Ifinder H2O - Question

[DuckStupid]

I recently purchased an Ifinder H2O with the lakemaster chip. Over the weekend, the unit quit reading the chip. If I turn it on with the chip in it, it just stays at the first screen with a little picture of a chip in the lower right corner. I can't power it off, can't do anything with it. If I take the chip out, everything seems to be ok. Any ideas??? And I don't think I did anything to overwrite anything on the chip...

[styx]

I have a related question. Is there a way to get rid of the alram messages that first appear when the unit is first powered on. I have to push exit twice to get rid of the alarm messages. Same thing when the unit finally acquires a position it will give a message that I need to hit exit to clear.

[gofishingtom]

try to go to the menu pages and find map data highlight it and enter then need to get the unit to reconize the chip by hightlighting the name of chip and enter and it should go back to reconizing the chip...sometimes just by having the chip in the unit doesnt pick up the chip to read off of..hope this works if still have problems take it in to where you bought it and they will hopefully walk you through it to help you...Good luck

[DuckStupid]

I couldn't get to a menu with the chip in the unit ... anyway, I just got back from where I bought it. They tried the chip in a couple of other units and also couldn't get it to read. They let me exchange chips and all works great again. Said they've been getting a couple of bad chips returned the last couple of weeks. Hopefully I have no further issues.