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Anyone changed the battery on a Garmin 50?
willtri
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Hiya,
Just went to my local watch shop and they want £17!! to change the battery. (one of the joys of working in london!)
Anyone done it....
Got the back off then couldn't work out how to get the battery out!
Cheers,
Will.
Just went to my local watch shop and they want £17!! to change the battery. (one of the joys of working in london!)
Anyone done it....
Got the back off then couldn't work out how to get the battery out!
Cheers,
Will.
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Anyway, going to try somewhere else tomorrow, and if that fails I'll do it myself. There's some info and pictures here: http://gnjmch.com/public/tips/GarminF50.Battery.html
2 batteries from argos for £3.49...sorted.
Great set o instructions found at the perfect time - thanks
Needless to say I then went and bought some small screwdrivers, tweezers etc and will be doing the job myself later today!
One small problem - I've a spring left over I can't see where it goes but the watch works without it - Has anyone seen where it goes??? If so please help as I guess my warrenty is gone without it.
Cheers,
I'd put the short battery life down to it sitting in a store room at the shop for a long time before I bought it - the foot pod battery had been dead when I got it.
Still can;t help wishing I;d bought the 405 though especially seeing as it has plumitted in price
Yes the spring plate is fiddly to get in but I found by pushing it towards the battery it unclipped and reclipped fairly easily.
Hope this helps.
By the way my HRM belt has stopped working so if anyone has a spare or a working one without a watch let me know how much you want for it?
Changed the battery a few weeks back and all was going well.
Did a 10k last week and the watch decided to reset itself half way through - very very annoying
I assume the battery hasblt been seated correctly of one of the contacts is loose - must investigate
Still managed a pb though so that was good