Astro 320 under USB 12v power going to "USB Mode"

[Beardawgs]

The first time I tried plugging my 320 into the cigarette lighter on my wheeler I didn't realize it had to be the 320 Garmin cable, so it went into "USB Mode." Then I tried it with the cable that came with the 320 and the same thing happened. I tried it with the wheeler off, with it running and in my pickup while it was not running. The cigarette lighter plug is the one that came with the 320/DC50 bundle. Am I doing something wrong or is the Astro screwed up? Thanks

[tman308]

You have to change the setting. under settings go to System at the very bottom where it says base camp base station change that to prompted should fix your problem.

[Beardawgs]

That was the problem, thanks a lot! That would have been a handy couple of sentances to add to the owner's manual. I read on another thread that the range decreased when running off of a 12v power supply, have you experienced that? I never noticed it with my 220

[Unreal_tk]

Thanks I'm going to try this on my alpha

[tman308]

I don't use mine in the vehicle so I don't know about that. I don't know why the signal would change based on being plugged in.