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Title: garmin 220 problems Post by: TChunter on August 10, 2012, 12:35:24 am i have a garmin 220 and dc30 collar...i will not stay with a dog past 100-200 yards and then sometimes wont even pick the collar back up no matter what or how close you get...today on the hunt i wouldnt even connect or anything..collar was blinking fine but the garmin acted like it wasnt there..the other day it kept loosing at about 30 yards! anybody else have this prob or know what to do?
Title: Re: garmin 220 problems Post by: kds on August 10, 2012, 12:43:42 am Put a different antenna in it and see if that helps it sound like to me that the antenna and a break in it somewhere.
Title: Re: garmin 220 problems Post by: TChunter on August 10, 2012, 01:18:13 am yeah i thought about getting a new one
Title: Re: garmin 220 problems Post by: hogdog9 on August 10, 2012, 08:33:49 am Find someone with another garmin unit and see if they can pick you collar up. I had the exact same problem when i first got mine and i had the other guy with me to add the collar to his unit and it picked up just fine and tracked the collar just fine so i called garmin and they said to sent the unit back in and they would give me another one. there was a malfunction with the unit
Title: Re: garmin 220 problems Post by: firemedic on August 10, 2012, 08:41:23 am More than likely it's the antenna on the collar. I have 2 DC40s and had to replace the antennas on both. Get some of those tuff skin ones from Conkey's supply.....they also have 'em on ebay. Good folks to deal with.
Title: Re: garmin 220 problems Post by: Beaucephus on August 10, 2012, 10:29:35 am Try changing the communication setting for the collar on the garmin. Usually fixes my new collars.
Title: Re: garmin 220 problems Post by: Melonhead on August 10, 2012, 12:18:24 pm A tiny wire for the antenna connector inside the 220, breaks and causes just what your talking about.
My cousins did it - I soldered a heavier guage wire in its place, works perfect now. When you see how tiny that wire is - your gonna think the computer geeks who made that thing, had a brain fart. Title: Re: garmin 220 problems Post by: TChunter on August 10, 2012, 12:26:16 pm A tiny wire for the antenna connector inside the 220, breaks and causes just what your talking about. lol where exactly is the wire?My cousins did it - I soldered a heavier guage wire in its place, works perfect now. When you see how tiny that wire is - your gonna think the computer geeks who made that thing, had a brain fart. Title: Re: garmin 220 problems Post by: Melonhead on August 10, 2012, 03:55:35 pm You have to take the unit apart, it's the metal connector that the antenna screws on to.
Title: Re: garmin 220 problems Post by: dane on August 10, 2012, 04:01:15 pm They might need updated. My local feed store has the program to update. I had same problem and mine works fine now. Now my collars blink 3 times. Its suppose to be new program. Good luck
Title: Re: garmin 220 problems Post by: Melonhead on August 10, 2012, 09:00:11 pm We would be able to read the dog up to about 200 yards, then loose communication - on every collar.
Tried different antennas, then googled it - took it apart and found the problem. Title: Re: garmin 220 problems Post by: Swine-Stalker on August 10, 2012, 09:23:58 pm I got the "supra tough" antenna from buzzards roost and I consistently get 1.5-1.7 out of it. This is with a 320w/ long range antenna but I would think it would be about the same with a 220. Antennas are $10.00per, and no tax or shipping.
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