Is fixing the Garmin something I can do or does it need a specialist?
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The front bezel, the silver grey plastic piece with the Garmin name on it will lift off. Use a fingernail or a very thin tool to pry and lift it up. Behind that are 4 phillips head screws. Remove those and it comes right apart. Look at the board on the top before taking it all apart to see exactly how it goes back in, it's a tight fight and has to fit just right.
SOURCE: Garmin Street Pilot c340 mount
Try a hard reset using the reset button under the silver trim on the front. Pull off the trim ring by hooking your fingernail under it right below the logo.
If that doesn't work, then take the unit off of the mount for a better look at the contacts. Re-seat the mount onto the unit and see if that helped. If the mount is damaged, consider getting a friction mount instead of the suction cup. For about $40 you'd get new power contacts and a new cord, and the unit would sit on your dash instead of falling off the windshield all the time.
All of this is assuming that the problem occurred suddenly after a fall, and that your battery is still good.
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The Garmin Streetpilot C340 is discontinued, so there isn't much support for it. You can find some updates at
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/store/downloadsUpdates.jsp?product=010-00401-20&cID=164&pID=290
But no free map updates.
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Hi Jessica,
Move the on/off power switch to the left and hold it there for at least 30 seconds and see if it comes back on. I know there was a bug in a firmware version that makes the unit "bricked" after a certain date. The only way to fix it if the reset didn't fix it is to disconnect the battery inside, reboot the unit and install the firmware fix.
- Jim
www.sharcnet-usa.com
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