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Just a question concerning what happened to my wife 2 weeks ago----The model was 1 XL. She had to make an 85 mile trip. She was using the adaptor in the car and everything was working fine. Then she reached an area ( heavily wooded state park). Now, we both realize that in certain areas a signal won't come through because of blockage ( such as trees that are totally blocking the sky). Well, she lost the signal for about 5 miles which we understand but the strange thing that happened was that about 1 mile after she lost the signal, the GPS automatically shut itself off as if she had actually pressed the on/off button which she hadn't done. When she was in an obviously clear area, she had to actually turn the on/off button to turn the GPS back on. What she would like to know is whether this automatic shutting off is something that normally can happen or do you you think there's a defect? When she came home, she took the exact same route, went through that state park, temporarily lost the signal as before but the GPS didn't shut itself off. Everything seemed to work well on her trip back. Do you think there's a problem? Thanks
Just a question concerning what happened to my wife 2 weeks ago----The model was 1 XL. She had to make an 85 mile trip. She was using the adaptor in the car and everything was working fine. Then she reached an area ( heavily wooded state park). Now, we both realize that in certain areas a signal won't come through because of blockage ( such as trees that are totally blocking the sky). Well, she lost the signal for about 5 miles which we understand but the strange thing that happened was that about 1 mile after she lost the signal, the GPS automatically shut itself off as if she had actually pressed the on/off button which she hadn't done. When she was in an obviously clear area, she had to actually turn the on/off button to turn the GPS back on. What she would like to know is whether this automatic shutting off is something that normally can happen or do you you think there's a defect? When she came home, she took the exact same route, went through that state park, temporarily lost the signal as before but the GPS didn't shut itself off. Everything seemed to work well on her trip back. Do you think there's a problem? Thanks
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