Hi all,
Was recently in bots for a week. Just travelling between Gaborone and Selebi-Phikwe. Found that my Garmin could not pick up satelites along the way. Only for about 5secs when near Mahalapye. I have the maps loaded for Botswana. Anybody else experienced this before? Thoughts? Perhaps just poor coverage in that area?
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Garmin not picking up satelites in Botswana
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Garmin not picking up satelites in Botswana
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Re: Garmin not picking up satelites in Botswana
I drove through there two weeks ago, my garmin had satellites all the way through botswana. Martins drift to plumtree
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Re: Garmin not picking up satelites in Botswana
Site the Garmin in a different position on your Dash or Windscreen. Something was blocking or interfering with the satellite signal.
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Re: Garmin not picking up satelites in Botswana
had no hassles in Namibia or Botswana with the GPS
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Hmm ok thanks.savs78 wrote:I drove through there two weeks ago, my garmin had satellites all the way through botswana. Martins drift to plumtree
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Re: RE: Re: Garmin not picking up satelites in Botswana
Ja I tried that. Even while out the car stationary it wouldn't pick any up. Any, thanks.Family_Dog wrote:Site the Garmin in a different position on your Dash or Windscreen. Something was blocking or interfering with the satellite signal.
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Heading through there again soon so can test it out again.
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Re: Garmin not picking up satelites in Botswana
Have you updated the software? We had a problem once with satphone not picking up satellites....updated fireware and picked them up straight away.
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Re: Garmin not picking up satelites in Botswana
What model Garmin? The Quests had an occasional hiccup with the internal wiring from the antenna to the main board.
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