Problems with Garmin Etrex Venture turning off

[goldfishy]

After turning on my GPS, I enter the waypoint I want to go to. A short bit later, almost always after I've left my car, and am on a good way to the cache, my GPS just cuts out?! This is maddening! I also feel it could be dangerous if I get in an area I am not familiar with! I thought maybe it was time for new rechargeable batteries, but that didn't fix it. I have also cleared my tracks. I don't know what else to do, besides buy a new GPS, which I would rather not do.

[+ecanderson]

What you don't say is how you get it running again, which might give us a clue.

 

Note that SOME of the older Garmin units had occasional issues with battery contacts becoming malformed and losing connection to the battery, and also coming lose from the circuit board.

[+MartyBartfast]

My Etrex30 did a similar thing once, it turned out to be a corrupt .gpx file which I fixed by deleting all .gpx files (while plugged into my PC), power off and on, then download the .gpx files I wanted again and load it back onto the GPS - everything was fine after that.

[+Chrysalides]

My Etrex30 did a similar thing once, it turned out to be a corrupt .gpx file which I fixed by deleting all .gpx files (while plugged into my PC), power off and on, then download the .gpx files I wanted again and load it back onto the GPS - everything was fine after that.

I encountered that once too with my Oregon, but not likely the issue with the OP, since the eTrex Venture does not have a USB Mass Storage Class mode.

 

If it is the original eTrex Venture, it's a very old unit. Might be a hardware issue if the master reset doesn't fix it.