gp-27 and north america

DJGietzen · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 14, 2006 Posts: 3

I live just outside detroit, and I receieved my gp-27 gps reciever today. As I inderstand it the gps light (green) flashed slowly while trying to establish a GPS signal. Then flashs rapidly when it has one.

My GP-27 will not flash rapidly. I've tested it out doors, in my car and elsewere. It always just flahses slowly. The bluetooth light flashes very quickly though.

Also, is it a commen problem for the car adapter cable to kinda not fit in the power adaptor socket?

lbendlin · Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 10:26 pm Post subject:

see if this helps

http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=25951&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15

generally it seems to be a dodgy device.
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DJGietzen · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 14, 2006 Posts: 3

hmm, I thought I knoda noticed an increase in light blink when I want outside with it for more then 60 seconds.

I left it outside my house, and used google maps with GPS (avaialbe at download.com) and a BT antena to connect the device to my XP machine.

with the reciever in the house I was not getting any GPS data. But outside it found me. Put me in my next door neighbors driveway, but close enough.

the passkey, btw was 0000 not 000000. So that might help others pair the device.

Now, the question is I bought it to use with my palm, witch has died, in the car as a nav system. I think it reacts in the car the same way it does in the house, too bad the car is too far from the pc to test it out. Should I consider a gps antena for the thing, will that improve reception in side the house, or possibly the car?

lbendlin · Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 4:18 am Post subject:

you should consider throwing it away and getting a SiRF III based receiver instead. The performance difference is just amazing.
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DJGietzen · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 14, 2006 Posts: 3

actualy, out of curiosity I turned it on in my basement. Then went to my pc and was able to recieve GPS data from the device.

my location fix was invalid and the satalite signal streangth was all in the red, but it seemed to be working.

accuracy was not mesearable, I assume becouse of the low signal streangth. but it did retrieve a lat and long that on the google map placed me again near my neighbors house. I power cycled the reciever to be sure it was'nt rememebering the last position it got. Everything still worked.

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