GPS FORUM

Ive just received an eTrex H as an upgrade replacement for a standard
eTrex.

I expect a new GPS device to be a bit slow initially at fixing satellites,
but after an hour of trying, in clear sky conditions, it will not get a fix.

I have tried altering some of the settings as it thinks it is somewhere in
the USA on 15th Aug 2007, to no avail. I am situated at 51*N 03*W.

Have I bought a defective device or is the eTrex H half baked and unfit for
purpose?

Bill Morgan

Ive just fixed it, seemingly by going into demo and setting advanced sky
view mode, when it immediately acquired 10 satellites.

It now gets a fix within seconds [the old 1st generation eTrex takes a
minute] and it will even get a fix within my 1st floor bedroom.

It is clearly a much better GPS, which is just as well as I shall be needing
it next week in La Gomera, where there can be lots of tree cover.

Bill Morgan

WILLIAM MORGAN wrote in message
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WILLIAM MORGAN wrote in message
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Brilliant!
Some of these new gadgets can be a bit of a pain to set up initially but
its great that its OK now.
Sounds like a superb piece of kit!
Regards Mike.