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No GPS Lock

12/10/2011 10:11 AM

Sam Washington

Joined: 3/15/2011

Posts: 112

No GPS Lock

Group,

I took a flight yesterday from Cleveland, MS to Pine Bluff, AR with the i-Fly and it worked like a charm on the way over to Pine Bluff. However, I never got a GPS lock on the way back home. I had my Lowrance 500 onboard also so I had guidance but I bought the i-Fly to be my primary GPS. I was cruising at 5,500' and the weather was clear except for some high cirrus at about 13,000. Any thoughts from the group of why I never got a lock on the satelites? One thought that I had was that clearing the flight plan out at Pine Bluff may have caused the issue. Does the unit need to reset?

Sam Washington

12/10/2011 11:44 AM

Dave K

Joined: 11/16/2010

Posts: 270

Re: No GPS Lock

This is not common but I have had it happen. First try restarting the system - this should do the trick.

If not you need to reset the gps. This clears the cache and allows it to relock and locate itself. I think its [menu] [system] [about], there you should find an option for gps within that a reset.

D

Dave K

12/11/2011 8:20 AM

Kent Shaw

Joined: 11/20/2011

Posts: 30

Re: No GPS Lock

Check for low voltage. I have a Tekkeon battery pack with adjustable voltage settings. The IFly works fine below 12v except the GPS does not lock on until the voltage is set at 12v.

12/11/2011 10:52 PM

Sam Washington

Joined: 3/15/2011

Posts: 112

Re: No GPS Lock

Thanks Kent and Dave for the suggestions. I took another local flight yesterday with a young friend and I got consistent locks throughout the entire flight so I guess there was just a minor glitch. I did find the GPS page where the satelites are displayed and I could see that I had a lock; once I found that I had no further problems.

Sam

3/30/2015 8:56 PM

ken raynor

Joined: 2/17/2015

Posts: 1

!!Re: No GPS Lock

always make sure your device is updateded !!

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