Garmin Oregon 200 Troubleshooting

[aussie-O's]

I just loaded a new gpx and map onto my oregon, and now when I turn it on, it starts to go through the loading process, until it says "loading waypoints, tracks and routes", when it just turns itself off. Any ideas? I can't really take it to Garmin, because I'm traveling with it tomorrow.

[Philipp]

could it be that the PQ is too big for the O200?

this one has good information in general:
http://garminoregon.wikispaces.com/

[Gowza]

I have a 550 and when I updated the software some time ago it caused an error which shut it down - a new update was released which apparently addressed the problem.

Could possibly be a similar case for you?? Good luck!

[aussie-O's]

When I connect it up to the computer it doesn't even show up!

[Gowza]

Eek... You are now outside the realms of my troubleshooting ability! No doubt someone wiser will weigh in with a comment!

[aussie-O's]

Thanks for the help anyway.

[squalid]

I get the odd freeze on startup. Usually after loading a new gpx. Remove the batteries for a few seconds and then replace and restart.

[Cached]

I get the odd freeze on startup. Usually after loading a new gpx. Remove the batteries for a few seconds and then replace and restart.

I get that too. When it does come back up, I often find the GPX was corrupt.

[aussie-O's]

Thanks, and I've got it sorted. How can you tell which gpx was corrupted? And is it just solved by downloading it again off the GCA/GC website?

[Cached]

I think the load of the GPX gets corrupted by the GPS when it crashes, rather than the original GPX being corrupt.