+icefall5 Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 I've been meaning to ask this for awhile, but I keep forgetting every time I come on. When I try to get a signal with my GPSr, some of the bars are hollow and some are solid. What is the difference? Quote Link to comment
rocketmann Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 I'm pretty sure that a hollow bar means that your GPSr has found a satellite but isn't recieveing any information from it. A solid bar means that your GPSr is recieving information and is locked on to the satellite's position. If that is not perfectly correct, the answer should be somewhere along those lines. Quote Link to comment
+cache_test_dummies Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 It might be different for various GPSr types, but for most of the Garmins, the hollow bar indicates that a satellite has been found, and the GPSr is gathering data from it. The bar turns solid when the GPSr has collected all the necessary data from the satellite, and the satellite is ready to be used by the GPSr for doing that coordinate-positioning stuff it does for you. Quote Link to comment
Donald, Daisy and Kids Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 It might be different for various GPSr types, but for most of the Garmins, the hollow bar indicates that a satellite has been found, and the GPSr is gathering data from it. The bar turns solid when the GPSr has collected all the necessary data from the satellite, and the satellite is ready to be used by the GPSr for doing that coordinate-positioning stuff it does for you. Yep, have to agreee, most GPSr ive seen are the same, hollow when they are gatherine positioning data from that sat. Quote Link to comment
+Stussy Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 I think that it just means that it is trying to lock onto the satelite for reception. Once locked, it turns solid. The more bars, the better chance of you finding your way. Quote Link to comment
+sbell111 Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 I thought 'Signal Bars' were a new kind of energy bar made from... nevermind. Quote Link to comment
+cache_test_dummies Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 I thought 'Signal Bars' were a new kind of energy bar made from... nevermind. Not made from, but perhaps just endorsed by ... Quote Link to comment
+sbell111 Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 I thought 'Signal Bars' were a new kind of energy bar made from... nevermind. Not made from, but perhaps just endorsed by ... I'm having a Soylent Green moment. Quote Link to comment
+icefall5 Posted November 14, 2006 Author Share Posted November 14, 2006 Lol. Thanks guys. This can be locked now. Quote Link to comment
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