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Dec 2007 12:58pm, 28 Dec 2007 11,570 posts	0 Ahh, Nightjar, three of mine had blackened contacts and tehy all died eventually. Also mine had an interesting one where when the memory filled up to a point with sessions it saved over bits of memory it shouldn't and trashed itself. Two of my units failed with the contacts problem AFTER Garmin swore they had got the software update that switched off the contacts and thus eliminated any sweat short out probs. Hence I STILL use tape just in case. Oh and I delete the history regularly so it doesn't fill up too much. Intersting that you were able to actually see some c or c++ code... ANd it still works??
flanker Dec 2007 1:09pm, 28 Dec 2007 6,693 posts	0 flanker Toby, yes. In Settings-Display you can set the back light timeout. I set mine to stay on, so can turn it on or off by pressing the power button, I've (luckily) never had any problem with contacts corroding. Maybe it helps being really sweaty so that the sweat is less concentrated with minerals and salt!?! I've been into the debug screen before by accident. And regularly cause it to have an 'abnormal termination' (from which it strangely recovers OK! LOL)
Dec 2007 1:10pm, 28 Dec 2007 267 posts	0 Chers flanker. I spent half the run last night pressing the light switch and half the time trying to catch up with the little man on the screen. Bugger beat me by 20 mtrs
flanker Dec 2007 1:17pm, 28 Dec 2007 6,694 posts	0 flanker he is very competitive. He's about 10 - 2 up on me!
EvilPixie Dec 2007 1:59pm, 28 Dec 2007 1,490 posts	0 EvilPixie i'm looking forward to getting mine even more now!
ThorntonRunner Dec 2007 2:58pm, 28 Dec 2007 50 posts	0 ThorntonRunner I'm on my second 205 (the first died a week after the warranty ran out ). I wear it over a sweatband and have had no problems with the terminals. Good article Ian
danny wilde Dec 2007 3:02pm, 28 Dec 2007 9,392 posts	0 danny wilde I race the little guy on all my races - if he's on a black background, I need to speed up - simple as that ! Flank if you can get some navigation stuff in the article that'd be good. I haven't used that facility yet.
danny wilde Dec 2007 3:02pm, 28 Dec 2007 9,393 posts	0 danny wilde Not overlooking Ian's sterling work to date of course..
Dec 2007 3:03pm, 28 Dec 2007 11,582 posts	0 Cheers ThorntonRunner.
ducksdisease Dec 2007 6:50pm, 28 Dec 2007 44 posts	0 ducksdisease I've downloaded Hollybar but haven't a clue how to get it to run (it's now sitting in a folder in 'Program Files'. Help, anyone, pls?