[gps-talkusers] Re: Quick Battery Discharge

I use the Sportrak and have never had the battery completely discharge, but 
my guess is that if it did, it would say "GPS not detected" rather than "no 
fix, acquiring satellites" (the message we all hate.  So what message were 
you getting when your Earthmate wasn't picking up anything?  If it was the 
no fix thing, the satellites were probably just being uncooperative;  if it 
was the gps not detected, you probably lost battery power or a cable was 
loose.  At least that's my take on the situation;  I'll be interested to 
see what others say.

Peggy

At 10:01 PM 8/19/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi: - Is it unusual for the battery for the Earth Mate to discharge
>quickly, even if you have charged for several hours earlier in the day.
>This evening while out to dinner with friends I was showing my gps and
>BN to them, and unfortunately left the gps on through dinner, so it was
>on for approximately 2 1/2 hours.  After dessert we went out in the
>backyard to play, and show it off some more, but to my dismay I couldn't
>get it to pick up any satellite no matter where I moved within the large
>backyard.  We also got in the car and took it for a spin around the
>neighborhood, but still no luck.  Does this mean the battery had gone
>flat (I thought they were suppose to hold about a 10 hour charge), or
>was there anything I could have tried.  Matter of fact I did try several
>things, turning everything off and starting from scratch, doing a no key
>reset, standing real far away from any building or object and holding
>the earth mater up way up high, as well as, disconnecting all the cables
>and reconnecting them to ensure nothing was loose.  Any advice would be
>appreciated, since we're planning to visit friends in Chicago in about a
>week, and plan to bring it along for show and tell "smile".  Thanks and
>all the best. - Kim
>
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