Author Topic: Garmin chartplotter  (Read 2113 times)

Sunharvester

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Garmin chartplotter
« on: December 11 2022, 12:13 »


The 820 that was installed 2015 card reader not working and Garmin says they no longer support.

Anyone have this happen that has a solution other than replacing chartplotteras Garmin suggests?

tiger79

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Re: Garmin chartplotter
« Reply #1 on: December 11 2022, 14:52 »
My 820 had a problem with the card reader following water ingress.  I dried out the card reader slot as best I could, using pieces of absorbent cardboard, then sprayed it with contact cleaner and used a hairdryer to hopefully dry out any remaining water.  Now works OK, but I seal the edges of the card reader flap with black insulation tape.

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Re: Garmin chartplotter
« Reply #2 on: December 18 2022, 16:46 »
Interesting. This started after mooring to stern for a night with intermittent squalls. I always thought that door design was wanting. I’m going to try that and software updates.