Thread: Garmin 1340 and satellite

Originally Posted by Neil

If you have reasonable reception conditions, that sounds like a GPS hardware problem. Pressing the satellite bar icon in the top LH corner takes you to the satellite page. For comparison, my 1300 routinely gets 8-10 sats each ranging from fair to excellent reception and 6-10 metre accuracy, even under less than perfect conditions (buildings, cloudy etc).

But when you trying to catch a satellites after some time of your device non activity, you will wait longer than few seconds. This can last up to few minutes.
First of all make sure you have a good satellite reception. Maybe you will ned get out from the building, to be sure it's not a hardware problem.

Originally Posted by voyager56

But when you trying to catch a satellites after some time of your device non activity, you will wait longer than few seconds. This can last up to few minutes.
First of all make sure you have a good satellite reception. Maybe you will ned get out from the building, to be sure it's not a hardware problem.

And you can reduce that wait by telling your unit where you are. Turn off the GPS - (Tools>Settings>System>GPS Simulator to 'On': '(GPS turned off (For use indoors)', then go 'Where To'>Choose your address or something very near to you>Press 'Set Location" & then turn GPS Simulator 'Off' to reactivate the GPS. If you still cannot get a satellite lock in a short time you probably do have a hardware problem.

Originally Posted by Neil

And you can reduce that wait by telling your unit where you are. Turn off the GPS - (Tools>Settings>System>GPS Simulator to 'On': '(GPS turned off (For use indoors)', then go 'Where To'>Choose your address or something very near to you>Press 'Set Location" & then turn GPS Simulator 'Off' to reactivate the GPS. If you still cannot get a satellite lock in a short time you probably do have a hardware problem.

Good hint. I will try this. But... when I turn on my Nuvi after a long time non using it, the position on map is the same as it was before.