Magellan Gps 2000 Questions

[pk386]

Hey all I have a quick question.

 

I have a Magellan GPS 2000. This unit is 10 years old, it still powers up and works fine but never recives a good signal.

 

I go to "Sat Status" in the menu and it shows the sattlites but I never get a signal strength above 0 (Zero)

 

Do GPS antennas just go bad over time? or is there some kind of tweak I can do to get it working. or do I just need to give up the ghost and buy a new one?

 

I have a BS in electronics technology so I'm not scared of prying it open.

 

Thanks All for your time

Morgan

 

Btw I live is southern Mississippi

Edited April 18, 2006 by pk386

[SmoothMensan]

... yep , time to go shopping

[6x]

i also have one sitting @ home not being used. Make a reasonable offer. I will sell it. I currently upgraded to a 500 Mag.

[pk386]

UPDATE: I left the Unit out side for a good 5 hrs and it finally got a good signal. But It dosent have good engough signal to properly track the unit.

 

SE La vi. I guess I'll have to go shopping.

 

Thanks 6x for the offer but I currently don't have the budget to buy one... I would like to get a new one soon... consitering a new magellan Explorist only cost around 129.99 (www.newegg.com). I am going to shop at other sights.

 

Thanks all for your help!

 

Morgan

[+Fuzzywhip]

My first GPSr was a GPS 2000 that I bought on eBay. At the time, I didn't know about geocaching, and bought the unit to play with.

 

After trying it for geocaching (and not having very much luck), I bought a new eXplorist 100. See my other forum entry about a side-by-side comparison:

 

http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php...opic=126183&hl=

 

Because of the accuracy problems with my GPS 2000, I use my eXplorist for all my geocachings (my eXplorst has been very accurate and easy to use for geocaching) I plan to experiment with my old GPS 2000. I am thinking of using it in the car as a general GPS unit, to navigate to basic coords, then use my eXplorist for the final hunt.

 

Maybe build a better DC/battery supply with charger, maybe an external LED light for the screen, and I also want to cut the thing open and see if I can build an external antenna.

 

All for the sake of knowledge :-)

Edited April 25, 2006 by Fuzzywhip