[gps-talkusers] Re: e: Re: Holux M-1000
- From: Chris Grabowski <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 09:57:54 -0400
Hi,
Yes I have. it's much smaller then the 1000 and works about the same.
The 1000 has a user replacable battery where the 1200 does not.
If my memory serves the battery life is lower on the 1200.
Hope this helps.
Chris
On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:30:16 -0500, "Michael O. Hanson"
<mhanson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Has anybody used the M1200?
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Chris Grabowski" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2008 8:16 AM
>Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: e: Re: Holux M-1000
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>
>> 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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