mdpna100

vice · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 27, 2005 Posts: 6

i have a medion sat nav
when its turned on it takes ages to get signal and then it keeps loosing it.
i find that it only works now and again and couldnt navigate me off my street nevermind up and down the country.
can anybody shed any light on this problem or has anybody else experienced the problem.
have i lost some software??

bigbob · Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 7:37 pm Post subject:

Some of these units take about 20 minitutes to find the sats when turned on for the first time with a good view of the sky if you have done this try the following.
When you switch the PDA on go to start then select settings from drop down options. At the bottom of the screen is 3 options personal,system and connections select system this brings up icons one of which is GPS icon make sure that enable GPS icon is ticked and the one below turn on GPS automatically when open com 1 if this does not work try the factory reset at bottom of screen in the GPS settings.

cheers Bob

vice · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 27, 2005 Posts: 6

thanks bob
ive tried that but still no joy.
i had a good run out at the weekend,i set off from Bradford and went to Kendle,the sat nav got me as for as Keighley wich is about 10m away and then nothing no signal what so ever.
its a good job i knew where i was going.
maybe ive got a bad one

bigbob · Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 10:59 pm Post subject:

Hi Vice
I think you should take that one back and get an other one they are quite good units really apart from the fact that "bitching Betty" gets her direction a little wrong sometimes but I don't take any heed of her anyway I just look at the map as I can't hear her on the motorbike.

cheers Bob

vice · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 27, 2005 Posts: 6

thanks bob
i think ill take it back tomorrow and see how we go with a new one

vice · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 27, 2005 Posts: 6

HI BOB
i took sat nav back,a guy at halfords took it outside and it seemed to work ok for him.
He said it might be something to do with the car that i have,it may have a reflective windscreen,have you heard of anything like that before ????and do you know of a way around this if this is true.
is there any add ons
thanks
vice

bigbob · Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 7:57 am Post subject:

Hi Vice
I have seen this problem mentioned several times on the forum seems to be caused by reflective windscreen. You can buy a seperate antenna for GPS and plug it in to PNA100 the socket for it is on the left side of unit under the thumb switch I see that medion do not have an antenna in there shop listed might be worth a call to them or hopefully someone on this forum will know where to get one.

cheers Bob

roadrunner3 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 01, 2005 Posts: 2

Hi Vice & Bob

I too have a PNA 100 and would also like to know were to get an external antenna. Can anyone help ?

regards
Roadrunner Laughing

dom30 · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 26, 2005 Posts: 3

Hi Vice & Roadrunner

I was told by a guy at Halfords that if i had bad reception because of my windscreen then i would be able to get an external receiver from them for around £30,

Dom

bigbob · Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 7:55 am Post subject:

Hi everyone
try this link they might be worth a phonecall.

http://www.globalpositioningsystems.co.uk/allprods.php?flt=accessories&category_id=94&hp=Antennas+%26+Related%2Ccategory_id%3D94

cheers Bob

staib · Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 1:45 pm Post subject:

I must say that I have had no problems with my MDPNA100 (from Halfords) even in a car (Peugeot 307) that is supposed to have that dodgy windscreen glass... good luck.

On a separate note does anyone know if the MMC/SD slot can be used by a WiFi card. I have now got one of those WiFi modem/router things and thought it might be fun to hook the PPC into the network as well.

Nick

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