Garmin drive 51

[Bob Lawrence]

Hi, just registered so a newbie, I have a couple of problems with my garmin. Firstly it sometimes will not power up. It is plugged in and the engine is running, it may have been used shortly before, and no mater what I do I.e. switch the engine off and start up again or press the on/off button it just will not power up. Then maybe the next time I need to use it it will power up no problem, this makes it unreliable as I really needed it on a number of occasions and luckily my wife was with me and she was able to use an app on her phone.
The other problem is when typing in a destination. It is ok on large towns but when typing in even a largish village the keyboard keys are not highlighted so after the first few letters non of the suggestions in the bar at the top show the place required and there is just no way of typing the place required.
I haven�t had it long and had no idea how it would function until I used it, when it does work and a destination can be typed in it is great but it is so frustrating at the moment.
We are in France at the moment. The power up problem occurs in England and France. I don�t know if the destination problem occurs in England as we haven�t had it long enough to say if it does.
Thanks in anticipation
Bob