Hello everyone,Yes Mary there is such a thing as a bad receiver and I would look into swapping your out.
and to answer the following:
Speaking of holex 1000 receivers. When I start my GPS, it takes maybe up to about 6 minnits to connect to the satellites. The receiver sliped out of my hand, and fell in it's case to the wooden dinning room floor. Nothing rattles, but is their a chance of damage. How would I know, diagnose, or fix it? Maybe something in the holex software?
Sounds to me like this is now a damaged receiver because my Holux m-1000 takes 10-20 seconds to acquire satellites and that is inside my house!
Charles At 05:31 AM 6/22/2008, you wrote:
I couldn't agree with you more, this is why the M-1000 has been such a disappointment. I guess there's such a thing as a bad receiver. I can only go by what my experience has been, just like the magellan Sportrak, I had the same difficulties with it, and yet everybody else loved it.Mary Ellen Earls ----- Original Message ----- From: jim gammon <jgammon1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: 2008/06/22 09:28:19 Subject: [gps-talkusers] e: Re: Holux M-1000 > > > Man, that's just flat wrong! I had an old Magelan, the Holux 236 > and now the m-1000. I get faster acquisition time, longer > battery life, and better accuracy with the 1000 then with the > other receivers, all of which were claims I had heard before > buying it and all of which have been true. I use the 1000 in its > case in my pants pocket, coat pocket, shirt pocket, or clipped to > the voicenote strap. Have no problems though it may slow > acquisition time, especially if you are on a bus. > Jim > > > ----- Original Message ----- > >From: Mary Ellen Earls <meearls@xxxxxxx > >To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >Date sent: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:56:52 com0700 > >Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Holux M-1000 > > >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 > >more-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 com0400 > >>Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Holux M-1000 > > >>Not only is it random but it is every few steps. The thing is > >talking 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 it > >random? > > >>>----- Original Message ----- From: "john Harden" > ><john.harden@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>To: "gps-talkusers-freelists.org" <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2008 11:18 AM > >>>Subject: [gps-talkusers] Holux M-1000 > > > >>>>I had the older Holux receiver and was having a problem with the > >mPower 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? > > > > > > >>>-- > >>>No virus found in this incoming message. > >>>Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 still Virus Database: 270.4.1/1512 > - > >Release Date: 6/21/2008 9:27 AM > > >
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