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 Topic: Acer N35 - Is it working |
GaryC
Replies: 5
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 Forum: Beginners GPS Lounge Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 11:13 pm Subject: Acer N35 - Is it working |
| I had the same problem and sent it back, Acer replaced the 'main board' and it works perfectly now. In fact it locks on to half a dozen sats in seconds which is far better than when it bothered to wor ... |
| Topic: Acer n35 or Navman 570 ? |
GaryC
Replies: 18
Views: 6482
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Forum: Beginners GPS Lounge Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 10:07 pm Subject: Acer n35 or Navman 570 ? |
| I could not agree more Geoff having the same problem, Acer replaced my board FOC under warranty but did nothing about the connection. I had explained why it was happening was due to the excessive leng ... |
| Topic: Acer N35/Destinator 3 - initial position way off! |
GaryC
Replies: 13
Views: 3398
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Forum: Beginners GPS Lounge Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 11:35 am Subject: Acer N35/Destinator 3 - initial position way off! |
The site been down? not been able to get on for two days!!
What I was trying to say is there is an half moon shaped cut out for one to get the finger tip in to lift the antenna. What I found was I ... |
| Topic: Acer N35/Destinator 3 - initial position way off! |
GaryC
Replies: 13
Views: 3398
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Forum: Beginners GPS Lounge Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 12:04 pm Subject: Acer N35/Destinator 3 - initial position way off! |
| That's more or less the problem I was having, sometimes although the blue gps light was flashing you could wait till the cows came home and nothing would be found. If I shut the flip and reopened it, ... |
| Topic: Acer N35/Destinator 3 - initial position way off! |
GaryC
Replies: 13
Views: 3398
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Forum: Beginners GPS Lounge Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 1:25 am Subject: Acer N35/Destinator 3 - initial position way off! |
| Forget Comet, Acer will back their own product which is why I picked the make in the first place. You need to ring them direct on 0870 8531000 or email will get you an answer...but slowly.. euro_mail@ ... |
| Topic: Acer N35/Destinator 3 - initial position way off! |
GaryC
Replies: 13
Views: 3398
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Forum: Beginners GPS Lounge Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 4:57 pm Subject: Acer N35/Destinator 3 - initial position way off! |
Threes a minimum number to accurately triangulate your position so it should say "signal to low check antenna" until it gets a fix and only when it does will it show your current position.
There are ... |
| Topic: Acer n35 or Navman 570 ? |
GaryC
Replies: 18
Views: 6482
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Forum: Beginners GPS Lounge Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 12:41 pm Subject: Acer n35 or Navman 570 ? |
| Had the n35 for a while now and had two problems with it, the first was gps only working when it wanted to and the other was/is the lead connection in the bottom of the unit. This allows the power to ... |
| Topic: Acer n35 or Navman pin570 |
GaryC
Replies: 6
Views: 2880
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Forum: Beginners GPS Lounge Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 12:58 am Subject: Acer n35 or Navman pin570 |
| While I understand what you are saying Footloop, if the GPS don't want to work you could wait till hell froze and it would still not find a satellite. With the supplied Destinator you don't know but w ... |
| Topic: TOMTOM 5 ON ACER N30 - HELP!!!!! |
GaryC
Replies: 10
Views: 2936
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Forum: Beginners GPS Lounge Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 10:43 am Subject: TOMTOM 5 ON ACER N30 - HELP!!!!! |
It might be the same thing if TT cannot find the gps at all?..I don't know
The problem we both have is the Acer is brand new to GPS much like us but I have used Acer products for years and would al ... |
| Topic: TOMTOM 5 ON ACER N30 - HELP!!!!! |
GaryC
Replies: 10
Views: 2936
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Forum: Beginners GPS Lounge Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 10:14 pm Subject: TOMTOM 5 ON ACER N30 - HELP!!!!! |
| I did something similar buying a non-discript SD card and loading TT3 on a n35, this too froze several times once requiring a hard reset. At first I though it might be the card so ran 'scandisk' on it ... |
| Topic: Acer n35 or Navman pin570 |
GaryC
Replies: 6
Views: 2880
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Forum: Beginners GPS Lounge Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 6:28 pm Subject: Acer n35 or Navman pin570 |
This might be a bit late but I have been plodding alone with the Acer n35 for a few weeks now and feeling my way into this game.
I have had a problem from the off with the Acer's GPS which having spo ... |
| Topic: TOMTOM 5 ON ACER N30 - HELP!!!!! |
GaryC
Replies: 10
Views: 2936
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Forum: Beginners GPS Lounge Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 5:46 pm Subject: TOMTOM 5 ON ACER N30 - HELP!!!!! |
| What are you using for GPS? the n30 hasn't got it built in!! |
| Topic: Accuracy of GPS Speed indicators |
GaryC
Replies: 58
Views: 52400
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Forum: Advanced GPS Lounge Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2005 1:57 am Subject: Accuracy of GPS Speed indicators |
it came as quite a surprise to find according to GPS it's unlikely I have exceed a speed limit by more than the 'allowed' 10% at the most
With the data you quoted, and the GPS being more accurate tha ... |
| Topic: Accuracy of GPS Speed indicators |
GaryC
Replies: 58
Views: 52400
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Forum: Advanced GPS Lounge Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 9:17 pm Subject: Accuracy of GPS Speed indicators |
With my speedo reading 30 the SatNav reads consistently 27mph and at 70 straight and level only 64mph by GPS
If GPS is as accurate as said and given I solely bought the SatNav to keep me on the strai ... |
| Topic: sd card |
GaryC
Replies: 2
Views: 1316
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Forum: Beginners GPS Lounge Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 12:57 am Subject: sd card |
| The card has a 'lock' slider on the top left side which must be un-locked to do anything with it...it could be as simple as un-locking it?? |
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