I'm sure in the end my Oceanic OC1 is heading back to Oceanic for repair, but I'm wondering if anyone else had the following failure. In short after downloading the day's dives the OC1 just sitting by itself and it beeped with one flash of the red LED. I just happened to be looking at the OC1. When I looked at the display it was blank with only the backlight turning on when its button was pressed.
Pulling the back off of the computer showed there was no water in the computer, nor evidence that there ever was any moisture inside of the unit.
I tried two other new batteries with similar results. When powered the OC1 lights it red LED for a few seconds, followed by turning off the LED, followed by a single flash and beep. The display remains off just like when it failed after the day's diving.
What concerns me is that I read elsewhere that repair involves replacement of the module for ~$380. Given the unit is out of warrantee I'm left with potentially paying for a new module or simply moving on to a OCi or a i450 which is basically the identical unit. In fact given the sale of Pelagic and the breakup of Oceanic the i450 might be the best path forward.
Pulling the back off of the computer showed there was no water in the computer, nor evidence that there ever was any moisture inside of the unit.
I tried two other new batteries with similar results. When powered the OC1 lights it red LED for a few seconds, followed by turning off the LED, followed by a single flash and beep. The display remains off just like when it failed after the day's diving.
What concerns me is that I read elsewhere that repair involves replacement of the module for ~$380. Given the unit is out of warrantee I'm left with potentially paying for a new module or simply moving on to a OCi or a i450 which is basically the identical unit. In fact given the sale of Pelagic and the breakup of Oceanic the i450 might be the best path forward.
