Garmin GPS - Difficulty aquiring satellites???

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Difficulty aquiring satellites???

alfred

2007-08-23, 10:33 pm

Hello,

I got the Garmin Street Pilot C340 and it was working okay fine, but after
plugging it into my PC to try the usb charger it failed to turn back on.
There was a usb driver install failure, and the usb charger install didnt
work. The unit shut off and wouldnt come back on. I called Best Buy and was
told you can reset it as listed in the instructions. I removed the face
plate and reset it.

I reset it and was able to get it to come back on.

Later I went back in my car and turned it on again and it was okay, but it
won't aquire the satellite. It asks if I am indoors and I say no, and then
it asks if I am in my state and if the date is right and I answer yes and
still it cannot aquire the satellite. The car was parked in the same place
and I later tried driving around some of the streets in my area for 30 min
and still no luck. It was working in the daytime and at night it wasnt. The
weather where I am is cloudy, but not that fully if that helps at all. The
signal on the device shows no signal in the upper left corner.

I am in RI in case that helps.

Any suggestions??

--
Thanks,
Alfred :)

Frank Tabor

2007-08-23, 10:33 pm

On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 21:44:26 -0400, alfred wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I got the Garmin Street Pilot C340 and it was working okay fine, but
> after plugging it into my PC to try the usb charger it failed to turn
> back on. There was a usb driver install failure, and the usb charger
> install didnt work. The unit shut off and wouldnt come back on. I called
> Best Buy and was told you can reset it as listed in the instructions. I
> removed the face plate and reset it.
>
> I reset it and was able to get it to come back on.
>
> Later I went back in my car and turned it on again and it was okay, but
> it won't aquire the satellite. It asks if I am indoors and I say no, and
> then it asks if I am in my state and if the date is right and I answer
> yes and still it cannot aquire the satellite. The car was parked in the
> same place and I later tried driving around some of the streets in my
> area for 30 min and still no luck. It was working in the daytime and at
> night it wasnt. The weather where I am is cloudy, but not that fully if
> that helps at all. The signal on the device shows no signal in the upper
> left corner.
>
> I am in RI in case that helps.
>
> Any suggestions??

Try taking it out of the car and see if it will acquire. Your windshield
may have a metallic coating.

--
Frank Tabor
Q: What's a light-year?
A: One-third less calories than a regular year.

alfred

2007-08-23, 10:33 pm

I don't think thats the situation, because it was aquiring the satellites
fine before I reset it. Its just after that it is not.

> Try taking it out of the car and see if it will acquire. Your windshield
> may have a metallic coating.
>
>
>
> --
> Frank Tabor
> Q: What's a light-year?
> A: One-third less calories than a regular year.

Phil Wheeler

2007-08-25, 10:33 pm

alfred wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I got the Garmin Street Pilot C340 and it was working okay fine, but after
> plugging it into my PC to try the usb charger it failed to turn back on.
> There was a usb driver install failure, and the usb charger install didnt
> work. The unit shut off and wouldnt come back on. I called Best Buy and was
> told you can reset it as listed in the instructions. I removed the face
> plate and reset it.
>
> I reset it and was able to get it to come back on.
>
> Later I went back in my car and turned it on again and it was okay, but it
> won't aquire the satellite. It asks if I am indoors and I say no, and then
> it asks if I am in my state and if the date is right and I answer yes and
> still it cannot aquire the satellite. The car was parked in the same place
> and I later tried driving around some of the streets in my area for 30 min
> and still no luck. It was working in the daytime and at night it wasnt. The
> weather where I am is cloudy, but not that fully if that helps at all. The
> signal on the device shows no signal in the upper left corner.
>
> I am in RI in case that helps.
>
> Any suggestions??
>

If the time is way off, that could be a problem.
But if you tell it where you are *and* are not
moving, it should acquire in far less than 30 min.

This:

> I got the Garmin Street Pilot C340 and it was
working okay fine, but after

> plugging it into my PC to try the usb charger
it failed to turn back on.
> There was a usb driver install failure, and the
usb charger install didnt

> work. The unit shut off and wouldnt come back on.

makes me think you might have a more serious
problem requiring a trip to Garmin.

Phil

alfred

2007-08-26, 10:33 am

Well I bought the item on ebay, first of all it was mis represented, because
it said "new in box" in the ad, but when i recieved it, the box said that it
was "newly overhauled". Second the item is obviously defective and I am
requesting a refund and working with PayPal to contact the seller and will
take further actions if needed.

>
> makes me think you might have a more serious problem requiring a trip to
> Garmin.
>
> Phil

Simon Slavin

2007-08-26, 10:33 pm

On 23/08/2007, alfred wrote in message
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> Later I went back in my car and turned it on again and it was okay, but
> it won't aquire the satellite. It asks if I am indoors and I say no,
> and then it asks if I am in my state and if the date is right and I
> answer yes and still it cannot aquire the satellite.

Sounds like a hardware problem. Contact Garmin in your country.

Simon.
--
http://www.hearsay.demon.co.uk

Joel

2007-08-27, 4:33 am

Simon Slavin <slavins.delete.these.four.words@hearsay.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> On 23/08/2007, alfred wrote in message
> <%Jqzi.282696$LE1.211412@newsfe13.lga>:
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> Sounds like a hardware problem. Contact Garmin in your country.

I didn't pay attention to the original message to know *if* the antenna =
is
UP or DOWN.
=20
> Simon.

alfred

2007-08-27, 10:33 pm

Theres no antenna to put up or down. Anyway I contacted the seller and I am
going to return it. The next time I buy one will be from a store where I
know for sure that it is brand new and not refurbished.

I didn't pay attention to the original message to know *if* the antenna is
UP or DOWN.

> Simon.

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