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imc11 Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 6:54 pm Post subject: navman mio 168 |
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Can anyone help, I have a mio 168 running tomtom, and it works fine untill one day it crashed, lucky for me I had kept a software copy on my pc, so got it up and running again, however, so When i am out and about again, I purchased a second had unit.
It did have navman smartst on it, but it didnt work, could not pick up a signal.. so I though i would loaded in my tomtom, which seems to work finem its loaded in ok...but still it searches for a gps device, stating no gps device something or something like that, I have done soft and hard re-sets, and left it in my car on the cradle for power, and a clear view of htre sky for hours in the hope it will find some thing.... nothing, so can anyone help, or have i just got a duff unit.
Lucky that my old unit is fine...
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mikealder Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 19638 Location: Blackpool , Lancs
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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 7:33 pm Post subject: |
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Go to Change Preferences/ GPS Status and see if the little yellow/ blue disk in the top right corner is spinning, if it is take the device outside and wait for it to aquire a signal.
If it fals to spin tap the configure button, on the first screen select "Other NMEA GPS Receiver" set the Baud rate to 4800 then pick the port the GPS device appears on something like GPS On SP2.
Once it is selected correctly the litlle yellow/ blue disk will rotate and you can take it outside to acquire a signal - Mike |
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imc11 Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 7:41 pm Post subject: |
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mikealder wrote: | Go to Change Preferences/ GPS Status and see if the little yellow/ blue disk in the top right corner is spinning, if it is take the device outside and wait for it to aquire a signal.
If it fals to spin tap the configure button, on the first screen select "Other NMEA GPS Receiver" set the Baud rate to 4800 then pick the port the GPS device appears on something like GPS On SP2.
Once it is selected correctly the litlle yellow/ blue disk will rotate and you can take it outside to acquire a signal - Mike |
Thanks mike for your fast reply, sorry to say I have done this, and I dont get any thing spinning... think i may have adead unit. |
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mikealder Pocket GPS Moderator
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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 7:47 pm Post subject: |
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What selection did you make within the TomTom application? - Mike |
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imc11 Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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mikealder wrote: | What selection did you make within the TomTom application? - Mike |
I have done the diamond shape and the blcak other gps device, and i have used com1 and also sp2 on the config, all options have no effect with regard to the blue and yellow rotating round.. my other moi 168 same software is working fine. |
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mikealder Pocket GPS Moderator
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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 8:02 pm Post subject: |
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When you say your other 168 software is working correctly is this GPS based software? - if so make sure you shut it down BEFORE starting TomTom as it will be tying up the GPS port on the device - Mike |
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imc11 Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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mikealder wrote: | When you say your other 168 software is working correctly is this GPS based software? - if so make sure you shut it down BEFORE starting TomTom as it will be tying up the GPS port on the device - Mike |
Hi Mike, the other unit is also a mio 168.. running tomtom.. i am so frustrated and confused, I contacted the person that sold me the unit, he stated that he had tried tomtom and it didnt work so he carried on using the navman software, and stated that he uninstalled it as he no longer used it for route planning..
Personally I think he tried tomtom could not get it to work and then could not get navman's SmartST to work hence he sold it via ebay to me..
I have all the discs for the navman application disc then three contry maps, on version 3 disc 1 being uk etc...
However I dont wan tto use navman, i want my tt6 on it.. |
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