Garmin goes GaGa or is someone fiddling with the satellites?
Submitted: Tuesday, Oct 06, 2009 at 17:35
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Willem
My HP PDA with built in(?) Garmin GPS started playing up last week.
It starts by running fine but then after a while it logs off. Then it comes on again and a little (Yank) voice says "GPS OK". Yesterday it started showing that I was going in the opposite direction or it showed that I was travelling a couple of hundred metres from where I was supposed to be. Today it is doing the same thing. It comes up on Ozi, then shows the yellow arrow denoting where I asm, then after a short while the yellow in the arrow disappears and then it logs off altogether. MIght leave it like that for 15 minuytes and then it will come on again and the idiot will say "GPS OK" !!!!!
And guess what? Its a few months out of warranty!! But I have spoken with the supplier and seeing as I do quite a bit of business with him ,he is going to "see me right" whatever that means :-)
Probably time to go back to paper maps and a Boy Scout compass
Reply By: Bonz (Vic) - Tuesday, Oct 06, 2009 at 18:18
Tuesday, Oct 06, 2009 at 18:18
Hey Willem I havent noticed anything peculiar with my Garmin GPS, sunds to me like a processing error with the NMEA strings that the GPS delivers to Ozi. I wonder if anything can be corrupting the signals?
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Reply By: DIO - Tuesday, Oct 06, 2009 at 18:56
Tuesday, Oct 06, 2009 at 18:56
I have a Garmin Quest. Last week I noticed that it seemed to be tracking a lot slower then usual and at the same time the altitude reading was all over the place. Seems to have 'settled down' now though. Fingers crossed.
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Reply By: Members Paul and Melissa (VIC) - Tuesday, Oct 06, 2009 at 20:23
Tuesday, Oct 06, 2009 at 20:23
Weekend before last my factory sat nav chucked a wobbly, it was connected(showing sat connect) but it was showing me about 50m further south than i actually was. the software was trying to correct it by moving to the closest road but kept reverting back to the GPS location.that was in the morning on the way to our property, i even removed and reinstalled the disc but it made no difference. in the afternoon it was all good?? what the???
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Reply By: Louie the fly (SA) - Tuesday, Oct 06, 2009 at 20:52
Tuesday, Oct 06, 2009 at 20:52
My Garmin Nuvi 250W has occasionally gone to a blank yellow screen - no maps, just the vehicle icon. Turn it off & back on and it doesn't seem to make any difference. But most times it works just fine. What the???
Louie
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Reply By: Mitsi Blaze - Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 at 00:42
Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 at 00:42
Maybe gremlins out and about now.
Makes you wonder with quite a few having troubles, I will have to start using
mine around town and have a look
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Follow Up By: Willem - Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 at 16:54
Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 at 16:54
Had to go for a drive again today and the plurry thing worked faultlessly. Go figure :-))))
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Reply By: Member - Graham H (QLD) - Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 at 11:49
Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 at 11:49
Well maybe time for a change
Have used my TOMTOM Go 730 everyday for the past 2 weeks and had not a moments trouble.
We are in
Perth
LOL
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Follow Up By: Willem - Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 at 16:53
Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 at 16:53
Have 2 Tom Tom's and they are pretty basic gear unless you want to throw away more money. More of an amusement than anything else. :-)
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Reply By: Member - Geoff C (QLD) - Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 at 13:29
Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 at 13:29
My pda running Copilot does similar things, to fix it I just reset the pda with the pointer and star again. Works perfectly after that til I turn it off again. Simpler to just reset it each time I use it and no problem.
Geoff
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Reply By: Tony MD - Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 at 20:19
Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 at 20:19
Hi Willem
Is your GPS in built or a part of a mounting cradle that supports the PDA.
If the latter, it is common to have a compact flash mount GPS that sends NEMA sentences direct to the PDA running Ozi. Check the physical connection of the GPS unit if this is the case - the lock facility is a bit average & needs to be in the up position. In my case, the tiny screws that hold the thing together had pulled through the plastic - glued it back together all is now
well.
The bit about being a couple of hundred metres off the track sounds like a datum (ADG66 / WGS84) issue?
Cheers, Tony.
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Follow Up By: Willem - Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 at 21:07
Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 at 21:07
Thanks Tony,
The Garmin GPS is part of the internal software. Ozi and Natmaps are loaded by means of a SD Card. The PDA is clipped on to a windscreen mount. I will have a look at any probablw loose bits in the morning.
Today I went for a drive over some gravel roads and the system worked perfectly. Its a strange thing............:-)
Cheers
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