Garmin 296
Oh not that old chestnut again. The 296 is a great bit of kit but when it comes to battery use its totally unreliable. Six batteries later and its failed again. Ive downloaded the latest software upgrade, but still it will not turn on. "Batterys Missing" is what the screen says. I used the gps eight weeks ago and the battery showed fully charged. Can anyone throw any light on the problem or are these batteries just an expensive pile of junk. Incidentally in the set up menu the default setting for "external power" is not for "charge battery".