Do you have to post to here before you are allowed to post to the rest of the forums? I tried to post to this thread
http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/gps/...lem-all-7.html but got a message saying I didn't have permission to.
Is there anything in this post that would get the post blocked?
Quote: Originally Posted by
stevieg 
That's how I understood it.
I've ripped the battery/supercap thingy out of mine.
Before I did it, I was going maybe an hour without lock at it's worst - it was terrible, and through a city it was useless. I went for a country drive and actually got LOST because it couldn't find a lock.
Since I've taken the battery/cap OUT COMPLETELY I have never had a problem. My GPS lock issues have dissapeared!
Finger crossed, anyway
First post so take it easy please.
I have had this problem with my BU-303. I even had the case open to rip out the cap like everyone else. Then I saw the post from Taxi49 with the specs for a replacement. His link now 404's but I searched and found the spec.
These supercaps are Aluminium Electrolytics. I remembered from years ago troubles with similar caps in a flashgun and that they self heal if you leave them powered up. A quick googling showed I had remembered this right-
Outline | Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitor | Products Information - Sanyo Electric Co.,Ltd. Electronic Device Company
So I plugged mine in to a spare USB port a box that's on 24-7, the output locked up after 8 minutes. I left it plugged into the port for another 4 days and after plugging it back in I've had a solid lock for 18 hours.
Brougham
Linear Mode
