iFINDER HUNT C won't intialize

[ohhjimmy]

I just got an iFINDER HUNT C and can't get it to initialize. When I try to, "initializing gps" stays at the top of the screen. Also, the the altimeter reads approx. 200' higher than I know the actual elev to be. Any ideas?

[+Steel City Seekers]

I don't initialize often so I'm not used to looking at that option, but it almost sounds like you have the menu open with the initialize option highlighted. Have you taken it outside with a clear view of the sky and left it for a while?

 

With regard to the altimeter, it needs to be calibrated. Press the "pages" button until you get to the GPS Data page (the one that shows you barometer readings at the top and blocks with elevation, etc. data underneath). Press Menu and select Calibrate Altimeter (or Barometer -- I forget what its called). You will then have an option to automatically calibrate using map or GPS data or input your own height. It sounds like you want to manually enter the elevation. However, if you don't already have an initialized fix, then you don't know what the GPS elevation is reporting for comparison. Your 200 foot difference might just be dummy data it is displaying until it gets a fix.

 

While you're at it, head over to the compass page, select menu and select Calibrate Compass and prepare to do a modified Chicken Dance per the instructions you'll receive.