garmin i3 streetpilot

smudger1946 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 16, 2007 Posts: 12

Hi All, im sure someone out there can help.
My Garmin i3 Streetpilot Version4, has been a great bit of kit which i bought 2 years ago.
Suddenley it wont navigate in real time, all other functions are running perfectly, it is searching for satellites all the time.
As far as i can tell nothing has or has been changed, it will even simulate route.
But wont run.
Help, off on hols in 2 weeks.
Smudger

mikealder · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 6:53 pm Post subject:

Have you tried resetting the device? - you will have to re-enter certain settings such as Home and POI Warnings etc but it is worth a try.
Hold down the two buttons and the scroll wheel for a few seconds, when it asks about resetting or wiping out settings answer Yes, then see if the device will work correctly - Mike

bald_eagle · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 08, 2006 Posts: 3

Have you changed cars and now got a heat reflective windscreen ?

smudger1946 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 16, 2007 Posts: 12

JohnWB · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 22, 2005 Posts: 83

I have an i3 which suddenly stopped working on batteries. After trying all sorts of things including seeing what the price for an out of warrenty reapir would be from garmin (£72) I decided to reinstall the firmware (2.7) it is now back to normal so it may be worth the try as it only takes 5 minutes. There is the slight possablity of killing the unit but it doesn't work now so give it a try.

smudger1946 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 16, 2007 Posts: 12

Done as advised, re-set unit, unit is now stuck on sweden/ finland map and still cant find satellites, any ideas.
Smudger

PaulB2005 · Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 9:42 am Post subject:

Have you taken it outside to an area with a good view of the sky and waiting 20 or minutes? Initial lock can take a while.

smudger1946 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 16, 2007 Posts: 12

Hi All,
I have got gps out of sweden/finland and it can find sats now, i cant take it out yet as i broke my wrist so cant drive but will try it tomorrow with a bit of luck.
Fingers crossed
Will keep you informed.
Mike i apologise.
Smudge

smudger1946 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 16, 2007 Posts: 12

Hi all, Have taken gps for a spin, she works ok but is still very slow aquiring sat's.
Is this a generael problem at the moment or is there something else i should be doing?

PaulB2005 · Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:06 pm Post subject:

How long does it take?
Do you keep batteries in it when not in use?

Did you try my advise above?

smudger1946 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 16, 2007 Posts: 12

It sometimes takes minutes, one day in a return trip of 8 miles she never did find sats, as a rule 5-10 mins.
I did as you advised and it did lock on as you said it did take 15-20 mins.
Keep batteries in most of the time too.

PaulB2005 · Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:38 pm Post subject:

5 - 10 minutes is a long time if you keep batteries in it all the time. Even after a hard reset mine only takes 3 or 4 minutes.

Normally mine takes less than a minute to get a lock.

Sounds like it's developed a fault. Try speaking to Garmin.

smudger1946 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 16, 2007 Posts: 12

mine used to be very quick too.
Thanks for your time mate.
Will have to have a word with Garmin.
ANYONE KNOW GARMINS tELEPHONE NUMBER?
Smudger

smudger1946 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 16, 2007 Posts: 12

Success, sat nav has been on it's hols to Devon and worked perfectly, WHOPEe.
Thanks to all, for your valuable help.
Happy Smudger Razz

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