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- 01-05-2010
   Re: Weird lockup
| SlowJim | 01-06-2010 |
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| Gene E. Bloch | 01-07-2010 |
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| James R. Brown | 01-07-2010 |
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| Gene E. Bloch | 01-07-2010 |
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| syoung | 01-06-2010 |
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Well, your subject line was "Weird lockup" - I now am forced to agree
:-)
On 1/07/10, James R. Brown posted:
>> On 1/06/10, SlowJim posted:
>>>> James R. Brown wrote:
>>>>> My nuvi 465t has locked up twice. It was several days apart and both
>>>>> times in Fargo, ND on I-94 right next to the interchange with I-29.
>>>>> Wonder if there is anything specific about that location that locks up
>>>>> my nuvi.
>>>> If you fold a map of the US in half (east coast to west coast) Fargo is
>>>> right in the middle. In fact, the crease will be right between Far and
>>>> go...
>>>> Navteq probably can't handle that.
>>> I guess that is as good of an explanation as any. The interesting
>>> thing is that I have had the GPS in several states from Texas to
>>> Manitoba and it hasn't locked up yet except for 3 times now right
>>> within a half mile of that exact location. It probably does have
>>> something to do with the way the map images are stored.
>>>>> My nuvi 465t has locked up twice. It was several days apart and both
>>>>> times in Fargo, ND on I-94 right next to the interchange with I-29.
>>>>> Wonder if there is anything specific about that location that locks up
>>>>> my nuvi.
>>>> If you fold a map of the US in half (east coast to west coast) Fargo is
>>>> right in the middle. In fact, the crease will be right between Far and
>>>> go...
>>>> Navteq probably can't handle that.
>>> I guess that is as good of an explanation as any. The interesting
>>> thing is that I have had the GPS in several states from Texas to
>>> Manitoba and it hasn't locked up yet except for 3 times now right
>>> within a half mile of that exact location. It probably does have
>>> something to do with the way the map images are stored.
>> You could always fold the map in a different place :-)
>> Getting serious for a moment: there have been similar questions raised in
>> GPS newsgroups before, and in some cases, it seemed pretty well established
>> that there were known powerful RF transmissions in the problem area, like
>> radar or such, causing interference with the receiver in the GPS device...
>> It's been a while, so I don't remember any details or links, sorry.
>> -- Gene Bloch 650.366.4267 lettersatblochg.com
>>
>> Getting serious for a moment: there have been similar questions raised in
>> GPS newsgroups before, and in some cases, it seemed pretty well established
>> that there were known powerful RF transmissions in the problem area, like
>> radar or such, causing interference with the receiver in the GPS device...
>> It's been a while, so I don't remember any details or links, sorry.
>> -- Gene Bloch 650.366.4267 lettersatblochg.com
>>
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Gene Bloch 650.366.4267 lettersatblochg.com
SJ wrote:
> James R. Brown wrote:
>> My nuvi 465t has locked up twice. It was several days apart and both
>> times in Fargo, ND on I-94 right next to the interchange with I-29.
>> Wonder if there is anything specific about that location that locks up
>> my nuvi.
>> times in Fargo, ND on I-94 right next to the interchange with I-29.
>> Wonder if there is anything specific about that location that locks up
>> my nuvi.
>
> If you fold a map of the US in half (east coast to west coast) Fargo is
> right in the middle. In fact, the crease will be right between Far and
> go...
>
> Navteq probably can't handle that.
> If you fold a map of the US in half (east coast to west coast) Fargo is
> right in the middle. In fact, the crease will be right between Far and
> go...
>
> Navteq probably can't handle that.
And don't even think about a Road Atlas - those staples will cause your
GPS to show you driving on I-5 in LA.
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> a problem in the same area. Oh well, The next time I get around Fargo, then I
> will be aware that my GPS is gonna freeze up. Right now everything is
> freezing up in Fargo anyway.