Problems with the battery status - Possible solutions?
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 12:43 pm
Dear all,
I am quite happy with my Montana 700. I am using it on a regular basis on my MTBs. It has its drawbacks (due to Garmin's political decisions), but it measures the total ascent quite correctly, it is reliable (I don't use routing or address search, so can't tell about that), and it provides a big screen. It's the best device I've seen for a long time in this field.
However, there is one thing which I have ignored until now, hoping that a firmware update would fix it, but which is slowly going to become a PITA:
I normally use the AA adapter with three rechargeables to power the device. When I fully charge the batteries, insert them into the device and start riding, after approximately 30 minutes the red LED begins to blink, and the device warns about low batteries. However, if I ignore that warning, the batteries last for approximately 6 or even 7 hours. During that time, the warning is repeated one or two times.
I have tested normal batteries instead of rechargeables, with the same result.
This is really annoying because that way I only can guess when the batteries will be empty, and only if I remember how long I have used the device since I have recharged (or replaced) them.
Did anybody experience the same problem? Is there a solution?
P.S. Of course, I know that I have to tell the device the sort of batteries which are in place, and know how to do that. However, the problem described above always appears, whether or not that setting is correct, and independently of which sort of batteries I use (rechargeables or normal batteries).
I am quite happy with my Montana 700. I am using it on a regular basis on my MTBs. It has its drawbacks (due to Garmin's political decisions), but it measures the total ascent quite correctly, it is reliable (I don't use routing or address search, so can't tell about that), and it provides a big screen. It's the best device I've seen for a long time in this field.
However, there is one thing which I have ignored until now, hoping that a firmware update would fix it, but which is slowly going to become a PITA:
I normally use the AA adapter with three rechargeables to power the device. When I fully charge the batteries, insert them into the device and start riding, after approximately 30 minutes the red LED begins to blink, and the device warns about low batteries. However, if I ignore that warning, the batteries last for approximately 6 or even 7 hours. During that time, the warning is repeated one or two times.
I have tested normal batteries instead of rechargeables, with the same result.
This is really annoying because that way I only can guess when the batteries will be empty, and only if I remember how long I have used the device since I have recharged (or replaced) them.
Did anybody experience the same problem? Is there a solution?
P.S. Of course, I know that I have to tell the device the sort of batteries which are in place, and know how to do that. However, the problem described above always appears, whether or not that setting is correct, and independently of which sort of batteries I use (rechargeables or normal batteries).