Went for a ride, had a coffee, when I set off again Nav 6 was dead!

Working fine on the ride to the café. stopped for half an hour, then started the bike as usual & noticed the screen was black. Re- started a couple of times - still no go. Took the nav out of the cradle and the on/off button at the back wouldn't turn it on.

Rode it home, plugged the nav into the pc via usb and still nothing happened (it usually jumps straight into the 'I am connected to a pc' screen shot. I held down the power button for 20 or so seconds (still plugged into the pc) and at last it fired up.

Can I deduce from this that the nav isn't charging when on the bike? (Is there any way to check within the nav 6 settings if its charging?) - or is the nav faulty?

While Im on, every time I connect it to the pc and Garmon Express fires up, it checks for updates and there's always an update that takes 1 minute and when its finished says the latest software is v: 5.20. Does any one else's do that?

I bet you can hardly wait for your dealer to tell you that "they all do that, sir".

If it is charging on the bike it will wake up when you put the ignition on, let it charge for a while on comp (if it is) then try on bike again.


Ged

My NAV V has infrequently behaved the same. Electronic gremlins. I have had it "lock on", and be unresponsive. I have had it "black out" and do nothing. The only solution I have found is to remove it from the cradle and hold down the on/off button for a LONG TIME (20 seconds). It eventually does something right and wakes up or unfreezes.
At one stage it happened a couple of times, and I brought it up to the computer and was told to upgrade the software. It did that, and the problem did not recur for many months. There may be some reason to do with Bluetooth or with the Smartlink program.

Thanks guys, I'll be heading out on it shortly (after charging on the pc) & I'll see if there's any issues

I had a similar problem, reloaded the maps via garmin express took about 2 hours, then it was working OK. Gremlins

It fires up now when the key (less) is pressed.

As mentioned, mustve been a gremlin.

You may also try dis-mounting and re-mounting the unit in the cradle. I had this happen on a Garmin 660 on another bike. Fiddeling with the connections fixed it.

Frank

A Garmin works in mysterious ways. I've had complete fall out during rides, frozen screens and strange messages. Like this warning for a fixed Italian speed camera. I had to do my best not to exceed the limitation of 209 km/h : 7258311.png - Bild entfernt (keine Rechte)

Hi.
I have also noticed that when you take it from the craddle the screen is blank but the device is still on!
You can turn the screen on if you push the on/off button for one second.
So, if you're going to store it after a ride you should also be sure it's completely turned off or the battery will be depleted....
I'm talking about Nav V, by the way.
Regards.

I the same in Spain whilst riding along, wouldn’t switch back on so the way I sorted it was to remove the battery n put it back in and all was ok - I wondered if it was the heat that had affected it
Not the easiest thing to do under a motorway bridge whilst still sat on the bike as the screws are very small