Thos Zumo 595 is the 3rd Garmin GPS I have owned, but the first one to give me any grief.
We are off to France on Friday so went to download my waypoints from Basecamp to the unit. As soon as I connect it to the computer, I get a message that there is a map update and an update to Garmin Express. I update both and get a message saying not to turn the turn the unit off till it had finished updating.
Once it finished though, the screen fades and just shows "Garmin" ..... and that's all it's shown since. I can't switch it off or back on again. I suspected for a while the original battery was knackered because it just wouldn't hold much of a charge and the unit would switch off within minutes if it was unplugged. As it was always plugged in though this wasn't an issue, but I changed the battery (£40) in the hope that would fix it, but no. Even after charging it for 2 hours, it still just shows "Garmin". Even if I hold down the On / Off button it stays on - there is literally nothing else on the unit to press, so I'm at a total bloody loss what to do - apart from contacting Garmin and asking them to fix the bloody thing.
Even though I bought in about 2 years ago during lockdown, it stayed in it's box for over a year (we all did) and it's only been used about 10 times on domestic trips in the car. This was due to be the first time it had been used on the bike. I have plugged it back to the computer and opened up Garmin Express (which usually opens up automatically as soon as the unit is connected ) but it just says "Zumo 595 Not Connected".
We are off to France on Friday so went to download my waypoints from Basecamp to the unit. As soon as I connect it to the computer, I get a message that there is a map update and an update to Garmin Express. I update both and get a message saying not to turn the turn the unit off till it had finished updating.
Once it finished though, the screen fades and just shows "Garmin" ..... and that's all it's shown since. I can't switch it off or back on again. I suspected for a while the original battery was knackered because it just wouldn't hold much of a charge and the unit would switch off within minutes if it was unplugged. As it was always plugged in though this wasn't an issue, but I changed the battery (£40) in the hope that would fix it, but no. Even after charging it for 2 hours, it still just shows "Garmin". Even if I hold down the On / Off button it stays on - there is literally nothing else on the unit to press, so I'm at a total bloody loss what to do - apart from contacting Garmin and asking them to fix the bloody thing.
Even though I bought in about 2 years ago during lockdown, it stayed in it's box for over a year (we all did) and it's only been used about 10 times on domestic trips in the car. This was due to be the first time it had been used on the bike. I have plugged it back to the computer and opened up Garmin Express (which usually opens up automatically as soon as the unit is connected ) but it just says "Zumo 595 Not Connected".