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Magellan GPS Pioneer


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I have owned a Magellan Blazer and GPS 300 which are very similar units. Biggest down fall is that the coordinates only resolve to the “hundredths” (DD MM.MM) of a minute. What does that mean? .01 minute is equal to approx. 50’ - 70’ in most of the USA. Therefore it will most likely only get you within 50’ – 100’ of the cache. It’s just going to be a little more challenging.

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So I got it today.

I tried the thing out... and I couldn't get it to pick up more than two satellites. The manual says "After the GPS receiver has received positioning data from at least 3 satellites (approximately 2-3 minutes) it will begin computing a position fix..." but it took like 15 minutes for it just to pick up those two satellites. I was standing in a nice clear area. I don't know if I was doing something wrong, or if perhaps I have a janky GPS unit that doesn't work :lol:

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So I got it today.

I tried the thing out... and I couldn't get it to pick up more than two satellites. The manual says "After the GPS receiver has received positioning data from at least 3 satellites (approximately 2-3 minutes) it will begin computing a position fix..." but it took like 15 minutes for it just to pick up those two satellites. I was standing in a nice clear area. I don't know if I was doing something wrong, or if perhaps I have a janky GPS unit that doesn't work :lol:

 

It should be fine. If the unit is turned on more than 250miles from its last fix it takes a little longer to get a new fix. I have one of these called the 315 and I've replaced it with an eXplorist 210. The accuracy of the eXplorist is much better.

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So I got it today.

I tried the thing out... and I couldn't get it to pick up more than two satellites. The manual says "After the GPS receiver has received positioning data from at least 3 satellites (approximately 2-3 minutes) it will begin computing a position fix..." but it took like 15 minutes for it just to pick up those two satellites. I was standing in a nice clear area. I don't know if I was doing something wrong, or if perhaps I have a janky GPS unit that doesn't work :lol:

 

Leave it sit outside in a clear spot for a few hours. I did this with mine to reset the location. After that is only took a couple of minutes.

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