how long does it take you guys to get sat lock w/copilot?

00CericaRuss · 03-26-2003, 02:30 PM

I have a copilot receiver, and sometimes it takes a few minutes to lock onto satellites.
I have the reciever under the dash, and i believe that it killed the signal just a bit.

Can I stick it to the windshield? does it need to be parallel to the road?

cproaudio · 03-26-2003, 03:10 PM

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Originally posted by 00CericaRuss
I have a copilot receiver, and sometimes it takes a few minutes to lock onto satellites.
I have the reciever under the dash, and i believe that it killed the signal just a bit.

Can I stick it to the windshield? does it need to be parallel to the road?

I admit Copilot receiver sucks. sometimes It takes a few seconds to lock on a good day. Sometimes it takes 4 hours to lock. My Garmin GPS16 takes a few seconds to lock even on a cloudy day or rainny day. I too have both receivers under the dashcap. I wish someone would build a converter for the CP software to accept other receivers.

00CericaRuss · 03-26-2003, 05:24 PM

i guess it's not just me then..
yeah.. sometimes seconds, sometimes minutes, sometimes 1/2 hour, by that point i usually give up..

you think it makes a difference if the receiver is at an angle?

bosstone74 · 03-26-2003, 09:23 PM

yeah the last couple of weeks have been pretty crappy, maybe they are using the satillites for the war....anyway I am using copilot with a Rand Mcnally, I'm glad that I'm am not the only one with the problem, I thought I needed to get a new reciever.

DustinR · 03-29-2003, 10:27 AM

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Originally posted by bosstone74
yeah the last couple of weeks have been pretty crappy, maybe they are using the satillites for the war....anyway I am using copilot with a Rand Mcnally, I'm glad that I'm am not the only one with the problem, I thought I needed to get a new reciever.

Good point. I don't remember anyone saying anything this time but in previous conflicts it was known that gps acuracy went from several feet to several miles.

-Dustin

MP3DUB · 03-29-2003, 04:44 PM

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Originally posted by DustinR
Good point. I don't remember anyone saying anything this time but in previous conflicts it was known that gps acuracy went from several feet to several miles.

-Dustin

Thats because the us government had selective availibility turned on until the other year, which added artificial unaccuricies into the gps signals for those without us military recievers.

freestyler · 03-30-2003, 02:32 AM

They have the ability to do that for certain regions, US isn't turned on.

I have had zero problems with my copilot and it locks in under a minute usually all the time.

smashr2k · 04-03-2003, 12:12 PM

i wouldnt trust a civilian GPS signal anywhere near the middle east right now. as for the US, they are totally different satalites, so i think we are fine here