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Originally Posted by rjmorel
Mine do that also both Garmin and Magellan. It has always been the 12v cig lighter type socket vibrates apart and looses contact. Pushing it back in works till the next bump. I ended up putting electrical tape on the male plug to make it a tighter fit between the socket and plug. Works so far and still able to take it apart. rj
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Thanks RJ.
I checked the cable for continuity, and wiggled both ends of the connection, but could not get the GPS to restart on command.
Then I plugged the GPS into the cigarette lighter port, and I thought the problem was solved.
However, on a two hour ride, the GPS restarted itself 4 times. That was better than the dozen of more times when plugged into the USB port.
What are the chances that both ports have a bad connection?
For a final test, I used the GPS on only the internal battery.....and during a two hour ride......no restarts....
So it seems like the problem is in the cable or usb/lighter ports, not the GPS.
Think I will wire the GPS directly to the battery, and see what happens.
jb