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Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 3:26 pm Post subject: asn & gps screen
can anyone please explain to me what the asn thing is that keeps flashing on to my screen, also, what do all the figures and info mean to a complete ignoramus??? on the gsp status screen, I have searched the cd, the handbook, any so called help that is going, but nowhere can i find out, why on earth cannot tom tom realise that they might know what they are doing, but most of us can only drive a car, if we knew what they knew, we would not be doing such mundane jobs as driving from point to point delivering goods!!, I bought a navigator to help me with this, but, with all the faults that I find, ( see my recent question to TT) I think we are light years away from a perfect gps system,, in spite of all the claims made.
ASN stands for Assisted Satallite Navigation. It uses accerlor meters inside the Go to calculate your present speed and direction before the signal is lost. Its meant to keep your position upto date if say you go under into a tunnel or under a long bridge. If you have the Go 300 then this does not have ASN.
The jargon on the GPS screen is the number of satalites you are locked onto and the current co-ordinates of your position.
Hope this helps
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 4:09 pm Post subject: Re: asn & gps screen
johnieray wrote:
can anyone please explain to me what the asn thing is that keeps flashing on to my screen, also, what do all the figures and info mean to a complete ignoramus??? on the gsp status screen, I have searched the cd, the handbook, any so called help that is going, but nowhere can i find out, why on earth cannot tom tom realise that they might know what they are doing, but most of us can only drive a car, if we knew what they knew, we would not be doing such mundane jobs as driving from point to point delivering goods!!, I bought a navigator to help me with this, but, with all the faults that I find, ( see my recent question to TT) I think we are light years away from a perfect gps system,, in spite of all the claims made.
john
johnieray, I think that's being a bit unfair. The info on the GPS screen is just that...info. It isn't required to operate the GO. Some people might find it interesting, some people (like yourself, it seems) might not. If that's the case, just ignore it.
Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 4:23 pm Post subject: gps screen
Thanks guys for your replies, you say I am a little unfair, not so, my question about the gps relates to whether or not I should invest in an ex antenna, to improve my lousy reception in central london, you see,, on another forum, a user (with an ex ant, showed a screen pix of the gps screen, using a ext ant. they were mostly full to the top, coloured blue. My main critisisim of TTgo, is,, that on two recent journeys, .... apart from the loss of signal, I found obvious mistakes with the mapping, and...... in the centre of london, with no signal, this is no joke, I wonder if there is a complete answer out there. Thanks for your interest.
John
Joined: Nov 02, 2004 Posts: 123 Location: Munich, Germany
Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 5:23 pm Post subject: Re: gps screen
johnieray wrote:
Thanks guys for your replies, you say I am a little unfair, not so, my question about the gps relates to whether or not I should invest in an ex antenna, to improve my lousy reception in central london, you see,, on another forum, a user (with an ex ant, showed a screen pix of the gps screen, using a ext ant. they were mostly full to the top, coloured blue. My main critisisim of TTgo, is,, that on two recent journeys, .... apart from the loss of signal, I found obvious mistakes with the mapping, and...... in the centre of london, with no signal, this is no joke, I wonder if there is a complete answer out there. Thanks for your interest.
John
Two questions there I think
Regarding the antenna...if you get a colour screen then the GO has a lock on at least a couple of sats. If the little "battery bar" display goes up you're getting more. If you're not getting a good "signal strength" then go for the antenna. Personally I would always buy one anyway - where I am I don't need it, but who's to say I won't someday be in an area where I need it? I never bother to look at the blue bars on teh gps screen - it changes from second to second anyway unless I'm parked.
Regarding the mapping errors - if that's what they are, then no amount of sats will help you
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