Tahoe Skier5000 Posted August 21, 2003 Posted August 21, 2003 been doing some research and it looks like magellan doesn't have an autolocate feature like garmin for initialization. Is this true?? Do you have to tell the gps where you are before you can start using it?? ----------------------------------------------------------- Garmin V Garmin III+ Quote
+phantom4099 Posted August 22, 2003 Posted August 22, 2003 Well you can tell it what state/ country your in (or give cords to say your general area on the Earth) to speed the process up. But if you don't enter that infromation it will still find its location, but it takes longer. Are you wondering what we would do if you got stuck on some remote island? Wyatt W. The probability of someone watching you is directly proportional to the stupidity of your actions. Quote
+Searching_ut Posted August 22, 2003 Posted August 22, 2003 Based on menu options etc. It doesn't appear that the Magellan receivers have an autolocate function. I've found however that in practice, it appears that it does. If you select some off the wall place to tell the receiver it is when you punch in your location, it still sorts itself out in a fairly short amount of time. Quote
+Hard Oiler Posted August 22, 2003 Posted August 22, 2003 I've taken a Magellan 3000 miles across the Atlantic and just turned it on and it figured out pretty quickly where it was. Never have had to re-initialize since the first time I took it out of the box. Quote
+gallahad Posted August 23, 2003 Posted August 23, 2003 My Magellan Meridian Platinum knows where it is every time I turn it on, regardless of how far I've traveled from the initialization point. You do need to "initialize" the unit prior to using it for the first time, but you don't have to tell it where it is to initialize it. "Today's truth remains valid only as long as it withstands the test of tomorrow's discoveries" - George Hicks Quote
trashcann Posted August 23, 2003 Posted August 23, 2003 I got stuck on a remote island named Guam and had no trouble initializing the gps. Did have trouble with electricity and running water though. Quote
+Joba and Geo Jake Posted August 23, 2003 Posted August 23, 2003 No problems with my Sportrac pro. Works like a charm every time ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Be nice to your kids....They'll choose your nursing home. Quote
+M-Class Posted August 23, 2003 Posted August 23, 2003 When I got my ST Pro (which I bought as a replacement for a broken 330), it actually found its location before I managed to go through the menu options to tell it where it was. I was quite surprised actually. It made me wonder why they even bother to put the country/state/time settings in there at all. Quote
HideNseekers Posted August 24, 2003 Posted August 24, 2003 Never had a problem with my Platinum finding itself. Just turn it on and bingo, it locks in. If it hesitates, just re-initialize and in seconds youre found. I highly recommend the Plat. The electronic compass is really cool. "If there's fish in your Jell-O...You used the wrong bowl" Quote
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