+mpbamberg Posted July 10, 2009 Posted July 10, 2009 Hi all, I am on a trip and my Nuvi seems to be stuck on acquiring satellite. While my 60csx is stuck using Ontario for searching for POI (We are now in Idaho). Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks, Mike Quote
Motorcycle_Mama Posted July 10, 2009 Posted July 10, 2009 Which nuvi? Have you tried resetting it? Quote
+solo63137 Posted July 10, 2009 Posted July 10, 2009 Mine has done this a time or two... I simply power it off and back on, seems to help... Also when waiting I touch the signal indicater up in the top left corner for a few seconds and it turns to the screen where it shows what Birds you unit is tracking and realitive strenght to each and finally estimated accuracy of the unit... Quote
+TheRedArmy Posted July 10, 2009 Posted July 10, 2009 (edited) as for the POI issue, i don't knnow NUVI's at all, but for my units, i need to have those maps loaded in ie) USA and or STATE you are in. Edited July 10, 2009 by brucered Quote
+solo63137 Posted July 10, 2009 Posted July 10, 2009 Unless the OP did somethign to it, the Nuvi should have all of the US in it... He is from Boston and is in Idaho... Should not be a problem, unless the unit is acting up... Quote
ZeMartelo Posted July 10, 2009 Posted July 10, 2009 I have a Nuvi 255w and I am also noticing an odd behaviour that wasnt there before. The nuvi 255 is supposed to have hotfix and remember sats position for a quick lock, but lately when I turn it on it has to spend a moment acquiring the signals, even if the GPS has not moved from the same spot for hours. Before it would remember and when turned on it would automatically lock not so anymore, wonder what can cause that? Quote
+splashy Posted July 10, 2009 Posted July 10, 2009 Is the gps near to ANYTING radiating, including polar stuff. My Oregon doesn't work with a polar nearby. Else try Off/On cycle, don't move the gps for a while and don't shield it off. As said see mail solo63137 signal ind. to be sure how many birds the gps is receiving and locking on. Quote
+Redwoods Mtn Biker Posted July 11, 2009 Posted July 11, 2009 Did you fly to Idaho? If you moved it that distance it will take a while for it to lock. Leave it on under open sky for 30 minutes. Quote
ZeMartelo Posted July 14, 2009 Posted July 14, 2009 I had the same issue since last night. I was driving along a road and suddenly got the poor sat reception warning and the sat screen was telling me that the NUVi was only locked on three birds. This morning it was locked on five and would not see any other birds. Heres what solved my problem: In the SAT screen, press the square for the elevation field for a few seconds and a new screen should appear. Press the START WRM button (dont know what the other does). It will reset the sat data and restart the acquisition. Now I have back at least 8 birds with only bird 1 and 30 missing but it sees it, I guess they were too far int he horizon to lock. Quote
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