Are everyone enjoying their 276C Garmins? Mine was great, got the auto kit and the lady told me where to ride. First time I put it on my Husky, using the best Touratech mount, my Husky scared the s^^ out of the lady, she no longer talks.:eek1 Since the lady stopped talking, I don't know where to go with my car.:huh Anyone else having reliability issues?
I've had mine for 3+ years now and it has taken quite a lot in terms of vibration, etc and I have had no issues. Are you certain you didn't just turn the voice off in the prefs? You can turn it on and off. I would double-check that. -- Jason
Thanks Jason, thats reassuring, techie here checked it out, lady just buzzes, tried a different speaker, same thing. Must be the growl of that Husky. She sounded like a bit of a smoker in the beginning, now she just hums. Garmin has an exchange on its way, I should be good.
I turned that annoying bitch off soon after I got my 276c. I couldn't tell you whether she talks or not anymore! I upgraded to a 512 card finally! and its nice having the southern half of the country on my GPS. Which reminds me! I need to take off the eastern portion and add more in CA and northwards to UT/ID 'just in case.' M
On a similar note, by 276c seems to have a hard time connecting with satelites... moch more so than my old 176c did... I have used both the stock antenna as well as a remote Glisson that should bring much more db gain (think that's what it is called) Is there any way to check, reset or do something to the 267c to see if it is working as it should? Thanks!
Curious, are you using the uncompressed map "City Navigator", or the compressed software "City Navigator NT"?
I have never had this issue, but it is my understanding that if you do have this, you can select the 'Stored w/o Batteries' option when the menu pops up asking if you want to start the simulator. That does a sort of 'reset' and may help you. -- Jason
Always yes on the stock antenna, but I am running this gilsson now... which worked like crazy on my 176c. http://www.cascadegps.com/store/product.php?productid=718&cat=124&page=1
Love my 276c been through a bit still works fine. Check out this link for some 276c secrets. http://home.online.no/~sigurdhu/GPSmap-276C_commands.htm
I recently had some issues with trying to load maps from Mapsource NT on my 276c but after I downloaded a device software update everything works great. If you don't have software ver 5.3 you might try the free download from Garmin.
My 276C was just replaced with a new Zumo and now I am using it in the car. The unit is 5 years old and has 70,000+ moto miles on it. I've never had a problem with the 276C--bullet proof.
My first 276c developed an intermittent fault were the audio output turned to a really nasty buzz instead of words. I put up with it for quite a while then chopped it in for a refurb when it couldn’t find satellites anymore. The second one’s a year old and ok so far. PS, fault was on speaker and audio out to Autocom...
A common problem with the 276 is the backup battery going dead. This will cause the GPS internal clock to drop out and dramatically increase satellite acquisition times. Turn your GPS on and see if the time on the satellite status page is up to date. If the time starts counting up from the last time it had a satellite fix, then your backup battery is dead (should keep counting forward even when turned off). Seach this forum for 276c battery and you'll find a thread on replacement - costs about $5 and about 90 minutes w/ a soldering iron. Questions shoot me a PM. Loren
I recently purcased a 276c. How do you turn the "voice" on. I did find where it says the speaker is "on". Thanks, Riceman
