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Thanks for the suggestions, guys! I managed to work around this issue by plotting the route and searching for and adding filling stations and waypoints in Google My Maps (https://mymaps.google.com), while checking leg distances with Google Maps on the second screen. At the end of that, I generated a ...

Hi, all, Okay, so the situation as it stands is this. I - and two friends, all of whom use Garmin GPSs - want to do a 1000-miles-in-24-hours Iron Butt run around the Southern Cape. To do this successfully, we need to navigate a rather circuitous route. To be able to do that , I need to generate a ...

Success! :D The rest of the ribbon cable and its connectors work fine. The corroded power connectors were bypassed with very fine-gauge wire, and soldered to the ribbon-cable pins: 20221108_112439.jpg 20221108_112419.jpg My 500 charges just fine through the repaired mount. I asked the chap who did ...

Update: I found a repair-shop owner (specializing in flat-screen TVs) who says he can more than likely do the job. The ribbon cable has non-standard dimensions (no surprises there - what fun would it be for Garmin if every pleb could repair a broken unit themselves?), but my guy says that removing ...

Not sure if this will help or not... https://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php/374905-Garmin-Zumo-500-not-charging-(but-it-should)-Help-needed! That's my post. :) After thinking I'd lost my 500's faulty powered mount, I found it in my new workshop, at the bottom of a cardboard box I hadn't ...