help with my garmin CF Que 1620

[cuongla]

i recently purchased a garmin CF Que 1620. it came with MapSource Ver. 5. it worked fine for the first couple of days. then when i turned it on the next day it seems like the GPS cannot get a lock on my position. here are the symptoms:

when i go to "GPS info," where it shows "Acquiring Satellites" and the bars for the stallite signal strength it appears that the GPS finds a good amount of stallite. there would always be 4 or more satellites with good signal strength. my problem is the GPS never shows my position or it appears to never really lock onto any of the satellites even though it finds them. another weird thing is that the circular diagram that shows "N" north, "W" west, "E" east, and "S" south which usually has the number of the satellites rotating around the diagram does not. All the satellites that the GPS finds appears stuck on the "N" north letter of the diagram. This is not normal because when it worked properly yesterday I could see the satellites all over this diagram.

Is there something wrong with my GPS receiver or is it the software? PLease help me, thank you so much.

[Skippy]

[cuongla]

so my gps is not broken or messed up? i have left it out for about 45 minutes before and nothing happended still. when you are talking about internal memory are you talking about the memory on the CF card that the GPS is integrated on or the memory actually inside the GPS receiver? what could have cause my GPS to lose all its memory like that. my CF card seems fine because i can still run the program and i can still use the maps. i hope this will work, i am trying it today. thanks alot for the help, I will keep you posted.

[cuongla]

i have also noticed that when i leave the gps still outside, it acquires the satellites for about 15-20 minutes then it starts over again. like it would have 6 signals locked on then all the signals would drop and it starts all over again.

[Skippy]

I thought your GPS may have lost it's almanac (which it uses to calculate where in the sky each satelite will be). The GPS will probably take at least 15 minutes to get a fix when it has no almanac but it should store this in non-volatile memory and not lose it.

But it sounds like it could be broken if it is getting a fix then resetting itself. You might have to get it looked at by a professional.
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