me old magellan gps has packed it in.

Peter I have a 315 and if I haven't used it for a while and if I move to another location epecially and turn it on it takes for ever to lock on to satelites. Once it has locked on to them it's fine. I'm sure it takes over 10mins to do this sometimes and I see you said you had yours on for 30min but did the gps have a clear view of the sky above?

Leroy

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It's only a matter of time before my Magellan 315 fails in this manner. One day it will.

It happens progressively as new sotfware is uploaded to the nav satellites and the older GPS models can't hack it anymore.

So far I've binned 2 GPSs since they first came out around 1987. I now have a 315 and a much newer Magellan Explorist 210. The 315 is next I reckon.

Bilbo

I just fired up my GPS300 and I think it might not just be yours.

It has been hanging off the clothes line for 10 minutes and it still thinks it is at Barrington Tops where I used it a few weeks back.

Might need to go shopping.

Not one to quote search the archives but check post 12314, there is a detailed set of instrcutions how to reset a 310.

I saved it because i have a 310 and some times needed to reset it.

Alan

Peter,

i have an old magellan i pull out of the cupboard every few years.

i literally put it up on the roof to initialize - it needs an unobstructed view. otherwise it takes hours.

Cheers.

Hi all

only thing I havent heard so far is upgrade software

I have an old etrex that refuses to die

I have upgraded the software a couple of times from the Garmin netsite via serial cable

Maybe this is the difference - dont know

If there has been a large shift in gps position (1000 ks or so) from last use unit takes a while to find sats - did it when I switched it on for the first time as new and still does it - maybe nothing is wrong

Hope this helps

smort

I had the trusty 315 but alas the poor wee thing chucked it in awhile ago so i updated to the 600 wonderful bit of gear it is to

You may know this already, but there is an almanac in the GPS that keeps track of the satellites that it expects to see when the GPS is turned on. This allows it to quickly lock on expected satellites and away it goes. If the GPS has been turned off for a long period of time or it has been moved by more than 500km from the last time it was on, then that almanac is out of date and it takes ages for it to re-establish connection with the current satellites that are overhead.

The simple way to get it going in this situation is to do an "Initialization" ofthe GPS, where you basically tell it where you are and what time of day it is.

Peter

I have a 315 (so far so good, fingers crossed that it stays that way!) I read somewhere that it has an inbuilt battery to keep the almanac live. If you store the unit without batteries or they go flat then the onboard battery dies. I guess that with fresh AAs it will recharge making warm starts quick but I wonder if when the onboard one really dies than even a warm start takes a long time.

I haven't looked recently but have Magellan released new firmware that has a GDA96 datum?

Adrian