[gps-talkusers] Re: e: Re: Holux M-1000
- From: Chris Grabowski <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 09:16:49 -0400
Hi,
is this an m-1000 you purchased from Sendero or received with your
Sense Nav?
Chris
On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 05:31:47 -0700, meearls@xxxxxxx <meearls@xxxxxxx>
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?
>>
>>
>>
>>
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