No satellite signal
hi fellas,
On sat morning I took the boat out to try my new sounder. The sounder works great though for some reason my GPS is playing up.
Usually when I turn it on after a couple of minutes it detects all the satellites and it fires up. However, yesterday it stayed on the "acquiring signal" screen when occasionally a satellite would appear then drop off the screen. After an hour or so I gave up.
When I got back I tried restarting the GPS and resetting it back to factory settings though I'm still getting the same problem.
The sounder I have is a Navman 5380. I was wondering if anyone else has experienced a similar problem? Or perhaps have some suggestions?
If I can't get it working then I'll take it back to Challenge Marine though hopefully I can avoid that.
cheers
Wayne
harro
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everyone
dunno bout the navmans mate , i used to own a 5500 but atm lots of pple including me are having trouble with modules with the lowrances.
wheres ur ariel, is it integrated? if so it may be bouncing back off the metal surounds,
that has happened to me before,
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wayneleech
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its an external aerial which
its an external aerial which is mounted just up behind the GPS - in the corner of the console. here's another pic showing where the aerial is.
Do you think the new sounder could be interferring with it?
Matt T
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What dog?
Beautiful looking dog mate, great coat.
sunshine
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8120 does it occasionally
I spray the antenna plug with inox regularly and, additionally, if you still have problems go into the sat menu - for some odd reason ours occasionally decides not to use some satellites - appears to be voltage spike related as we note it when the batteries have been a little flat after a long layoff.
In the menu you can tell it ito use the sats and it immeidately acquires position and then doesn't happen again for months
holth
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its a navman thing, mine has
its a navman thing, mine has do it in the past.
a restart usuallyt fixes it.
also was told if its possible get a power pack and run it at home 24/7
the units like being warm.
allrounder
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you will find if you
turn your sounder of your gps will work if this is the case your arial is to close to your other electrics .I had the same issue on the polycraft.Moved the arial about a foot and it was all good after that.
So tell me have you got your info from years on the water or hours on the internet?
wayneleech
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my dog is a weimaraner - it
my dog is a weimaraner - it was his first time out so he's still finding his sea legs;)
Cheers fellas - I will try all that has been suggested. allrounder - you could be onto something as it has only started playing up since the sounder was installed...
Bluebonefamily
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nice dog
We have a weimaraner too named Mal. We have never taken him on the boat. He is 11yrs old now and likes his comfort.
Mal is a really nice good tempered animal. He coped well with the expanding family and loves giving the kids a big lick.
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Faulkner Family
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i have 2 gps units sitting
i have 2 gps units sitting right next to a 585 sounder and i have never had that prob unless it has something to do with the alli dash they are siting on, have you checked that there are no damaged spikes in the plug that goes into the sounder as that has happened to me
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
allrounder
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it wont be the fact
that the sounder is near the gps it will be that the arial is near the sounder.I am guessing that your arial Russ is away from the units.
So tell me have you got your info from years on the water or hours on the internet?
Faulkner Family
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i have 2 gps's on the boat ,
i have 2 gps's on the boat , one has built in arial right near the sounder and the other on the roof and never lost signal on either, only when i had a damaged pin on one of them
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
allrounder
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you have done
well.
So tell me have you got your info from years on the water or hours on the internet?
Paully
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hehehe The Weimaraner
looks like he's about to decorate the boat floor with his breakfast !!!
Tandawg
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gps not fixing
Hi Wayne, I fished a fishing comp on Saturday and my mate also had the same problem with his Garmin GPS not aquiring sats. Bit strange though as everyone elses GPS worked.
Regards
Chris
Stevef
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My Navman has had times when
My Navman has had times when it was slow to pick up a signal ............. as some one stated above usually the old off/on trick fixes it. After all it is just a computer and the off/on button fixes ALL computer problems.
Sounds obvious but make sure that the aerial is covered over by a bit of rag etc
Steve
wayneleech
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hi all - just to let you
hi all - just to let you know that it turns out is was a stuffed aerial! I took it down to challenge marine and they put a new aerial on it and it worked fine:) We put my aerial on another machine and that wasn't working either.... glad to have it fixed:)
btw steve, what do you mean when you say make sure the aerial is covered by a bit of rag?
Stevef
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Sorry Wayne - it should have
Sorry Wayne - it should have read "ISN'T covered up"
My mistake
harro
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lol
did the dog throw up....
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kane
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tail between his legs
not happy jan! hahaha
Gooooone Fishin!
wayneleech
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haha - na, here's another
haha - na, here's another pic of him a little happier;)