Reset GPS to this location

Leeus · Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2004 11:13 pm Post subject: Reset GPS to this location

On some mornings when powering up my tomtom and GPS it can take up to a full half hour to acquire any sort of sats!!!!

However...if I goto map view and set the reset GPS to this location it will find some within minutes!! Is there a way to set this to happen automatically to my home location each time TomTom starts up?

lbendlin · Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2004 1:56 pm Post subject:

No, that's a manual process, and it should only be used when your receiver is in trouble... looks like yours is in a lot of trouble... What's its sky view condition? coated glass?
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Leeus · Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 6:52 am Post subject:

The glass is tinted, it has always been like this and if I use the external it works fine. Strange that the reset works though!

lbendlin · Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 2:13 pm Post subject:

Acquiring a fix is much more complicated than keeping a fix. With the reset you save the receiver some guesswork.
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MrT · Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 3:21 pm Post subject:

I did not know that TT could "write" to the GPS unit like Winfast Navigator does.

lbendlin · Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 5:16 pm Post subject:

yes, the reset is part of the NMEA specification. Any program that cares can do this. CoPilot does it as well.
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