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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