Gps repairers
Submitted by biggerfish on Sat, 2011-05-21 20:30
Hi all just wondering if anyone knew where I could get my gps fixed. I turned it on thisarvo and it powers up but the screen doesn't work I think someone has sat on it and squashed the screen in;-( not happy it has all my spots on it and I've never backed it up onto a memory card it's a navman 5505 and from what I've read online navman aren't available anymore and u can't get replacement parts. If anyone knows somewhere I could take it to get it fixed or just copy my waypoints I would be over the moon.
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snappermiles
Posts: 2100
Date Joined: 05/11/10
is it the screen not working or the back light
turn your gps on and use a torch facing the screen if you can see the screen but there is no back light throw it away and start again! this happened to me and i priced up a new led backlight but they said it is part of the screen and will cost around $600 to fix! if it is just the back light use the torch so you can see what your doing and back your gps marks up onto a user card!
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biggerfish
Posts: 669
Date Joined: 02/03/09
Na it's the screen any ideas
Na it's the screen any ideas where I could take it just rang the insurance company and if it's not fixable they will replace it gotta get a quote or report on it first. Just want all my waypoints bak :-(
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iana
Posts: 652
Date Joined: 21/09/09
Long shot But.
I'm wondering if you connected two units together via nav-bus or NMEA bus, could one see the waypoints of the other unit. I have a spare 5600 plus two power leads.
NavBus is a NAVMAN proprietary system that allows
multiple 3100 series instruments and NAVMAN
chartplotters to share data
All setup data entered into one instrument is
automatically sent to all other instruments of the
same type. For example:
If setup data such as keel offset, speed
damping or steer angle is set on one
instrument then the same data is set on all
instruments.
chookc
Posts: 442
Date Joined: 07/01/10
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