gps for northern or southern hemisphere?
Submitted: Saturday, Oct 09, 2004 at 20:42
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dirt-teaser
Hi all,
Correct me if I'm wrong, but, if u buy a gps, any gps, it should work anywhere in the world, regardless where u got it from. Friend bought himself a garmin 101, works fine here in Australia, but back in France, the damm thing didn't work. Sended back to get it exchange, and it works fine again.
Is there anything like a northern or southern hemisphere gps?
Dirt-teaser
Reply By: Mad Dog (Victoria) - Saturday, Oct 09, 2004 at 20:57
Saturday, Oct 09, 2004 at 20:57
They're all the same. When you move them a long way without being switched on they can take a lot longer to lock.
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Follow Up By: dirt-teaser - Saturday, Oct 09, 2004 at 21:24
Saturday, Oct 09, 2004 at 21:24
Ok, but how long? the guy had it on for hours, still didn't find any satellites.
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Follow Up By: Gajm (VIC) - Saturday, Oct 09, 2004 at 21:41
Saturday, Oct 09, 2004 at 21:41
Where was he when he tried to aquire satelites? even standing between tall buildings with just a view of clear sky can bugger them up, some don't even like heavy cloud cover. It might sound dumb but he wasn't inside was he?
There is also an option on some to 'relocate" so when you have traveled long distances without it on they can adjust to the new location. What model was it?
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Follow Up By: Gajm (VIC) - Saturday, Oct 09, 2004 at 21:43
Saturday, Oct 09, 2004 at 21:43
Oh duh!...garmin 101, learn to read Glenn
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Follow Up By: Mad Dog (Victoria) - Saturday, Oct 09, 2004 at 22:31
Saturday, Oct 09, 2004 at 22:31
Maybe something went wrong with it between here and there. You said he sent it back for exchange. Did they exchange it for a new one or send it back saying there's nothing wrong with it. If he had it on for hours with a clear view of the sky it would have sorted itself out if it was functioning correctly.
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Reply By: Member - Bruce (San Diego) - Sunday, Oct 10, 2004 at 03:12
Sunday, Oct 10, 2004 at 03:12
I use my GPS all over the world, you have to initialize it for where ever you are in the world. Different areas in the world use different satelites.
The setup screen on the unit should give you full instructions.
Bruce
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Reply By: locallaw - Sunday, Oct 10, 2004 at 09:21
Sunday, Oct 10, 2004 at 09:21
Gidday,A few years ago I when in Sweden I bought a Garmin 12XL and over in Europe it worked fantastic.On returning to OZ it would not list any towns or cities.Got in touch with Garmin who said "send it back and it will reset to the South Pacific database".Sent it back they reset the database and all works
well.
So all GPS are not the same dont know about late model GPS though.
Seeya Locallaw
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Follow Up By: Utemad - Sunday, Oct 10, 2004 at 10:50
Sunday, Oct 10, 2004 at 10:50
That would just be the basemap. Should still give you co-ordinates etc.
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Follow Up By: Mad Dog (Victoria) - Sunday, Oct 10, 2004 at 11:33
Sunday, Oct 10, 2004 at 11:33
Just a lat/lon database of towns and cities, no maps on it. I've got an old 12xl stil working
well.
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Reply By: Member - Peter D M - Sunday, Oct 10, 2004 at 19:55
Sunday, Oct 10, 2004 at 19:55
hi dirt-teaser,
bruce from san diego is on track. if you leave a garmin switched off for a long time [months] or move even hundred of
miles with it off it needs to initialize to pick up new satellites. im not familliar with this model but all garmin have somthing under 'new location' in index
mine undeneath 'start simulator'
regards peter
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Reply By: dirt-teaser - Sunday, Oct 10, 2004 at 22:14
Sunday, Oct 10, 2004 at 22:14
Tanks all for the tips, will send a mail to garmin and see what they have to said about it. I'll keep u informed.
Teaser
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Reply By: Niko - Thursday, Oct 21, 2004 at 22:26
Thursday, Oct 21, 2004 at 22:26
The issue is most likely to do with moving more than 300km or 300
miles... can never remember which, with the unit switched off. It should take nomore than what a cold start time is indicated bythe specifications. Back in the days of single channel GPS you were looking at 15 mins to get the almanac from the satellite system. Today, GPS has 12 Channel and better algorithims (no spell checking please) to bring it down to about 4 mins. You will also see the accuracy dropping from, say 30 metres to the typical 6 metres over the next few minutes. What you probbaly will find is that you may need to adjust the Time Zone for it to adjust quickly. This is not necessarily the answer but a possible cause. GPS can work anywhere in the world, even the South pole, so maybe the fact you were in France it couldn't understand the French Satellites above, being a different language and all ;) That's it!!! Set the language to French and it will work ROTFLMAO !!!
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