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Chooka
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 Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 1:44 pm Post subject: GPS Status |
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Could someone please tell me how to interpret the TTOne2 'GPS Status' screen.  |
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zogman
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| Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 2:12 pm Post subject: |
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wheres that screen then?
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Andy_P
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| Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 2:18 pm Post subject: |
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The on-line manual for the Go range has much more detail...
| Quote: | 5.8 GPS status
You can check the signal being received by
TomTom GO's built-in GPS by tapping 'GPS
status' . This is included for possible troubleshooting
purposes and for interest's sake. The
status screen shows:
• Your calculated longitude and latitude (displayed
using your chosen distance units - see section
5.16).
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• Your driving direction in degrees (on a standard
compass).
• Your driving speed (again, displayed in your
chosen units - see section 5.16).
• The Universal Time Code (UTC). This is the
absolute time according to the GPS satellites and
may not correspond to your local time.
• A representation of the sky overhead, showing
the positions of the GPS satellites.
• Bars showing the signal strength of each GPS
satellite. Those which are 'locked' and which are
providing useful information are shown in blue. |
The above is from page 13-14 of the Go Full manual
For your info zogman...
It used to be on the main menu, now you can only get to it by tapping on the signal strength meter onthe status bar.
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zogman
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| Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 2:19 pm Post subject: |
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isnt the go and one different?
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Andy_P
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| Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 2:22 pm Post subject: |
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Not as far as I know. They all use the same software (with very minor differences, like the added quickfix code).
The main screens will all be similar. |
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Andy_P
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| Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 2:28 pm Post subject: |
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.....Assuming of course you've updated the software whenever it is made available.  |
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Robin2
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| Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 2:28 pm Post subject: |
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| zogman wrote: | | isnt the go and one different? |
It's identical to the one posted by Andy on my TomTom One v2. I always go to that screen as soon as I switch on, to follow the progress in getting a fix
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zogman
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| Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 2:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Andy_P2002 wrote: |
For your info zogman...
It used to be on the main menu, now you can only get to it by tapping on the signal strength meter onthe status bar.
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this screen you are on about is still on the tt one v2...goto 'change preferances' and then 'configure gps'....
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Andy_P
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| Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 2:40 pm Post subject: |
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My apologies.... 
I was thinking of the summary screen (where you can read the map/software/bootloader versions and your device code etc.). That used to be on the menu, but you can only get to it now by pressing the box where the software version is displayed on the route summary screen.
As you say, the GPS staus is still accessed from the preferences menu, (page 7 on the latest operating software). |
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zogman
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| Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 2:57 pm Post subject: |
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so i wonder what Chooka wants to know about this screen then?
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Andy_P
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| Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 3:07 pm Post subject: |
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Maybe what the numbers on the bars mean?
If so, the bottom one in the circle is the satellite number (matching the ones on the view of the sky), and the one above is the signal strength.
(which I've just noticed aren't on that picture I linked to!  )
I couldn't post one myself, so I Googled for images, but they all had something wrong or missing or were widescreen. That was about the best, but must be quite old.  |
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Chooka
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| Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 4:07 am Post subject: GPS Status interpretation. |
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| Thankyou Andy, and others, for the info. It makes no sense that TomTom have dropped the description from the TT1 manual; would have saved all of this. Thanks for the TTGo manual reference. It is now perfectly clear! |
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