New Garmin Montana

[MizzouRider]

Originally Posted by guavadude

There's a Montana FAQ linked on Embeedee's sig.
The rugged mount is the way to go.
Not sure about everyone else but on gpscity.com someone posted pics and a ram mount parts list using the 1.5" balled larger ram parts. I went with this and it seems like the way to go. It's very stable and easy to lock down. Lots of options for mounting depending on your bike and where you want it.

I got the 2013 NT map DVD and Amps mount from gps4us.com since gpscity was out of mounts. Seems there's an issue with the torx locking screw on some mounts and they were recalled, so confirm availability on that.

Honestly I'm not sure you need the garmin maps. The OSM maps are free, routable and seem to be more detailed. I'm a noob but am using these maps so maybe I'm missing why the garmin maps are better.

What I REALLY want are the Mapquest OSM terrain (not topo) maps but I haven't found a download for them yet or if a downloadable version exists.

Thanks,
I had found the Montana FAQ. Good info. I have lots to learn.
Is the Amp Ball different from the standard Ram Ball mount? I've already got Ram Mounts on both bikes. I was hoping to just get two of the Rugged Mounts and would be good to go..
Looks like I'll order the screen cover/film also.
Thx

[guavadude]

the AMP mount is a four screw mount so you'll need one of those with a 1" ball to use with your existing RAM mounts.
The rugged mount comes with 3 Garmin screen protectors.

Good time for me to ask, what is everyone's preference on screen protectors?
I know Drytbike Dan likes the Zagg. I grabbed some of those but am wondering if people like the Garmin protectors too.
Seems like the Zagg are not anti-glare or smudge proof, is that a big deal?


I have lots to learn too but it's pretty much all in this thread somewhere!

[Emmbeedee]

Originally Posted by guavadude

the AMP mount is a four screw mount so you'll need one of those with a 1" ball to use with your existing RAM mounts.
The rugged mount comes with 3 Garmin screen protectors.

Good time for me to ask, what is everyone's preference on screen protectors?
I know Drytbike Dan likes the Zagg. I grabbed some of those but am wondering if people like the Garmin protectors too.
Seems like the Zagg are not anti-glare or smudge proof, is that a big deal?


I have lots to learn too but it's pretty much all in this thread somewhere!

My wife and I run the ones Garmin supplied with the Rugged Mounts. We're happy with those, at least until they get old and stiff, and start making their own menu selections. We have about 15 left in reserve.

[Yossarian™]

Originally Posted by Emmbeedee

My wife and I run the ones Garmin supplied with the Rugged Mounts. We're happy with those, at least until they get old and stiff, and start making their own menu selections. We have about 15 left in reserve.

+1, just the protector that comes with the mount. Works well enough for my purposes. My screen always ends up getting dusty anyway. I just don't want the dust to scratch the actual screen when I'm using the GPS.

[bighopper]

Originally Posted by DRTBYK

I think by now we all know that the tempe wireless temperature sensor is defective. Garmin is working on producing corrected units and, if you reported yours to Product Support, you should get a new one when they are available. In the mean time, here is a description of how the tempe works - in case you haven't figured it out by now.

From Montana Dev Team:

I’ll give you a quick and basic example of how the feature works. I put the tempe under a light bulb and it reads 100°F at 10:00:00 AM on Thursday. I move it away from the light bulb and it somehow magically cools to 75°F at 10:00:01 AM on Thursday. It remains at 75°F until I heat it up to 85°F at 11:00:00 AM on Thursday. It then cools down back to 75°F and remains at that temperature. At 9:59:59 AM on Friday, the 24hr max will read 100°F. At 10:00:01 AM on Friday, the 24hr max will read 85°F. Because the 100°F temperature was greater than 24 hours in the past, it is no longer the 24hr max.

My unit doesn't do this., The MAX Temp stays the same for past few days.

The 24 hour min/max temperatures are saved on the tempe. That allows the 24hr min/max to be preserved even if you turn off your handheld or walk out of range to the tempe, and it gives you more flexibility when using the tempe. As a basic example, you could leave it outside far away from your handheld device in the evening and then return in the morning with your handheld to figure out how cold it got the previous night. The only way to “reset it” and clear the 24hr min/max is to remove the battery from the tempe and wait several seconds. The tempe will then forget everything and start from scratch.

I called Garmin Support (it was quick to got to talk 2 mins) after I was lead through the master reset & again verified that the MAX Temp was the same (45C) he put me on hold & then came back to say I had to remove the battery every-time I wanted the Min/Max temps reset! I told him that I thought he was wrong & that the Tempe was a $30 piece of junk if that was the case. So I'll do some more testing after removing the battery & see what happens.

Or am I missing something it the operation of the Tempe?

[Emmbeedee]

Originally Posted by Emmbeedee

Mine was reading a 24 hour high of +33, on a day it never went higher than 6C.

Guess I'd better ask Garmin for a working one.

Someone from Garmin is obviously reading this forum as it's the only place I mentioned my Tempe problem, and today I was contacted out of the blue, to say I should make a call to Product Support on the issue.

Just for the record, it only took me 6 minutes to speak to a customer service rep.

Unfortunately his advice was to remove the battery for 30 seconds, to reset the Max and Min temperatures.

I created a ticket on this and hope to get a fixed one soon. The CS guy thought it was going to be a software fix, but no idea if it'll be something we at home can apply. I wonder if it'll be something we download to the Montana to fix it?

Possible, I suppose.

[Emmbeedee]

Originally Posted by bighopper

My unit doesn't do this., The MAX Temp stays the same for past few days.

I called Garmin Support (it was quick to got to talk 2 mins) after I was lead through the master reset & again verified that the MAX Temp was the same (45C) he put me on hold & then came back to say I had to remove the battery every-time I wanted the Min/Max temps reset! I told him that I thought he was wrong & that the Tempe was a $30 piece of junk if that was the case. So I'll do some more testing after removing the battery & see what happens.

Or am I missing something it the operation of the Tempe?

That's funny - the guy I spoke to thought I was you calling back. He started out saying "I just spoke to you 5 minutes ago, didn't I?" I guess we described the same problem the same way, and we sound the same.

[bighopper]

Originally Posted by Emmbeedee

That's funny - the guy I spoke to thought I was you calling back. He started out saying "I just spoke to you 5 minutes ago, didn't I?" I guess we described the same problem the same way, and we sound the same.

So you speak 'OZ' too! wonder if he was having a hard time understanding.

Did you get the same answer? Opps , I see you responded above...I didn't get to create a ticket.

Maybe I'll call GPSCity & see what they have to say.

[Emmbeedee]

Originally Posted by bighopper

So you speak 'OZ' too! wonder if he was having a hard time understanding.

Did you get the same answer? Opps , I see you responded above...I didn't get to create a ticket.

Maybe I'll call GPSCity & see what they have to say.

I had to suggest the ticket idea. And then I had to suggest he take my name and email address. He obviously wasn't taking it very seriously.

[GH41]

Originally Posted by Emmbeedee

My wife and I run the ones Garmin supplied with the Rugged Mounts. We're happy with those, at least until they get old and stiff, and start making their own menu selections. We have about 15 left in reserve.

At my age older means limp not stiff. GH

[Rocky TFS]

Originally Posted by GH41

At my age older means limp not stiff. GH

You and me both!

[TravellingStrom]

Well I am not a happy person today

I have been using my third Montana for only 4 days and had to do a master reset. It just decided to lose all my waypoints, stoopid damn thing


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[Emmbeedee]

Originally Posted by TravellingStrom

Well I am not a happy person today

I have been using my third Montana for only 4 days and had to do a master reset. It just decided to lose all my waypoints, stoopid damn thing

Have you considered that perhaps something you're doing, or loading to the gps is causing this? What maps are you using?

Have you tried running JaVaWa Device Manager on your gps to see if it finds errors in the maps or gpx files on it?

And in my experience, a master reset does not lose things. IMHO, there's something else going on there.

[roadspirit]

my apologies if this has been answered already, but I will have internet availability only for a few hours and thus it is a little bit hard to review back most of this big thread.

Currently I'm in Popoyan, Colombia, and after 2.5 months of riding in South America my Montana starts doing its "things". It is as if the screen is constantly being pressed in the upper and lower left corners (portrait mode), so the unit is essentially unusable. For example, in Map, where I have the data fields in the upper section, the left datafield is pressed by its own, then switches to the "change datafield" screen etc ... and it just won't stop... At some moment, when it stopped doing it, I was fast enoug to lock the datafields. But then, the lower left corner started acting in the same way ...

Is this the known screen issue? Is there a work around it, without having to replace the unit (which is something that probably won't happen here :( )
Would a master reset solve this? or a screen calibration?

[Yossarian™]

Originally Posted by roadspirit

It is as if the screen is constantly being pressed in the upper and lower left corners (portrait mode), so the unit is essentially unusable.

If you are using a screen protector, try removing it.