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20vt-rs Occasional Visitor
Joined: Jan 15, 2006 Posts: 40
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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 12:12 am Post subject: i3 Calibration required or fault? |
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Hi - I've had an i3 for about a month now, not really used it much until this week. I've travelled up and down the M5 and M6 over the last couple of days, and on occasions the i3 seemed to think it was travelling parallel with the motorway, i.e the triangle was left of the M5. This causes the unit to confuse and keep re-calculating whenever you pass a local road.
Does this sound like it needs calibrating, or is there a problem with the GPS signal, or is it faulty?
Thanks in advance. |
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alix776 Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: 03/05/2003 14:45:49 Posts: 3999 Location: leyland lancs ENGLAND
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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 12:19 am Post subject: |
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might be low signal strength do your car have a heat reflective windscreen or the unit might need a factory reset _________________ currently using aponia truck navigation on windows phone. Good bye IOS don't let the door hit you on the way out .
Oh the joys of being a courier.
device Lumia 950 xl |
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20vt-rs Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 12:56 am Post subject: |
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No the car hasn't got a heated or reflective windscreen, but the unit is mounted to a vent mount and not the windscreen, would that make much difference? It' has full view through the window... |
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PaulB2005 Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 04, 2006 Posts: 9323 Location: Durham, UK
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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 9:33 am Post subject: |
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Better to put it on the windscreen, although mine carried on working fine from the glove compartment of my car when i popped it in there whilst re-fuelling. Didn't bother to switch it off and then pulled away with this muffled voice coming from the car! It was only when it bonged for a Camera that i realised what I'd done!
What car do you have? |
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Aitch2 Regular Visitor
Joined: Jan 22, 2006 Posts: 226 Location: South Coast, UK
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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 11:13 am Post subject: |
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Make sure that:
1) You're running unit Firmware v2.7
2) You've selected WAAS/EGNOS mode for the GPS
Aitch _________________ Find Somewhere Else 090407: www.marillion.com |
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Trajet Regular Visitor
Joined: Oct 04, 2005 Posts: 160 Location: Highlands of Scotland
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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 3:33 pm Post subject: |
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Aitch2 wrote: | Make sure that:
1) You're running unit Firmware v2.7
2) You've selected WAAS/EGNOS mode for the GPS
Aitch |
I don't think WAAS/EGNOS is fully operational yet! |
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Aitch2 Regular Visitor
Joined: Jan 22, 2006 Posts: 226 Location: South Coast, UK
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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 4:49 pm Post subject: |
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Mine appears to work fine in this mode...
Aitch _________________ Find Somewhere Else 090407: www.marillion.com |
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Lester_Burnham Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 5:44 pm Post subject: |
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Aitch2 wrote: | Mine appears to work fine in this mode...
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I used it for a while - but then had some funky results with some results, which didn't occur when I set the GPS mode to normal.
I've decided to leave it (EGNOS) off, now, until EGNOS properly goes live. |
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bumpkin Frequent Visitor
Joined: Feb 08, 2006 Posts: 264 Location: Herefordshire
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Lester_Burnham Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 10:48 pm Post subject: |
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It's NOT live - note the comment "due".
Now me saying it's NOT live, doesn't mean it won't work, or operate in certain locations - merely that's it's not fully implemented, and you may get inconsistent results. |
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