GPS lost the plot (and position)

GPS_fan · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 7:48 am Post subject: GPS lost the plot (and position)

At about 7.15am (BST) today, my Mio suddenly lost the plot.

After giving a correction instruction, the map suddenly began moving in jerky motions instead of scrolling smoothly and it was showing a position anything up to 1/2 mile from where I actually was - even in the middle of fields/golf courses etc at times. Crying or Very sad

This went on for a few minutes, so I tried a hard reset - no difference :o

I checked the satellite reception and it showed a good signal from at least 6 or 7 satellites :o

Then suddenly, after about 10 minutes, it started behaving perfectly again Confused

I travel this route on a daily basis and this is the first time I've experienced anything like this - so I know it's not a mapping or software error.

Has anybody else experienced anything similar Question

Have the Americans been playing with the GPS satellites Question

oddsock · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:02 am Post subject:

Yep! Last Sunday morning at around 06.30 on the A40 Raglan .There was patchy fog ,dense in places and TTN6 on my 2210 BT-Q818 went eratic ,I swiched to Gps status and it had lost everything ..lasted about 2-3 mins then returned to normal.
Dave
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GPS_fan · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:10 am Post subject:

It was a lovely sunny morning, without a cloud in the sky and on an open road without trees or buildings to interfere with satellite reception.

GPSBear · Regular Visitor Joined: Jul 15, 2006 Posts: 137

My C710 with the "first" 3.2 has done that a couple of times. No idea why. It is OK when you know where you are and know it has gone bananas, but in a strange place when you need a turn instruction NOW it is a bit of a pain. :-)
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Boluwd · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 01, 2007 Posts: 10

Yes, my Mio 168 with CoPilot 5 decided to throw a wobbly this morning at around 0900 leaving Wetherby to join the A1. Erratic screen as if suffering the "shakes", then it recovered it's senses about 10 minutes later. Weird!

GPS_fan · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:41 pm Post subject:

I'm led to believe that this phenomenon is caused by the unit overheating. Sad

I must say that I'm NOT convinced...

...why should it act up on a mild spring morning, but behave perfectly on a hot summer's day with the sun beating down on it, or in the middle of winter when the car heater is on at full blast Question

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