Xlobsterman Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 OK boys & girls, I have for sale a vintage SONY PYXIS IPS-360 GPSr. I originaly purchased this unit NIB, from a friend of a friends widow at a garage sale. Her husband purchased this GPSr to use on thier sailboat, but then became ill, and passed away! So it was NEVER used by him. I have had it out of the box maybe a dozen times to play around with it, and it worked great for me. It has never realy been used, and is in perfect condition! This unit comes with the original box, case, and all of the original accessories that were in the box when it was purchased! Now, unfortunately, this GPSr has succumb to an internal defect that has caused the LCD screen to go blank. The unit does power-up, but the LCD screen stays blank. I have found a a technical document that explains how to fix this problem, and it explains in detail, how to repair this vintage GPSr. So if you are good at repairing electronics, it should be a piece-of-cake to repair it!!! Here is the text of the document, and a link to it online: http://hardware.mcse.ms/message257419.html Just in case someone else would like to save one of these old GPSs from the trash, if it has the apparently blank LCD problem... My unit had the symptom of no LCD display (like it was turned off), but the unit properly beeps when powered on, and the POS LED properly lights. I found that the -5V LCD drive voltage had failed which causes the contrast to be turned off. The -5V inverter is on the small daughter PCB that is around the antenna connector on the lower main PCB. Remove the battery cover. Remove the battery cover gasket, then remove the 4 screws, then remove the back GPS cover Remove the top PCB (4 screws) and carefully unfold the ribbon cable. Remove the lower PCB (4 screws) and pry the PCB out from the light button side 1st, being careful not to mess up the button rubber pieces. You will see a small daughter PCB under this PCB that surrounds the antenna connector. This small PCB also has the beeper on it. Unplug this PCB as this is the PCB with the -5V inverter on it. Replace the two electrolytic SMT caps that are on either side (above and below) of the 8 pin SOIC labeled "7600" which is a switching power supply controller/inverter. I replaced the caps with SMT tantalums (remember Tant polarity markings are opposite of the AL electrolytics). Reassemble and test. In its day, (the early 90's) this unit retailed for over $1000.00........I originaly paid $100.00 bucks for this Vintage GPSr, so if you think you can fix it, make me an offer??? Email me at: xlobsterman@hotmail.com Quote Link to comment
+Knight2000 Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 Is that a coffee maker behind that GPS? Quote Link to comment
raybonz Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 Is that a coffee maker behind that GPS? How dare you mock the original Mr. Coffee gps!! Ray Quote Link to comment
Xlobsterman Posted April 12, 2007 Author Share Posted April 12, 2007 Is that a coffee maker behind that GPS? LOL...................you know........the more I look at that pic, I think I see an image of the Virgin Mary Quote Link to comment
+jcrosser Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 (edited) I am attending an auction tomorrow; they have one of these for sale. Does anyone know what batteries they take or how to install them? The only info I've found is the unit is accurate to only 1,000ft! edit i found another small bit of info: Sony Pyxis IPS-360: 4 channels, auto fix only, water resistant, no NMEA interface, 99 waypoints, dist/bearing to wp, speed, ETA at wp, XTE, track plot- ter, lock-on time 157 sec, battery life 20 MINUTES, price ST#725. Edited April 13, 2007 by jcrosser Quote Link to comment
Xlobsterman Posted April 13, 2007 Author Share Posted April 13, 2007 Does anyone know what batteries they take or how to install them? The only info I've found is the unit is accurate to only 1,000ft! This unit takes 4 AA batteries, that are installed by removing the cover on the rear of the unit! It also has a 12v cig. adapter. Also, I checked this unit with one of my garmin GPSrs, and the units had almost the same coordinates! So, IMO, the accuracy was not what you quoted!! Quote Link to comment
QuigleyJones Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 (edited) Thats probably from someone using it back when they had selective availability on. Edited April 14, 2007 by QuigleyJones Quote Link to comment
Xlobsterman Posted May 15, 2007 Author Share Posted May 15, 2007 I just wanted to give this one more shot............................make me an offer I can not refuse!!! Quote Link to comment
QuigleyJones Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 you may get $50 if you post it on ebay. Quote Link to comment
Xlobsterman Posted May 16, 2007 Author Share Posted May 16, 2007 you may get $50 if you post it on ebay. Hey QJ, that is where it will be going if I do not sell it here. I just wanted to offer it here first, because there was quite a bit of interest in the unit when I posted about it in some other message threads here concerning the begining of the GPS era..................... I would take $50.00 bucks for it here, and I will pay shipping! Quote Link to comment
+paulmc Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 Do you still have your Sony GPS for sale? If so, email me instructions for purchase at xpaulmx@yahoo.ca. Quote Link to comment
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