On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 10:08 PM, Bruce Labitt wrote:
> Doesn't work that way for a car GPS. Usually takes 5 minutes for a cold
> start even if moving, iirc.
I just today took possession of a Garmin Nuvi 205W. Previous owner
claims to have never used it beyond plugging it in once. He took it
Doesn't work that way for a car GPS. Usually takes 5 minutes for a cold
start even if moving, iirc.
On May 16, 2010 9:59 PM, "Peter Dobratz" wrote:
This may be stating the obvious, but it tripped me up when I was
trying out my Garmin Etrex. You have to be still in order to get a
fix. I had the
This may be stating the obvious, but it tripped me up when I was
trying out my Garmin Etrex. You have to be still in order to get a
fix. I had the Garmin attached to my bicycle and I was riding up and
down my driveway while waiting to go off and map the neighborhood. No
fix until I *stopped* for
On 05/13/2010 08:19 AM, David Rysdam wrote:
> On 05/12/2010 06:13 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote:
>> Cold tests
>>
>> were performed when both Pocket PC and GPS receiver were
>> powered off (if GPS receiver has a separate power source, the
>> GPS receiver was unplugged
