[gps-talkusers] Re: e: Re: Holux M-1000

Hi,
is this an m-1000 you purchased from Sendero or received with your
Sense Nav?


Chris
On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 05:31:47 -0700, meearls@xxxxxxx <meearls@xxxxxxx>
wrote:

>I couldn't agree with you more, this is why the M-1000 has been such a 
>disappointment. I guess there's such a thing as a bad  receiver. I can only go 
>by what my experience has been, just like the magellan Sportrak, I had the 
>same difficulties with it, and yet everybody else loved it.
>Mary Ellen Earls
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: jim gammon <jgammon1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Date: 2008/06/22 09:28:19
>Subject: [gps-talkusers] e: Re: Holux M-1000
>
>>
>>
>> Man, that's just flat wrong! I had an old Magelan, the Holux 236 
>> and now the m-1000.  I get faster acquisition time, longer 
>> battery life, and better accuracy with the 1000 then with the 
>> other receivers, all of which were claims I had heard before 
>> buying it and all of which have been true.  I use the 1000 in its 
>> case in my pants pocket, coat pocket, shirt pocket, or clipped to 
>> the voicenote strap.  Have no problems though it may slow 
>> acquisition time, especially if you are on a bus.
>> Jim
>> 
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> >From: Mary Ellen Earls <meearls@xxxxxxx
>> >To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >Date sent: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:56:52 com0700
>> >Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Holux M-1000
>> 
>> >Its funny, John, that you would talk about this issue.  I bought 
>> a
>> >voice sense with Sense Nav in April and with it came a Hollux
>> >more-1000 and to me it has been the most horrible receiver since my
>> >first Magellan 235 which simply never worked.  I too get the
>> >constant chatter of connecting and disconnecting and was blaming
>> >the Voice Note for the problem _Until this morning when I took it
>> >outwith my Braille Note mpower and if anything it was worse.  Try
>> >taking the receiver out of the case and see how it works.  I have
>> >had better results using it that way.  It will do better in your
>> >pants pocket.  I think partly what may be going on here is that
>> >the felt lining in the leatherett case may be blocking something.
>> >I know I am going to get howls from lots of folks for saying that
>> >but before you jump down my throatthis is just a hypothesis.  But
>> >I would go back to my 236 anytime.  I am really disappointed in
>> >the m-1000 for the total instability of the product.
>> >I know that it depends on the satellites but what John and I are
>> >experiencing is different, there is something else going on here
>> >when it does it for me in two different machines manufactured by
>> >two completely different companies in two different parts of the
>> >world.
>> >What is interesting is that with the mpower, I was still able to
>> >get an extremely accurate reading of how far I walked.  I don't
>> >know how but it was only slightly lower than what I get on the
>> >voice sense.
>> >Mary Ellen Earls
>> 
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >>From: john Harden <john.harden@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >>To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >>Date sent: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:25:13 com0400
>> >>Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Holux M-1000
>> 
>> >>Not only is it random but it is every few steps.  The thing is
>> >talking constantly telling me that it either is not connected or
>> >that it is.
>> 
>> >>At 02:21 PM 6/21/2008, you wrote:
>> >>>Does it happen to disconnect in the same area each time or is it
>> >random?
>> 
>> >>>----- Original Message ----- From: "john Harden"
>> ><john.harden@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >>>To: "gps-talkusers-freelists.org" <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >>>Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2008 11:18 AM
>> >>>Subject: [gps-talkusers] Holux M-1000
>> 
>> 
>> >>>>I had the older Holux receiver and was having a problem with the
>> >mPower staying connected to it while walking.  It worked well
>> >while on the bus ETC.  I got a new M-100 and I get a whole lot
>> >better accuracy and it connects and gets a fix a lot quicker but
>> >while walking it still won't stay connected.  I am not walking in
>> >an area where there are a lot of tall buildings and we have more
>> >clear skys than in most areas.  I wear the equipment with the
>> >receiver on my right shoulder and the mPower on my left hip.  Do
>> >you have any idea what might be going on?
>> 
>> 
>> 
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