Crap gps signal on delorm eathmate

collegeboyslive · 11-27-2007, 08:58 AM

Anyone else have this issue? i have the delorm Earthmate up fron of the car on the dash and it takes forever to get a lock, I am using the software from delorms website that gives serial data out on a virtual serial port and eventually it may get a fix but more often than not it cant.

do i have a bad unit or are these notoriously bad?

Snortonnorton · 11-27-2007, 10:00 AM

throw it in the garbage. trust me I had the delorme lt 20 and did everything possible to try and get it to work better.

It's crap.

buy a pharos that comes with microsoft street or other newest sirf III chip gps recievers and you can place it UNDER the dash and it works every time!!!

MatrixPC · 11-27-2007, 01:54 PM

The LT20 is a POJ. The regular delorme USB is a good one (now they sell a pro). I have 2 of them and work perfectly inside/under the plastic dash of the Matrix. I can get an instant lock when it sit on top of the Supra dash. Put it outside the car to see how fast it get a lock vs inside the windshield. Some car's windshield had heater inside which can block signal.

dbrown · 11-29-2007, 10:39 PM

Is this the Earthmate usb that is the good one?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll....cWAT.m240.lVI
I have one already and I broke the cord.(Beyond repair)
I was going to get another one so I would 2 units and 1 cord.

Opinion?

MatrixPC · 11-30-2007, 01:07 PM

That one is the same one I have.
Do you still have the old receiver and the connector to the receiver? If you do, may be you can convert it to serial. There is a thread about conversion posted by Rando.

dbrown · 11-30-2007, 05:25 PM

Yea thats the one, but why would I want to convert it to serial? There is virtual serial emulator on their website if needed.

MatrixPC · 12-02-2007, 01:12 AM

Some PC has problem with usb wakeup after hibernate. If your PC has no problem with hibernate, there is no reason to.

crooper · 12-15-2007, 05:46 AM

I had an Earthmate for a while (friend gave it to me). I recently replaced it with a BU-353 and the difference is amazing. As soon as the PC is done reawakening from hibernation, it's got a lock, more accurate fixes (my GPS trail actually follows the roads in S&T now), and I even keep my fix as I drive into my employer's parking garage. Pretty cool I think.