Medion MDPPC150 help!

horny_kez · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 28, 2006 Posts: 4

I have the Medion PPC150 which was running fine but not charging, I returned it to Medion and they replaced the motherboard, since then I have not been able to get a GPS signal, I have tried hard resetting the unit, charging for 24 hours & left it with a good "view" of the satellites for about 3 hours! If I click on the sat status icon on Medion I get a message saying the GPS device has been found but has no signal or is initializing.

I have tried it also with TomTom which again so says signal, I have tried changing the connection port on TomTom settings and all say no GPS device other than the serial cable on SP2 which finds the arial but still no signal. I think it is the correct setting as its what it used to be (other NMEA, 4800, SP2).
Any suggestions or do I just have to wait for a reply from Medion again?

dabut · Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 3:37 pm Post subject:

return it to medion as something isnt right
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mikealder · Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 3:49 pm Post subject:

Your settings appear correct, when you are in the GPS set-up page using TomTom there is a small yellow/ Blue disk (top right) is it sat still or spinning? if its spinning take it outside for a while (20 mins away from buildings and NOT moving around) - then do you see any sat numbers appearing on the screen?, if the yellow/ blue disk is stationary then you still have a comunication problem somewhere have a read through THIS Page - Mike

horny_kez · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 28, 2006 Posts: 4

Yes the disk spins round but all the sat numbers stay as grey circles at the bottom even outside for about 2 hours none of them got a signal or went blue.

mikealder · Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 4:28 pm Post subject:

Have you had a read through the link I offered you in my last post, it looks like there is a firmware option to get the numbers to show blue, it might be you need this - Mike

horny_kez · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 28, 2006 Posts: 4

Yes mate I tried it without the firmware on Medion software & TomTom then updated the firmware & tried both again, no luck, I'll have to see what Medion say, it's still under warranty but it's the inconvenience of waiting and having to borrow a sat nav in the mean time!
Cheers anyway guys!

wilbert · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 13, 2006 Posts: 2

the sync/power connection on my 150 has broke, i took the back off to see if it was a job i could do, and the ariel connector comes off if you take the back off, maybe medion did not click the ariel back on when they returned it to you...
btw anyone know where i can get my mdppc150 reapaired, i think i will need a new mobo

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