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by Whitcombe
Thu Sep 22, 2022 4:26 pm
Forum: EFIS Systems
Topic: Xtreme keeps shutting off and on by itself??
Replies: 3
Views: 1437

Re: Xtreme keeps shutting off and on by itself??

It seems I've found the fault....after changing the internal CR2032 battery, setting the internal RTC time and date and after countless switching it on and off it was a faulty GPS aerial cable with a break in it somewhere. It seems that if you watch the satellite page during initial power-on it sits...
by Whitcombe
Thu Sep 15, 2022 2:11 pm
Forum: EFIS Systems
Topic: Xtreme keeps shutting off and on by itself??
Replies: 3
Views: 1437

Re: Xtreme keeps shutting off and on by itself??

The MGL unit shuts off and back on by itself even when the engine isn't running and no one is in the cockpit or touching the aircraft. Eventually it just sits there flashing on-off-on-off etc etc. Its also stopped detecting satelites on switch-on outside....it just sits there statign 'acquiring'. Ge...
by Whitcombe
Sun Sep 11, 2022 7:28 pm
Forum: EFIS Systems
Topic: Xtreme keeps shutting off and on by itself??
Replies: 3
Views: 1437

Xtreme keeps shutting off and on by itself??

Fellow MGL flyers.....my Xtreme EFIS had recently been switching off then back on again in flight by itself with the time between on - off getting shorter over a few minutes till it's down to less than a second. It then sits flashing on - off - on - off over and over again. Was doing it before and a...