Hi All, I replaced the battery of my Garmin with an iPod battery. When I place the watch on the charging station the watch displays "charging" for 3-4 seconds but then displays "Charging process completed". To make sure that the new battery went through a complete charging cycle, I kept the watch 3-4 hours in the docking station. When I switch on the watch and off, the watch again displays that the charging process is in progress and then switches to "charging process completed" (watch is not on docking station at this point). Any ideas why? Thx and Happy New Year!

Hi Barbara
Sounds like you have a bad battery in your ipod.
You will have to change the battery or have someone change it for you.
Go to the following webpage to learn how to replace the battery.
Bud
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h53otOBTsI

here is a movie on how to replace Garmin's battery


YouTube - Replacing the Battery in Your Garmin

How old is the battery ??
Batteries have a life span and can only be charged a certain amount of times before they need replacing

Replace battery in garmin nuvi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwzSRw2tC3M How To Replace Your Garmin Nuvi 40 Battery http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Battery-for-Garmin-Nuvi-30-40-40LM-50-50LM-1100-mAh-361-00056-00-GPS-Replacement-/360456625336?pt=US_GPS_Chargers_Batteries&hash=item53ece39cb8 US $12.75 Approximately AU $12.16 Free postage worlwide
Hope this helps.

Could be a battery problem not having enough charge to get past the Garmin screen you might need to replace the battery or it might need to be reset.

Not knowing which model of Garmin it is makes it hard to provide a correct solution. ?

If your Garmin Nuvi 1300 is freezing up or not working correctly, a soft reset can be performed. A soft reset unfreezes the unit and brings you back to the main menu. If a soft reset does not solve the problem, or if you are selling your unit and wish to erase all of your saved information, a hard reset can be done. A hard reset restores the original factory settings to the unit. Once the information is deleted, it can not be restored. Turn on the Garmin Nuvi 1300. Press and hold down the "Power" button. Release the button when the main menu is displayed. The unit is now ready to be used. b> Hard Reset b> Turn the Garmin Nuvi 1300 off. Press your finger against the bottom-right corner of the Garmin display screen. Leave your finger in place as you power the unit on. Release your finger when the display screen asks, "Do you want to erase all user data?" Use your finger to tap "Yes." The unit will begin to reboot. Do not use the unit until the main menu is displayed. The reset process should take about 45 seconds. Hope this helps.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjUSGY7KVAk How to Replace Your Garmin Nuvi 255 Battery

When you first got the speakers it should have came with a plastic insert that you put over the actual place you put the ipod on to charge. I know that you definetly need it for the movie playing ipods but not for the older ipods

Hi


Thanks for using FixYa. Please follow these steps to resolve the issue:

Connect the charger and then plug the power supply unit into the wall socket.
Now insert the two batteries supplied
To register your handset to a base station, place it in the main base station with the display facing upward. After approx. one minute, the handset's internal number is Displayed (e.g. 2). Successful registration is signaled by a confirmation tone. Replace the newly registered handset into the charger and leave to charge for Approximately 16 hours. The charging status icon flashes on the handset to indicate that the batteries are being charged.

To register it manually:

Press the MENU options button.
Press the DOWN button until the display shows REGISTER HS.
Press the OK button. Display shows PIN.
Enter your 4-digit Pin (original setting 0000).
Press the OK button. Display flashes REGISTER HS.
Following the user guide for the base station you are registering to place the base into registration mode.


Please do accept the solution if the issue is resolved or else revert for further assistance.


Thanks
Rylee

1
ensure all three of the springs are present
the 2 at the top confirm that the case is closed the on at the bottom sends the sound signal.

2
ensure the metal casing on the back of the movement is not touching the back. and check the movement is correctly seated

Hi
Please try the following procedure:


Connect the charger and then plug the power supply unit into the wall socket.
Now insert the two batteries supplied
To register your handset to base station, place it in the main base station with the display facing upward. After approx. one minute, the handset's internal number is Displayed (e.g. 2). Successful registration is signaled by a confirmation tone. Replace the newly registered handset into the charger and leave to charge for Approximately 16 hours. The charging status icon flashes on the handset to indicate that the batteries are being charged.
 
To register it manually:
 
Press the MENU options button.
Press the DOWN button until the display shows REGISTER HS.
Press the OK button. Display shows PIN.
Enter your 4-digit Pin (original setting 0000).
Press the OK button. Display flashes REGISTER HS.
Following the user guide for the base station you are registering to place the base into registration mode.


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Thanks
Rylee

for some **** reason the new ipod nano (4th generation) does not support FireWire and therefore will not charge on any docking station that is a FireWire power sorce - which seems to be most of them out there!
have same problem so will end up charging from computer as docking station still plays the new nano, no point in buying new docking station just for sake of charging!

Every battery has a life span. Li-ion batteries do not have a memory in them like the nickel ones do, but the Li-ion's only can charge up to xxx amount of times.

With that said, your battery is most likely going bad if not already, great way to test it is to run it completely dead.

There are procedures on how to do this involves you opening up the IPOD and and tampering with the insides. I suggest if your not fimilar then to take it to a shop.