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(bd) wrote:

I have a GPS 90 that doe not work. It powers up and seem alright
except for the fact it doesn't pick up satelites. Anybody know if
there is a reasonable fix for this without spending an arm and leg
with Garmin?

There is a "cold start" mode which makes it do a full reset, you might
want to try that. I forget exactly how to get into that mode, but it's
on the same page where you can set "battery saver" mode.

The receiver uses the last fix it had as a starting point to converge on
a new fix. If you power it up a long distance from where you powered it
down last, or a few other possible scenarios, the stored last fix will
be bogus and sometimes this confuses the receiver and makes it hard for
it to lock onto a signal. The cold start mode makes it throw away any
stored fix information and start from scratch. It might take as long as
15 minutes to converge on a new solution when you do this.

It may not work, but it's simple enough to do and doesn't cost anything
to try. I've had to do that once or twice with my Garmin-90.