That happens occasionally with trekker, and what I do is to shut down the application and the GPS receiver, and turn on the receiver, and restart the application. When you want to use the system, do you turn on the receiver first? I have found that the system comes up faster if you turn on the receiver, and wait a minute or two before starting the application. Andy -----Original Message----- From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Karen Bailey Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 9:00 AM To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gps-talkusers] have a question about acquisition of satellites Hello, I turned on my gps and it says acquiring satellites but just sits there for quite a long time. How long should I wait for it to do this? I noticed it's seems easier to get the satellites early but now it's around noon and nothing much comes up. Why is this? Karen