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Nuvi 250w alphabet problem: no "E" nor "R"!! (by 7 users)

posted by marikomariko on Mar 02, 2008

Maybe because I left it in my car in freezing cold weather (15 F), my nuvi 250 w lost "E" and "R" from typing screen. "E" is replaced by "D" so there's 2 "D"s and "R" is now "P" so 2 "P"s....how can I fix this problem??

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Comment by Guest, posted on Aug 17, 2008

ALPHABET SCRAMBLED

Comment by Guest, posted on Aug 15, 2008

I have the same problem. I sent one unit back to the store and now its happening on my second garmin nuvi 250W. Holding the reset button and then connecting back to a power source does nothing.

Comment by lemmon2626, posted on Jul 10, 2008

same as described....lost letters and doubled others

Comment by Scoutdadog, posted on Jun 05, 2008

Various letters are missing, but in their places are duplicates of other letters. Somewhere I found a "solution"--connect the unit via USB cable to a computer. Wait for the unit to be recognized as a "removable disk drive". Disconnect, and...Magic! It's fixed.
This has worked twice for me (and the weird behavior went away on its own a couple of times). But I don't usually keep a laptop in the car just to do brain surgery on a flaky GPS device. COME ON, Garmin!

Comment by Guest, posted on May 11, 2008

yep i have two Es and two Hs, How do you fix this?

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posted on Jul 08, 2008

marcelbakker

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I checked the garmin website to see if there is an update. Didn't see one. But I'd try the web updater just to make sure. BTW there is a little reset button on the bottom you could try if it goes flaky again

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posted on Sep 06, 2008

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I had exactly the same problem. 2 P's and no R. I tried the USB connection to a computer mentioned above and it worked. Thank you so much.

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Comment by dude 1A, posted on Apr 16, 2008

My problem is two H's and 2 X's. Please help as soon as possible. I use it often and it is usless now!

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