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xntrick
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Tue Nov 15, 2005 9:39 pm Post subject:
ipaq lost the sats |
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My newly purchased ipaq 3950 has been working ok for over a week and now
some of the icons like "Home" have gone grey and the unit sits and sits
for ages saying "waiting for satlights" which it now wont pick up.
i bought the unit indoors and used a car battery to set it back up and
left it an hour for the sats and no joy.
Is this tom tom 5 all its cracked up to be? |
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Andrew
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Wed Nov 16, 2005 1:08 am Post subject:
Re: ipaq lost the sats |
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On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 21:39:53 +0000 (UTC), xntrick
<xntrick@btinternet.com> wrote:
| Quote: | My newly purchased ipaq 3950 has been working ok for over a week and now
some of the icons like "Home" have gone grey and the unit sits and sits
for ages saying "waiting for satlights" which it now wont pick up.
i bought the unit indoors and used a car battery to set it back up and
left it an hour for the sats and no joy.
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Is your GPS unit (which you didn't bother to mention) configured
correctly in TTN5?
| Quote: | Is this tom tom 5 all its cracked up to be?
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No, of course it doesn't run for anybody at all, we just pretend we
like it.
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xntrick
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Wed Nov 16, 2005 6:48 am Post subject:
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Andrew wrote:
| Quote: | On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 21:39:53 +0000 (UTC), xntrick
xntrick@btinternet.com> wrote:
My newly purchased ipaq 3950 has been working ok for over a week and now
some of the icons like "Home" have gone grey and the unit sits and sits
for ages saying "waiting for satlights" which it now wont pick up.
i bought the unit indoors and used a car battery to set it back up and
left it an hour for the sats and no joy.
Is your GPS unit (which you didn't bother to mention) configured
correctly in TTN5?
Is this tom tom 5 all its cracked up to be?
No, of course it doesn't run for anybody at all, we just pretend we
like it.
Well it came with Tom tom 5already installed and worked a dream except |
when it told me turn right into a ploughed field passing thru a hedge
first. Lucky i knew the area<G> |
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Darren Griffin - PocketGP
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Wed Nov 16, 2005 5:08 pm Post subject:
Re: ipaq lost the sats |
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xntrick wrote:
| Quote: | My newly purchased ipaq 3950 has been working ok for over a week and
now some of the icons like "Home" have gone grey and the unit sits
and sits for ages saying "waiting for satlights" which it now wont
pick up. i bought the unit indoors and used a car battery to set it back
up and
left it an hour for the sats and no joy.
Is this tom tom 5 all its cracked up to be?
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Newly bought? The 3950 has been out of production for some time! What GPS
Receiver do you have? You are trying this outdoors I hope?
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Darren Griffin
PocketGPSWorld - www.PocketGPSWorld.com
The Premier GPS Resource for News, Reviews and Forums
Creators of the free UK Safety Camera POI |
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Thu Nov 17, 2005 12:59 am Post subject:
Re: ipaq lost the sats |
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Apparently on date Tue, 15 Nov 2005 21:39:53 +0000 (UTC), xntrick
<xntrick@btinternet.com> said:
| Quote: | My newly purchased ipaq 3950 has been working ok for over a week and now
some of the icons like "Home" have gone grey and the unit sits and sits
for ages saying "waiting for satlights" which it now wont pick up.
i bought the unit indoors and used a car battery to set it back up and
left it an hour for the sats and no joy.
Is this tom tom 5 all its cracked up to be?
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Start by checking the hardware is actually working.
You can get a copy of winfast navigator here:
http://www.routeplanners.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=449
There are various displays that show the GPS is actively doing something, or
not. It's easier to see from in there as Tomtom doesn't tell you anything
worthwhile.
Not forgetting to disconnect from the GPS before exiting navigator, because if
the serial port is in use TT won't be able to use it as well, you should now
find TT can find it assuming it is set to look for the same thing as Navigator
found a GPS on. TT has a major limitation on anything that isn't actually a TT
branded antenna - it can only be NMEA 4800 baud.
If you can't see the GPS at all, that's a different question. |
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Larry Gold
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Sat Dec 03, 2005 1:08 am Post subject:
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takes about 5mins to pick up the signal
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Larry Gold
Arsenal For Life
arsenal49unbeaten03-04@hotmail.com
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| Quote: | My newly purchased ipaq 3950 has been working ok for over a week and now
some of the icons like "Home" have gone grey and the unit sits and sits
for ages saying "waiting for satlights" which it now wont pick up.
i bought the unit indoors and used a car battery to set it back up and
left it an hour for the sats and no joy.
Is this tom tom 5 all its cracked up to be? |
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