Garmin 3600 GPS issue

I had exactly the same problem. The last time I had used the GPS function was late July. Two days ago I turned on the GPS and it worked normally for a few minutes and then started cycling. I found this site, disabled the WAAS function, and it now works fine. Took it for a road trip today on two lane and back country roads and it functions normally. I can't detect any difference in accuracy with WAAS disabled. Thank you for this forum.

Howard

I just charged mine for the first time since last March and in the middle of my route mine started recycling also. Your solution solved the problem. I turned off the WAAS Thanks

Question, does everyone here have Release 6 or not?
iQue 3600 English-only Ver. Release 6 as of Aug 09, 2007 Download
This may be the cure!
I have r6 and no problems.

Guys i had the same problem.i opend my ique the conection on the battery was loose

Thanks. problem solved. I was about to toss my device.
Does anyone know the drawbacks of disabling the WAAS? 

I wonder if this is a probable cause:
http://www.hypack.com/news.aspx?news_id=17

Same problem here.  It took me a month to find this site and get it resolved.  Thanks everyone. 

Same thing happened to me, as per your instructions, i turned of WAAS, now working fine

Your solution number 1 worked!  Thank you for your website, info and helpful advice.  I was about ready to toss this one.

Burt

I had the same problem on the same day.

Turning off the waas does allow me to use it.  Has anyone contacted Garmin?

Bob Walker

I noticed same problem of unit cyccling on off. Started today Sept 29. Turning off WAAS seems to solve it. Very strange that this is being reported on approximately same days and cycles the unit.

Mine too -- just noticed it today (9/29). The above solution works. But it would be nice to keep the WAAS enabled. AWS

I just started having the same problem today too. Go to preferences for gps. I did it by clicking down where the battery symbol is and where the satellite indicator comes up. Then click the quegps in the top left hand corner of the screen. Click preferences and disable WAAS. Seemed to work fine after that. I would like to have WAAS enabled so if you find anything else let me know. Wierd that happened on same day. Let me know [email protected].