Turning it on after 10 months of not use, it won't turn on but the orange light comes on. Should i wait and leave it plugged in until the battery ?
1062693
I say trash it. It is a terrible model anyways. Gives terrible directions. I previously owned a tom tom. It was much much better.
1062694
Need to let the battery charge up. Leave off and you can use car or computer to charge for a hour.
56143
you can wait for a 10 minutes and try again to turn on......is normal your case.
2212609
It's special low power circuitry keeps drain to a minimum. Before each use, check power with the test button. If the light does not come on, replace the AAA batteries. Had mine since April 2013 and batteries are still good.
564364
It comes as a rechargeable unit. So once it starts flashing orange it needs to be plugged into the wall for awhile. You may have to replace the battery after a few years, just depends on how well you take care of it.
1210034
I agree with the other answer here, try using it plugged in. we've had ours for a couple years and its fine. you may want to talk to manufacturer see if they can do anything for you
771943
Best to turn it off then charge it....don't let battery drain totally. I often use it plugged in when it's fully charged.
1032900
Push the reset pin. It's a little hole and the light comes with a little pin that fits it. It was charged when I received mine. Maybe you need to charge it up first if it doesn't work.
2090786
To reset just hold the button down for 15-20 seconds or refer to the online manual. If it needs recharging it won't turn on.
216240
Mine wouldn't turn on, either. A quick check of the fuse--located inside a small pull out holder built into the electrical plug connector--found the problem to be a burned out fuse. Weird, since this unit was sold as new, but there was a spare fuse in the holder that was still good.
830053
Your system should be charging it automatically. If you just now installed the battery, wait 24 hours and it should be fine. You may need to reset low battery warning. See your manual for instructions. If it has been installed since February and now is showing low battery , verify the main power source is turned on.
1261570
If it's not turning on after 16 hours, chances are it's defective. If it was charging, the handle should be ever so slightly warm, indicating that the battery was charging. If that's the case, then it may be a bad switch. Either way, it needs to be returned & replaced.
1493717
Mine turned on right away. Try to give it 2 hours of charging. Otherwise you've got a defected one.
1128694
Erin , seems like the light is on just right after you connected with the charger, then will be gone,never had any issue once is charged , lots of hours working without charging, enjoy it !!
1947168
Unplug it then plug it in again. make sure you do wait at least 15 minutes before unplugging and plugging back in again. for whatever reason it takes a few times of plugging and unplugging before it works. I three of these. one of them had this issue I don't know why but after the third time I plugged it in and waiting patiently for 15 minutes looking at a jelly bean jar the finally kicked over.
2152169
If it is charged up, then hold the on button down until it lights. If it doesn't, it is likely faulty.
1325635
The same thing happened to me. I bought 2 of them and 1 don't turn on . I also replaced the batteries and it still doesn't work. I don't know how to replace it eather because the packaging has been taken out to the trash.
2128200
I'd start with the battery. If the unit has not been used in a while, the battery probably has lost it's ability to be charged.