locating satellites

[chocdrop]

Hi

Just bought my first sat nav and got the Garmin 250W. I've updated the software from the garmin site to make sure its up to date, but whenever i put in somewhere to go, it just sits on 'locating satellites' for ages....and i mean anything from 10 to 30 minutes????

any suggestions as to what i could do? (does anyone lese exeperience this)

cheers

[MaFt]

wait a bit longer ;)

on a 'cold start' it can take up to 45 minutes to get a satellite fix. make sure it has a clear view of the sky. subsequent start ups will not take anywhere near as long.

MaFt

[mikealder]

The other important part is to remain stationary while the device gets its initial position fix, if you are moving it will take considerably longer to acquire the signal - Mike

[Border_Collie]

Just to add. If your car has an athermic windscreen e.g. Peugeot/Citroen, getting a lock will take longer than if you are outside the car. Once you have a lock the screen doesn't appear to affect it as much.
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