestions on finding parts. 

 

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2 hours ago, Dahobbs said:

Garmin still exists? 

Barely.  5 billion in sales.

1 hour ago, TwiceHorn said:

They sell a ton of smart watches.  I suppose the market for navigation is pretty dead, but not sure.

And to answer the question, here's a repair guide and the comments have suggestions on finding parts. 

 

Thats awesome, thanks!!!

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17 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

They sell a ton of smart watches.  I suppose the market for navigation is pretty dead, but not sure.

And to answer the question, here's a repair guide and the comments have suggestions on finding parts. 

 

Looks easier than changing an O2 sensor.

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They are a huge player in the aviation navigation market.
Yeah, I look at planes on the web quite a bit and I get targeted ads for like $10k Garmin front mounted Doppler radars
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I have one of those hand held units like that I bought years ago, never really used. It was right when GPS started showing up in everybody's phone. I guess I should do something with it, when I find it again. It's here somewhere.

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I've had a lot of acid leak things that I was able to clean up if they weren't totally borked internally, with some spray electronic cleaner and a toothbrush, or maybe denatured alcohol. I have a Zoom HM recorder I wish I could fix that still works with an adapter, but not much good out in the field.

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Are you wanting to fix the gps to use it or rescue the gps coordinates?

You might could solder an external triple battery holder into the +/- terminals and get the thing to turn in. Use whatever cable to download a waypoint file off the unit. Might not be usable in that condition but you might could save your data. Once you have the data you can upload to a gps app on your phone and use that. You might be able to upload directly into Garmin Explore.

And yeah, Garmin pretty much owns the non-commercial marine and aviation markets.

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