Navman Not Getting A Gps Fix?

[mr magoo]

hey folks

over the last few trips my navman chartplotter has been taking longer and longer to get a satellite fix,on the on friday it took about 15minutes to get a fix and had that for like two hours before loosing it and never regaining it for the remaining 7 hours i was on the water

what can i do ,can it be repaired or am i up for another gps

i dont have the heart(yes scared of the little lady)to tell the missus i need another gps as ive spent plenty on it this year alone,new motor ,steering ,sounder etc etc

so does anybody know where i can repair it reliably or do i fork out the cash for a newbi

cheers arman

Edited December 27, 2008 by mr magoo

[Penguin]

Where have u been placing it, some GPS's wont get a Sat fix if

there are objects like canopies or glass between the GPS and the sky.

Does yours have an external antena or is it capable of having one?

penguin

[Dorado 2]

Hi Mate your navman might possibly need a software update I had some trouble with my car navigator and all it needed was a software update, I'm in the process of updating my chartplotter software as well. Hope this helps

Cheers

Edited December 27, 2008 by Dorado 2

[mr magoo]

Where have u been placing it, some GPS's wont get a Sat fix if

there are objects like canopies or glass between the GPS and the sky.

Does yours have an external antena or is it capable of having one?

penguin

penguin it has a external antena that is mounted on the bow rail,so has nothing to hinder its veiw to the sky

cheers arman

[chrisg]

Arman

Check the date and time is set correctly. The unit won't know what to latch onto if they are wrong.

Cheers

Chris

Edited December 27, 2008 by chrisg

[bisso]

i would be checking the connection from the external antenna to the unit. if the unit has been gradually getting slower to get a gps fix, it seems like the connection may have been slowly deteriorating. also look at the condition of the external antenna, rusty connection, poor earth all might affect connection. hope this helps.

cheers

[Nick Hatz]

Check your connections to the power supply. I have the navman trackfish6500 and would have issues with the gps dropping out while at sea. I spoke to navman and they suggested to look at these power connections. Have been out only once since then and it did not drop out all day. Worth a look because I know from my unit the red and black wires to connect to the power source are quite small and sometimes may not be connecting 100% all the time.

Cheers

[glennmreid]

Had the same thing happen to me once before. I went away for a few days break to Forster. I turned on my Navman GPS and could not get a lock on the satellites. It would search for them for hours, but not lock on them so it wouldn't show my position. After my trip, I thought I would just test the unit at home. Funny enough, it found satellites and showed my position. Not sure what happened whilst I was in Forster, it was bizarre.

[mr magoo]

thanks for the replys guys ,ive relegated it to the shed and ordered a lowrance unit

cheers arman