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mrbenn Occasional Visitor
Joined: Jan 17, 2006 Posts: 5
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Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 6:53 pm Post subject: How fast should TomTom GPS get a signal? |
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Hello
I recently bought the Tom Tom gps receiver to go with TT5 for my pda. But it often takes several minutes to pick up a signal. Should I expect this? It's the SiRF2 chip so I was expecting it to fly.
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lbendlin Pocket GPS Staff
Joined: 02/11/2002 22:41:59 Posts: 11878 Location: Massachusetts, USA
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Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 8:14 pm Post subject: |
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It depends...
- initial fix can take up to 12 minutes (stationary)
- if the backup battery is dead, same applies every time
- if you don't use the receiver for a while, same applies
- if you just used it, switch it off and then on it should get a fix much quicker, sub 60 second.
- if the satellite constellation is not right, it may take longer even under ideal conditions. (five sats in a row are no good for triangulation) _________________ Lutz
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mrbenn Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 10:20 pm Post subject: |
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Ok, thanks. I just wanted to check if I'm likely to have a faulty unit or not. I guess not. I don't use it every day, which might have something to do with it. I also find that it's quicker to start from home. Perhaps the trick is to carry the receiver and start it up as I walk to the car.
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Mikeact Frequent Visitor
Joined: Nov 29, 2004 Posts: 303 Location: West Sussex
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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 1:18 pm Post subject: |
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mrbenn wrote: | Ok, thanks. I just wanted to check if I'm likely to have a faulty unit or not. I guess not. I don't use it every day, which might have something to do with it. I also find that it's quicker to start from home. Perhaps the trick is to carry the receiver and start it up as I walk to the car.
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In my experince, c**p weather...10/15 minutes, nice day 2/3 minutes. |
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MarkHewitt Frequent Visitor
Joined: Nov 16, 2004 Posts: 1077 Location: Chester-le-Street & York
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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 5:13 pm Post subject: |
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SRiF2 is your problem. This is very old now and you should really be using SRiF3. However your time to first fix is typical. |
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