+TrotzO Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 Hi all, I have a sportrak color and my EPE keeps changing even when I've got a great sat lock. The EPE jumps around like 75, 105, 30, 95' etc. I upgraded to the new software ver, and reset to factory defaults if that helps...... still on hold with Magellan tech support and I'll bet I get an answer here faster! Been on hold for a half hour! thanx in advance Quote Link to comment
+Markwell Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 (edited) Yep. Been doing this for 4 years now, and yep - EPE always jumps. As the satellites move around, signal gets better , signal gets worse , trees, clouds, concrete walls. It's the nature of having a device listening for a signal that's travelling 7,000 mph 12,000 miles above us. Edited March 10, 2005 by Markwell Quote Link to comment
+TrotzO Posted March 10, 2005 Author Share Posted March 10, 2005 well, I wuz right...... got an answer here b4 tech support! thanx! Quote Link to comment
+Markwell Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 ...and probably a more courteous one than you would have gotten from them. Bad, Markwell, Bad, Bad Bad!!! Quote Link to comment
+TrotzO Posted March 10, 2005 Author Share Posted March 10, 2005 Yeah but even when I have a great lock and I'm standing motionless with no trees or cloud cover? And it was more courtious Quote Link to comment
+IVxIV Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 Let us know what the tech guy tells you. I'm dying to hear the mumbo-jumbo they concoct, possibly suggesting *you* are somehow the cause of the problem, and how their product is perfect Quote Link to comment
+TrotzO Posted March 10, 2005 Author Share Posted March 10, 2005 They told me to clear all memory after backing up my waypoints, they said "sometimes waypoints have an effect on EPE" . I'm stickin to this forum from now on...... Quote Link to comment
+Markwell Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 What a crock. Waypoints will interfere with EPE? Can ANYONE verify that this has happened to them?!? Quote Link to comment
+The Leprechauns Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 Ahhh, it is simple then. From now on, I won't put any waypoints in my GPS. I won't find any caches, but I will know *precisely* where I'm at. Quote Link to comment
+IVxIV Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 What a crock. Waypoints will interfere with EPE? Can ANYONE verify that this has happened to them?!? Umm,, "Something stored in memory is affecting my accuracy.." Sorry nope,, I can't help confirm that theory LOL Quote Link to comment
+Marietta Moose Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 I decided to test my Garmin. I emptied the waypoints out of it. Checked my position. Watched the error bounce around for 15 minutes. Estimated the average error. Used GSAK to reload the waypoints (lots of them). Checked my position again for 15 minutes and estimated the error again. Yup, it bounced around the same way and the average error was about the same. I can't speak about Magellan but my Garmin Etrex Legend accuracy isn't affected by waypoints in memory. So, if waypoints mess with your Magellan's accuracy it must be one of those undocumented features. Now, what do I believe. Magellan technical support is handing out what many of us might describe with the same term used to describe the anal droppings of large male bovines. Quote Link to comment
HIPS-meister Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 The accuracy figure does change quite frequently, and sometimes over a very considerable range, even if you are standing still. Nothing to be alarmed about. Expect your GPS to get you close to the general area, but expect nothing more than that. Don't try to "follow the needle" right to where "X marks the spot" because that can never actually happen. Your true position on earth is just as unknown as the cache's true position; both calculations are (were) subject to error. Those error conditions change constantly. Quote Link to comment
+BigWhiteTruck Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 You need an option to view your EEPEE. Sounds like it's pretty high Quote Link to comment
+Lil Elephants Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 Oh, I love calling tech support! I think it's wonderful that some 19 year old college student in Bombay, India can figure out which line of cr@p to tell the caller to get them to end the call. I had one (from a major ISP) tell me that they recommend that I *not* use a surge protector for my DSL modem. Apparently clean power makes me not able to connect to the internet. Quote Link to comment
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