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ferret79 Regular Visitor
Joined: Jan 17, 2005 Posts: 187 Location: coventry
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Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 2:36 pm Post subject: Fix problem with navman 510 |
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Does anyone have tis problem with there navman 510, sometimes when in a wide open space for example in a car park in a field with clear skies and hardly any cloud .....it will sometimes take up to about 15 minuets to get a satelite fix which aint very good (you could have driven home in that time if you new the way) other times it will lock on in less that 2 minuets...and sometimes even without its own antenna up ....are these units sometimes a bit "lazy" or would a external antenna help...i never once had this problem when i owen a garmin ....thanks for any replies.. |
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Gee-Pee Lifetime Member
Joined: Feb 10, 2005 Posts: 1951 Location: Mostly somewhere in Essex
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Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 2:58 pm Post subject: FIX problem with Navman 510 |
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15 minutes is far too long! The most I have had to wait is about 45 seconds. When you say you are in an open place does that mean standing or in the car? Remember some windscreens are reflective so you cannot get a fix through them.
In my experience, and others on the forum, this is a great unit and when you really get to grips with it, it performs as it should.
Even two minutes wait would make me think there is some problem. _________________ Gee-Pee
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ferret79 Regular Visitor
Joined: Jan 17, 2005 Posts: 187 Location: coventry
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Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 3:23 pm Post subject: re-fix |
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tnx for reply ... this is when i am in the car and no it hasn't got a reflective screen// its a rover 75... this is my second one (navman) the first was faulty and halfords replaced it with another new one. |
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ferret79 Regular Visitor
Joined: Jan 17, 2005 Posts: 187 Location: coventry
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Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 3:24 pm Post subject: re-fix |
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tnx for reply ... this is when i am in the car and no it hasn't got a reflective screen// its a rover 75... this is my second one (navman) the first was faulty and halfords replaced it with another new one. |
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ferret79 Regular Visitor
Joined: Jan 17, 2005 Posts: 187 Location: coventry
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Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 3:26 pm Post subject: re-fix |
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tnx for reply ... this is when i am in the car and no it hasn't got a reflective screen// its a rover 75... this is my second one (navman) the first was faulty and halfords replaced it with another new one. |
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ferret79 Regular Visitor
Joined: Jan 17, 2005 Posts: 187 Location: coventry
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Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 3:30 pm Post subject: re-fix |
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sorry about the same replies my pc threw a fit |
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Gee-Pee Lifetime Member
Joined: Feb 10, 2005 Posts: 1951 Location: Mostly somewhere in Essex
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Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 3:54 pm Post subject: Re: re-fix |
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ferret79 wrote: | tnx for reply ... this is when i am in the car and no it hasn't got a reflective screen// its a rover 75... this is my second one (navman) the first was faulty and halfords replaced it with another new one. |
Suggest you make another trip back to Halfords and ask them to check it out. If you are doing everything you should, then it should get a fix much faster than you report. :o _________________ Gee-Pee
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jimg Occasional Visitor
Joined: Mar 14, 2005 Posts: 22 Location: Charlotte, NC, USA
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Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 4:03 pm Post subject: Re: re-fix |
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Gee-Pee wrote: | ferret79 wrote: | tnx for reply ... this is when i am in the car and no it hasn't got a reflective screen// its a rover 75... this is my second one (navman) the first was faulty and halfords replaced it with another new one. |
Suggest you make another trip back to Halfords and ask them to check it out. If you are doing everything you should, then it should get a fix much faster than you report. :o |
The only time it should take a long time to get a fix is if you turn it on far away from where you turned it off, I mean like hundreds of miles. 15 minutes still seems like an awful long time if it is unobstructed. Mine will re-acquire a fix in the same location in about 30 seconds and the antenna is under the hood of my dashboard, i.e., I have it installed in front of my tach. |
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Simon1 Frequent Visitor
Joined: Aug 07, 2004 Posts: 388 Location: Surrey, UK
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Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 7:49 pm Post subject: |
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I don't have a reflective windscreen (Seat Leon) but I also have that problem from time to time. Once a month at the most it will simply take ages to get a fix, otherwise it happens in under 30 secs. Methinks there is a tendency to be a bit lazy once in a while but I'm interested in hearing if there are those who have NEVER had this problem when using the standard power on/off on the front. |
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djmek Regular Visitor
Joined: Dec 23, 2004 Posts: 126
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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 1:10 am Post subject: |
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Simon1 wrote: | I don't have a reflective windscreen (Seat Leon) but I also have that problem from time to time. Once a month at the most it will simply take ages to get a fix, otherwise it happens in under 30 secs. Methinks there is a tendency to be a bit lazy once in a while but I'm interested in hearing if there are those who have NEVER had this problem when using the standard power on/off on the front. |
That would be me I have never had anything longer than the one time of about 3 mins after i had done a reset.
Otherwise, as you say, 30 to 45 seconds max.
In this thread one of you mentioned you had an external arial, does everybody that has one find them better or same or other? _________________ 2 x ICN-510 units now, 1 USA Unit and 1 UK Unit. Both working great and set up to perfection.
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Quickest.......Maximum Left.
Preference for Motorways & Freeways...More Often......Maximum Right.
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dpdurst Regular Visitor
Joined: Feb 17, 2005 Posts: 79 Location: Maricopa, Arizona
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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 4:16 am Post subject: |
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Simon1 wrote: | I don't have a reflective windscreen (Seat Leon) but I also have that problem from time to time. Once a month at the most it will simply take ages to get a fix, otherwise it happens in under 30 secs. Methinks there is a tendency to be a bit lazy once in a while but I'm interested in hearing if there are those who have NEVER had this problem when using the standard power on/off on the front. |
Nope never had the problem with the on/off on the front of the unit, using the cold power option on the back powering up, it has taken up to 2 mins. This before I put the SP in, with the SP it speeded things up very much. |
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MiddleMan Occasional Visitor
Joined: Oct 17, 2004 Posts: 16
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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 2:35 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, I have had the exact same problem with getting a satelite fix and have mentioned this in an earlier posting. I have driven from Basingstoke to the M1 before (about 1 hour) with no fix and only when I got stopped in traffic did it eventually pick up a signal.
Other times it will get a fix in a couple of minutes or even 30 seconds as someone mentioned. My windscreen is a relective one, but have no trouble with satelite one it gets a fix.
Do I have a faulty model.
And whilst i mention it, another problem I have been having is with the mobile cameras POI's. Even though I load the temps and mobiles with audible warning, once loaded they do not give a warning, only visual onscreen and the Navman also does not show these as having audible warnings in its menu, even though I ticked the box when downloading. Gatso's are fine. Any ideas anyone? |
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DreX Occasional Visitor
Joined: Feb 19, 2005 Posts: 32
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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 12:00 am Post subject: |
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A navman or anything else for that matter that uses Gps
Requires 4 satellites for a full gps fix...
This Should take anything between 40-60 seconds
Settings----More Settings----
Gps Status---Next Page
Screen should show you how many sats the unit is picking up
Pressing next page gives you world map along with Sat Numbers and position
Stand outside vehicle, get gps fix, then enter vehicle
Close windows and doors and see if Gps Signal or SATS dropout
If they do something in your vehicle is MAsking sat signal
Have come across this with rover 75
and putting Unit bottom corner of windscreen cured problem
(Most cars have small Arrow or line on windscreen, putting gps unit Below or above this line usually helps)
A Seperate gps antenna will greatly improve the Gps Reception |
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MiddleMan Occasional Visitor
Joined: Oct 17, 2004 Posts: 16
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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 2:29 pm Post subject: |
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according to the navman site, initial fix from cold is up to 15 mins and then anthing up to 2 minutes on subsequent switch ons. |
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enuuge Occasional Visitor
Joined: Apr 07, 2005 Posts: 10 Location: Melbourne Australia
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Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 12:50 am Post subject: |
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I've experienced similar situations with a long time to get a fix, and this has happened when I start the unit in a location different to where I swithced it off. I've never let it go on longer than two or three minutes before resetting. Once reset, I usually get a fix within a minute. |
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