It's very well possible you have a bad receiver which unfortunately can cause much frustration. I can say that in all my dealings with the Holux M-1000 receivers both through GW Micro and through other avenues, I've had very positive experiences with them. If you read consumer ratings on them, many people are pleased with them.
Many thanks. Mary Ellen Earls said the following on 6/21/2008 7:56 PM:
Its funny, John, that you would talk about this issue. I bought a voice sense with Sense Nav in April and with it came a Hollux m-1000 and to me it has been the most horrible receiver since my first Magellan 235 which simply never worked. I too get the constant chatter of connecting and disconnecting and was blaming the Voice Note for the problem _Until this morning when I took it outwith my Braille Note mpower and if anything it was worse. Try taking the receiver out of the case and see how it works. I have had better results using it that way. It will do better in your pants pocket. I think partly what may be going on here is that the felt lining in the leatherett case may be blocking something. I know I am going to get howls from lots of folks for saying that but before you jump down my throatthis is just a hypothesis. But I would go back to my 236 anytime. I am really disappointed in the m-1000 for the total instability of the product. I know that it depends on the satellites but what John and I are experiencing is different, there is something else going on here when it does it for me in two different machines manufactured by two completely different companies in two different parts of the world. What is interesting is that with the mpower, I was still able to get an extremely accurate reading of how far I walked. I don't know how but it was only slightly lower than what I get on the voice sense.Mary Ellen Earls----- Original Message ----- From: john Harden <john.harden@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date sent: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:25:13 -0400 Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Holux M-1000Not only is it random but it is every few steps. The thing istalking constantly telling me that it either is not connected or that it is.At 02:21 PM 6/21/2008, you wrote:Does it happen to disconnect in the same area each time or is itrandom?----- Original Message ----- From: "john Harden"<john.harden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxTo: "gps-talkusers-freelists.org" <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2008 11:18 AM Subject: [gps-talkusers] Holux M-1000mPower staying connected to it while walking. It worked well while on the bus ETC. I got a new M-100 and I get a whole lot better accuracy and it connects and gets a fix a lot quicker but while walking it still won't stay connected. I am not walking in an area where there are a lot of tall buildings and we have more clear skys than in most areas. I wear the equipment with the receiver on my right shoulder and the mPower on my left hip. Do you have any idea what might be going on?I had the older Holux receiver and was having a problem with the-- No virus found in this incoming message.Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.4.1/1512 -Release Date: 6/21/2008 9:27 AM
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