I have a Garmin Street Pilot c330 that won't hold the charge. It plugs in the car lighter- I drove for 3 hours and it still wouldn't work. How do I charge or do i need new battery, if so where can i get?
c330, won't hold the charge, tried the reset and it still does not charge; cigarette lighter does work. I am sure the contact is good.
Guess it may be the charger itself?c330, won't hold the charge, tried the reset and it still does not charge; cigarette lighter does work. I am sure the contact is good.
Guess it may be the charger itself?
AnonymousOct 05, 2008
This guy's tip was the best.Pry off the cover and hit the reset button.Thank You!!!!!This guy's tip was the best.Pry off the cover and hit the reset button.Thank You!!!!!
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Take off the front face plate. hit the reset button on the right. charge it.
I've got a 320. Same thing happened. On the 320 if you look closely there is a fingernail shaped indent on the inside of the square colored face plate. just pull the face plate towards you and it will come off with very little effort.
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Try to charge the unit for 4 hrs by using a wall adapter and then try power on it again and if still the same after you full charge the unit try to contact the manufacturer check if there is a latest firmware update for the unit.
ONE, RESET IT !!! (See resetting instructions below)
TWO, let the battery die out!
Waking up your c330...
If you left your Garmin c330 on running
the battery will have 1% life left. If you turn c330 back on again, it
will flash screen for 3 seconds then die, even charging it at this
point will not wake it back up. TO BRING IT BACK TO LIFE... plug in the
power home or car into Garmin c330. There is a tab in the front Garmin
gray frame of your screen. You must take like your fingernails and
under the logo "GARMIN" pull the whole gray plastic frame off.
Underneath the plastic frame to the right hand side. There is a "RESET"
button. Make sure power is plugged in while hitting reset. Your battery
should come back to life. Cheers
I've had a couple of Garmin C330 units and a C340. They're good quality except for the flimsy power plugs. My first one out of the box had a defective plug which made intermittent contact when I plugged it into the lighter. Tightening the knurled nut on the tip of the plug helped somewhat, but didn't fix it completely. It became a non-issue after I bought a friction mount which came with a better cord and plug. The friction mount also stopped the problem of the suction cup constantly falling off the windshield.
The instruction manual is available to download from Garmin's website, www.garmin.com. Click on the StreetPilot C330, then go to updates and downloads. You should find the manual there.
c330, won't hold the charge, tried the reset and it still does not charge; cigarette lighter does work. I am sure the contact is good.
Guess it may be the charger itself?
This guy's tip was the best.Pry off the cover and hit the reset button.Thank You!!!!!
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