Wrong date on Etrex H

My Etrex H, having worked perfectly for many years, suddenly shows a date in 1999 when switched on. Contacted Garmin EU support on this 3 times over past two months but they do not have an answer to this. Only info from them is that I am not the only person with this problem. Agree that it is really not a big problem as It only affects the track which is shown on the map after use but it would be nice to fix.
Yes - I have checked the software and it is up to date (3.50).

 

Many thanks for this helpful reply. I managed to operate the program and it found the Etrex H, but unfortunately it did not reset the date. However you have now told me the most probable reason for the error which is that the internal battery is defective. The satnav still works and talks to my maps and to Google Earth etc - its just that the date it leaves is May 1999. If I find this too intolerable maybe I will just buy the nearest modern equivalent. Thanks again.

 

i have the same problem with both my etrex h date as 30thmay 99,

 

I am at 2nd June 1999 today

 

I'm the 3rd june 99, i know of several others in australia that are doing the same thing ,I've put an alert out on a NZ forum and had one reply at the moment and his unit is showing the correct date , so it may look like that this problem is only in australia, so i don't think that its anything to do with the internal battery,have been in contact with garmin still waiting to hear back from them,

i tried a trick i thought might work by wrapping the unit in silver foil and turning the unit on to stop the signal from getting into the unit and waiting for the unit to ask the question are you indoors and have you travelled hundreds of miles, and tried answering the yes or no to see if i could trick the unit into doing something ,as it asks is this the correct date, but it didn't work but i might try it again, never know

anthony how did you get the soft ware 3.50, as mine is showing 3.0, rather interesting all of this why its happening here but not in nz, so I'm hoping i"ll get more replies from others in nz through the forum.

 

It was some time ago, but as far as I can remember I connected unit to PC and used the relevant web updater. In fact it showed that it was already on 3.5. In the end I took the plunge and bought a new unit so am not using the etrex H now.

 

I had the same problem on my eTrex H, and kudos to Garmin - they have actually released a new software version 3.60 that fixes the problem! I didn't really expect that since it is an old (but good) unit.
Check https://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=3755 (using WebUpdater will also automatically detect and install the update).

 

Where did you get a cable from to install the update,keen to update a new one I,Ve had in the draw for years

 

Brilliant. Thanks. All OK now.

 

Thank You .... mobra66, Apr 30, 2019 ... I did as you said above AND .. PROBLEM SOLVED ..
I had to reinstall Web-Updater and there were some Issues .. kept telling me to reconnect via USB .. but I persisted and eventually it uploaded the software..
Thank You ...