groovygrl Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 I just decided to venture out today as the snow is melted. Clear blue sky. My GPS was "Searching for Satillites" for 10 mins. Then I decided to change the batteries(although I had new ones in ). Still was Searching for another 10 mins. Gave up and went home. What is wrong? I have my waypoints entered in, so I am ready(I am a new geocacher, but it worked the last time). Quote Link to comment
+Miragee Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 What kind of GPS unit do you have? That happened to me one time with my Garmin Vista C, but as I drove home, it finally figured out where it was, so I could turn around and go caching after all . . . Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 I just decided to venture out today as the snow is melted. Clear blue sky. My GPS was "Searching for Satillites" for 10 mins. Then I decided to change the batteries(although I had new ones in ). Still was Searching for another 10 mins. Gave up and went home. What is wrong? I have my waypoints entered in, so I am ready(I am a new geocacher, but it worked the last time). Turn it on where it has good receptoin and walk way for half an hour. It may need to rebuild the satalite table and 'bake' (the term I think for this) so it knows both where it is in the world and can know where to look for satalites next time by using the table it's building. When a GPS has moved a long distance from the last place it was, or they haven't been used in a long time they can get confused about their location and it takes a long time to get their bearings. Once baked a GPS will then boot fairly quickly. Thats a WAG on your problem but what the heck. Quote Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Garmin units - particularly some of the older ones will do that if not used for a long period of time - let it sit with a clear view of the sky for upwards of an hour. Power off and back on and should work great. Quote Link to comment
groovygrl Posted April 10, 2008 Author Share Posted April 10, 2008 Garmin units - particularly some of the older ones will do that if not used for a long period of time - let it sit with a clear view of the sky for upwards of an hour. Power off and back on and should work great. yes, its a cheaper Garmin. Once I was home, I tried it an hr later, and it worked. Figures! Thanks for your time!!!! Quote Link to comment
+m.austin Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 I don't know if it's just a coincidence, but sometimes when mine can't seem to connect I pick a "go to" point and it hooks right up. I figured maybe it just needed something to "focus" on. OR I could just be thinking I'm smarter than I really am... Quote Link to comment
+sundogranch Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 If U have an external antenna port I suggest a gilson antenna mounted on your hat or vehicle- Really helps A lot. Quote Link to comment
+Rattlebars Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 Markwell to this thread about antennas and how to mount one on your head (Yea, then they can REALLY call you a propeller head!). -->CLICK<-- Quote Link to comment
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