ipaq 3970 and the ipaq navman sleeve

rob-bob

have bought a secondhand ipaq 3970 with the navman sleeve, i have installed ttn2 all seems ok but when i go to the gps screen it can see some sats but they are only in grey and it cant get a fix on them....on the gps menu it is on com6 and tomtom (ipaq sleeve)....this is the only setting where it will search for sats....sorry im new to all this
many thanks
Rob

rob-bob · Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2003 6:47 pm Post subject: problem is that it is slow

ok an update.... i have just started the gps and left it out in the garden....after about five mins it see's the sats ...but why is it soooo slow to find them
many thanks
Rob

onbashi · Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2003 9:45 am Post subject:

depending on where you bought the sleeve from, you may experience a very long time to first fix (upto 15 minutes), once a fix is established it should fix much quicker (between 1 to 2 minutes)

hope this helps...

rob-bob · Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2003 9:59 pm Post subject:

left it outside again took ages to get a fix again turned it off and on again same thing.......i get the grey bars looking for sats but it cannot get a fix for ages

onbashi · Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2003 12:22 pm Post subject:

have you tried installing the latest navman drivers?

also, you may live in a patchy area, how many sats does it see when connected?

rob-bob · Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2003 8:39 pm Post subject: Sorted

:Dave told me about the anti static bag trick and now it works fine

onbashi · Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2003 8:13 am Post subject:

good old dave to the rescue again Laughing

did he mention that it was me that invented the anti-static bag fix? Laughing Out Loud

glad it worked mate

JasonH · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 15, 2003 Posts: 1

I just tried the anti static bag trick and I must conclude it works!
I've never recieved more than 5 yellow sats and very rarely more than 3 greens using my Navman 3000 / ipaq 3970 combi.

Today I folded up a bag (to four layers) etc etc and activated my ipaq.
From cold it locked with I'd say 10 to 20 seconds and as I walked around the garden it was getting 6 green plus 3 yellows! Surprised

9 signals! Something I've never seen before using a navman!

Dave · Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2003 8:32 pm Post subject:

onbashi · Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2003 9:37 pm Post subject:

Its ok Dave, i'm only jesting m8 Joker

after all i'm glad you mentioned the fix because helping users is what the forums mainly used for from what I see, and I must add it's helped me enough times before Laughing

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