2610 error codes??????

[Swesty]

Every so often and for no apparent reason my 2610 bleeps 3 times a la Mr Morse ... Can anyone shed any light before I spend most of tomorrow in a telephone answering queue.

 

[ianm00]

Are you using it in bright sunshine? This can affect the infra-red causing random screen changes beeps etc.

I downloaded the latest updates from Garmin 4.50 I think which will allow the infra-red to be disabled from the options menu.

This has seemed to fix my random changes however not fully tested due to lack of sun now!

Ian

 

[PanEuropean]

I've never experienced this problem, but I have seen mention of it from others here on the forum. The general consensus is that sunlight (or, perhaps, some other source of infrared light) is triggering the infrared sensor on the front left side of the GPSR, and the GPSR thinks it is getting a command from the handheld remote.

The simplest and most trouble-free way of testing this theory is to put a little bit of masking tape or electrical tape over the infrared sensor, and see if the beeps stop. As Ian mentioned, the most recent software update for this GPSR gives you the ability to turn off the infrared sensor if you don't need it - meaning, if you don't use the remote.

Don't bother phoning about it until you have tried out one of those solutions.

Michael

 

[GS Adventurer]

Do as Ian (ianm00) says and this cures the problem.

Mike