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Hi.
Using the etrex 32x (gen 1) with 2.70 firmware (currently latest), resetting the stop watch often locks the unit and only removing the batteries and restart help.


I sometimes take a specific path on which i
1. Start the unit after at least the nigth off, reset track. Track logging on (auto, most often).
2. After 10-20 minutes i use the stopwatch for about 3-5 minutes.
3. I stop the stopwatch and then reset it.
4. About 2 times out of 3 the unit now stops to respond and the only way to use the unit is to remove and insert battery and start again.

The saved track is never lost from what i recall.

If the stopwatch is used shortly arter such a restart, it does not freeze again on reset.

Sometimes but not often and only if i care to wait long enough without touching any buttons it unfreezes by it self.


Any one else observed this?

Please provide additional detail for:

2. After 10-20 minutes I use the stopwatch for about 3-5 minutes.

What exactly does 'use the stopwatch' entail?

GPSrChive wrote: ↑Tue Aug 15, 2023 12:38 am What exactly does 'use the stopwatch' entail?

MENU - MENU - STOPWATCH - START.
Let it run for 3-5 minutes, STOP.
After a few seconds to a few minutes, RESET.

Addition, but off topic.
I use the stopwatch to measure a specific portion of the path while on the longer path which is saved by the regular track.

Thank you for the additional information, It will help when attempting to recreate the issue.

This issue happened also with version 2.80 of the firmware.

We are still trying to duplicate this with two eTrex 32x devices, both Gen 1 and Gen 2.