Range finder screen locked up. Ideas?

[Matt 3 Jab]

Range finder today decided to lock up. GPS working, but laser not.

Possibly got a bit of rain on it today but no more than its been exposed to before.

Anyone had a similar problem before??

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[Lagerlover]

Pot of rice absorption method.












3 parts water : 1 part rice

[BayBum]

Yeah, first i would try the rice trick. Even leaving it on a bed of dry rice in an air tight container will draw any moisture out.

What make & model ? There should be a hard reset method (usually a combination of butons).

[Johnny Canuck]

Mine did this after it went to the bottom of a pond. I had to use the rice trick and even then, it still failed quite often, leaving me to remove the battery to reset it.

[3Puttpete]

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[Matt 3 Jab]

Yeah, first i would try the rice trick. Even leaving it on a bed of dry rice in an air tight container will draw any moisture out.

What make & model ? There should be a hard reset method (usually a combination of butons).

Thanks mate will try

Model is the bushnell hybrid GPS / laser

Couldn't find a hard reset process

[Matt 3 Jab]

Mine did this after it went to the bottom of a pond. I had to use the rice trick and even then, it still failed quite often, leaving me to remove the battery to reset it.

Which model was yours? This has a rechargeable battery inside so tempted to rip the whole thing apart but not sure where the battery would be.

[3oneday]

Can't you turn them off?

[Matt 3 Jab]

The laser section is always ready to operate with the top button. But it seems stuck on.

[backintheswing]

Once it's been dried out, spray with contact cleaner. This stuff gets rid of moisture and oxidisation.

[Matt 3 Jab]

Well I just checked it and seems to be back to a working state. But I've thrown in a tub of rice to dry it out even more.

BITS: contact cleaner in the electrics part?? I don't know how deep into the casing I can get

[backintheswing]

Yes mate, wherever you can get it. Otherwise all the contacts will rust up eventually and it will stop working.

[Matt 3 Jab]

Cheers mate. Will do [emoji1303]

[Johnny Canuck]

Which model was yours? This has a rechargeable battery inside so tempted to rip the whole thing apart but not sure where the battery would be.

Mine is a Leupold Gx-i. It uses a standard replaceable battery.