Lack of signal strengh,or just atmospherics.

Dollysocks

Hi all

Have been using TT5 on a acer N35 now for 9 months all ok.
However the last 2 day have been rather dismal,in as much i get maybe 5/6 sattellites climbing maybe 60% up the (graph bar)but never quite making it further,ie changing to blue.
Could it be just lousy atmospherics?.do they or can they lower signal,but why do that.
Hence no use at all
Dont know what to try next,any ideas?
cheers
bob Sad

uk

nej · Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 6:38 pm Post subject:

Quiet possibly just the atmosphere. They can't lower the signal strength (well, maybe they can, but they don't).

Have you moved the position of the antenna at all?

Dollysocks · Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 8:23 pm Post subject:

Ive just wiped the sd card,and re written it again.and done a hard reset on the acer,so will have see in the next few days.
havnt been able to get afix for 2 days,seems very strange.might try destinator 3 in it.
as for the antena,no i havnt moved it really,still in the same cradle as the last 9 months
cheers

bob

Border_Collie · Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 1:04 am Post subject:

Last couple of days in North Kent Mio168 + TTN5 taking ages to lock on. Usually just a couple of minutes.

Dollysocks · Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 7:06 am Post subject:

Hi all back again!
Have reloaded both TT5 and D3,on both programs each aquires the same number of sattellites,on TT5 the yellow/blue indicator (spins) as usual,and with D3 their idea does the same.
Imm almost tempted to aquire an external antenna,and give that try,very strange this,never had no fix before that last 3 days!
Maybe the flip antenna on the Acer N35 hasnt the reception qualities of other PDA`s
Cheers
Bob

Dollysocks · Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 9:43 pm Post subject:

Cracked it!
I got hold of an external aerial,and must admit i cant beleive the difference,
Having only been used to the reception of the acer`s flip antenna.I am now getting off the scale readings on all available sattellites.
bob.
wolves
uk CoPilot

scrumble · Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 6:08 pm Post subject:

Where did you get it from?

I'm having the same trouble with my Acer N35. I've looked around, and I think I'm right that the N35 uses an MMCX connection, but every external MMCX antena I've seen looks as if the connection is the wrong size/shape to fit the N35 (although that could be my eyesight Smile

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Dollysocks · Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 2:42 pm Post subject:

Hi there
Got it off ebay,have just looked they have the mmcx type for around £7.95 +pp etc.
Its still working fine,i had the 2 mtr lead version,which lets the aerial sit just to the front of the rail on my alhambra,and ive tucked the cable within the rubber door strip,looks good.
Reception is amasing,
Im thinking of adapting the acer for my harley making some sort of housing etc CoPilot

cheers
bob

scrumble · Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 9:32 pm Post subject:

Thanks mate. I can't believe the differences in price between ebay and some of the online stores. I expected them to be a little cheaper, but they're nearly a third of the price.

Bit odd this one, but I downloaded this : http://www.visualgps.net/VisualGPSce/ I ran it and it instantly locked onto 8 or 9 satelites, whereas before I was struggling with three on Tomtom. I switched it off, and then ran Tomtom, and now Tomtom is locking satelites with no trouble at all 8)

Dollysocks · Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 1:35 pm Post subject:

Hi again,
Think i got my antenna from pcglobe.it ended up at about £13.00.do you have any idea version of the uk map your running?
Still on v562 here,
have got florida if you ever need it,
best regards
bob

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