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June 1, 2019
The Garmin Montana 600
So, I'm trying to get my Garmin Montana to work. On the trip to Peru, I think that the battery pack that it comes with failed on me. So, at some point, I put in AA batteries, and I have a AA battery charger that I use to keep the batteries charged.
But this is sort of a pain as the battery charger doesn't handle charging an odd number of batteries very well, and the Garmin Montana uses 3 AA batteries, for whatever reason.
So now, I finally got my cigarette lighter adapter connected to the Africa Twin (I disconnected it in Lima to ship it back, I think.)
So, since I now have DC power available on the Africa Twin, it seems to me that I should be able to use the cigarette lighter to power the Garmin Montana. Like...in theory, that should work, right? I should be able to 1) power the Garmin Montana as I ride down the road and 2) charge the batteries in the Garmin Montana so that the batteries are fully charged while I'm riding.
So, I ordered a new battery pack for the Garmin Montana 600. Like...first of all, let's put the battery pack that it's supposed to have back in there. Let's start with that.
But now that I have the battery pack installed, I'm not clear that it's charging. Great.
Apparently, in the Garmin Montana 600, you can specify what type of batteries are installed. Clever. One day, I'll have to read the owner's manual.
If you use the cable that the Garmin Montana came with, when you connect it to a computer, it will ask if you want to go to mass storage.
https://forums.gpsfiledepot.com/index.php?topic=3838.0
I do recall it always asking me if I wanted to go to mass storage, and what a pain that always was. But it seems like I got it to stop at some point, though I don't recall how.
Here's the Garmin Montana 600 Owner's Manual online.
https://forums.gpsfiledepot.com/index.php?topic=3838.0
Posted by Rob Kiser on June 1, 2019 at 10:22 PM
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