cessna182b
Line Up and Wait
The device in question is a BK AV8OR GPS. Recently the touch screen locked up. The unit would power up normally - but there would be no response from attempts to use the touch screen (without which it is useless). I tried all the usual tricks like reset, power down & up, remove battery, etc. Nothing worked. Somewhere else I saw a tip about leaving the battery out overnight. Did so - but that didn't work, either. It happened that thereafter I left the battery out for several days. When I tried it again - all was well, and it has worked fine since.
The lockup phenomenon is something I have seen in many devices (i believe it can happen to anything with a microprocessor in it). The cure always seems to be "Remove all sources of power and wait". Recent examples include my wife's cell phone and the TV remote. I also have a microwave oven that occasionally gets its brains scrambled - and the cure is the same. I see something similar in my work, where we occasionally encounter a powered-up but unresponsive device. Cycling power has no effect - but after pulling it out and taking it back to the shop, find that it has mysteriously recovered and works fine.
Has anybody out there had similar experiences? Is there any way to shorten the wait (or force an immediate reset)? Note that in the case of the microwave oven I discovered that holding the CLEAR button down for about a minute will reset the unit. I tried to do the same using the RESET switch on the rear of the AV8OR - but it didn't work.
Dave
The lockup phenomenon is something I have seen in many devices (i believe it can happen to anything with a microprocessor in it). The cure always seems to be "Remove all sources of power and wait". Recent examples include my wife's cell phone and the TV remote. I also have a microwave oven that occasionally gets its brains scrambled - and the cure is the same. I see something similar in my work, where we occasionally encounter a powered-up but unresponsive device. Cycling power has no effect - but after pulling it out and taking it back to the shop, find that it has mysteriously recovered and works fine.
Has anybody out there had similar experiences? Is there any way to shorten the wait (or force an immediate reset)? Note that in the case of the microwave oven I discovered that holding the CLEAR button down for about a minute will reset the unit. I tried to do the same using the RESET switch on the rear of the AV8OR - but it didn't work.
Dave