RunningAHEAD - Topic: Something I learned about my Garmie.

Something I learned about my Garmie. (Read 569 times)

trishierunner view log esq.	posted: 8/6/2007 at 9:55 PM
	When I run in Baltimore, it takes about 3-5 minutes for my 205 to find the satellites. This invovles me standing on my corner holding it still and looking like a doofus. When we were in the OBX, it took 3-5 SECONDS - max! - for Garmie to find a signal -- even inside. Guess that's what having no tall buildings does, huh??
	2009: BQ?

rockenmamof5 view log	posted: 8/6/2007 at 10:02 PM modified: 8/6/2007 at 10:02 PM
	Not always I live in the middle of nowhere (ok a "house farm" ) and it STILL can take a good 5 minutes to get signal and that's standing outside! Drives me nuts when that happens!
	Your toughness is made up of equal parts persistence and experience. You don't so much outrun your opponents as outlast and outsmart them, and the toughest opponent of all is the one inside your head." - Joe Henderson

trishierunner view log esq.	posted: 8/6/2007 at 10:06 PM
	Quote from rockenmamof5 on 8/6/2007 at 10:02 PM: Not always I live in the middle of nowhere (ok a "house farm" ) and it STILL can take a good 5 minutes to get signal and that's standing outside! Drives me nuts when that happens! There must have to be a happy medium, then! Enough satellites but not "in the middle of nowhere." I guess the OBX was that happy medium! It was so weird, Pam --- I'd turn it on and POOF! Ready to go!
	2009: BQ?

rockenmamof5 view log	posted: 8/6/2007 at 10:08 PM
	Quote from trishierunner on 8/6/2007 at 10:06 PM: There must have to be a happy medium, then! Enough satellites but not "in the middle of nowhere." I guess the OBX was that happy medium! It was so weird, Pam --- I'd turn it on and POOF! Ready to go! That happens SOMETIMES,but not enough. I've gotten used to turning it on, laying it in the big window in the stairway before going and getting ready.
	Your toughness is made up of equal parts persistence and experience. You don't so much outrun your opponents as outlast and outsmart them, and the toughest opponent of all is the one inside your head." - Joe Henderson

CoachC view log Go Green Wave!	posted: 8/7/2007 at 12:40 AM
	It sometimes takes me as much as 5 minutes, I just use it as time to stretch. Maybe if I stand still it wouldn't take as long, but then I would look like a "doofus" like trishierunner

btb1490 view log	posted: 8/7/2007 at 1:00 AM
	Have all of you 205/305 owners installed the latest software for your watches? One of the improvements has been faster satellite connection.
	Running Boston for Children's Hospital

ʇuǝɹʇ view log ʎǝʞuoɯ ʎʞunɟ	posted: 8/7/2007 at 1:03 AM
	DON'T HOLD IT. Put it on the ground or on something high. Holding on to it, weirdly, magically, strangely, makes it take longer to acquire. When you don't hold it, bingo!
	noʎ ɥʇıʍ ǝq ʎǝʞuoɯ ǝɥʇ ʎɐɯ

mikeymike

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posted: 8/7/2007 at 1:33 AM

3-5 minutes? Thats a lot. Mine normally takes 30-45 seconds but strangely, mine found satellites faster down there than here in the 'burbs of Boston too. Maybe in about half the time, say 15-20 seconds. But then when I got back home...magically it found them INSTANTLY. I'm not talking 3-5 seconds, I'm talking like less than 1 second. I rebooted it like 5 times to make sure it was working. It was. Worked like that for the first couple runs post North Carolina. Then? Back to normal. Takes like 30-45 seconds again. And I leave it on the roof of the car to let it boot up.

I have the latest fw and software. Weird things, these Garmies.

Bonkin view log Reboot	posted: 8/7/2007 at 12:43 PM
	Quote from mikeymike on 8/7/2007 at 1:33 AM: Mine normally takes 30-45 seconds Same here. Inside or out. It will occasionally take a minute or three when there is a LOT of cloud cover / storm clouds around.
	Your monkey gives me the creeps. - andahuff

trishierunner view log esq.	posted: 8/7/2007 at 1:22 PM
	Quote from ʇuǝɹʇ on 8/7/2007 at 1:03 AM: DON'T HOLD IT. Put it on the ground or on something high. Holding on to it, weirdly, magically, strangely, makes it take longer to acquire. When you don't hold it, bingo! Yeah, but if I put it on the ground in Baltimore, it will be stolen in a hot second
	2009: BQ?

piper0110

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posted: 8/7/2007 at 2:16 PM

Quote from ʇuǝɹʇ on 8/7/2007 at 1:03 AM:

DON'T HOLD IT.

Put it on the ground or on something high. Holding on to it, weirdly, magically, strangely, makes it take longer to acquire. When you don't hold it, bingo!

I've taken to walking outside barefoot, sitting down on the front steps, turning on the 305 and putting it next to me, then putting my shoes and socks on. Most of the time, that's enough time to get it going.

SkBunny	posted: 8/7/2007 at 2:20 PM
	If I am in an area where I know it takes long for my Garmin to find satellites I either put it outside or on the window before I start putting my running clothes on. By the time I tie my shoes Garmin is ready for me.
	I would rather wear out than rust out. - Helen Klein You create your own universe as you go along. - Winston Churchill

Sticky1 view log Looking gooooood ;p	posted: 8/8/2007 at 1:07 PM
	I have a humble 101 and before I went to Salt Lake it would only take seconds to locate and lock here in Reading (UK). Since I came back it takes at least five minutes every time - wierd.... ...I tend to use this extended lock on time as an opportunity to do proper stretches
	The best route to run is one which takes you furthest from the staff canteen....