0806 GPS issue

[Ped Joyce]

Hi , my first post...be gentle.

I bought a (I think second gen) 0806 off ebay, was around the £100 mark with the hardwire kit , 32gb mem card & filter. It records fine, no issues with that, but the GPS takes between 5-7 minuets to "lock on" to the satellites, is that normal? Tried the dashcamtalk firmware and its still the same.

Thanks

 

[jokiin]

cold start will always take longer, if your vehicle has an athermic windscreen it will impact reception

 

[Ped Joyce]

Thanks, its just a normal windscreen (02 plate Corsa 1.2) , 5-7 minuets seems excessive to me. My journey is often over by then.

 

[russ331]

... 5-7 minuets seems excessive to me. My journey is often over by then.

Try walking. A car engine won't reach normal operating temperature over such a short distance / timescale. Every cold start shortens an engine's lifespan. Don't ever think about buying a diesel with a particulate filter.

 

[Nigel]

Thanks, its just a normal windscreen (02 plate Corsa 1.2) , 5-7 minuets seems excessive to me. My journey is often over by then.

It's a bit long for a mini 0806, and on your return journey the same day it should be a few seconds. Some 2002 cars had metalized windscreens to keep heat out, could be a reception problem, might be interference from another GPS device, maybe you haven't mounted it with the base flat against the glass as it is designed to be mounted?

 

[Ped Joyce]

Yeah I guess I should have put more info in my OP. I mounted it with the sticky pad it cam with, it feels solid and mounted correctly. I don't have any other GPS devices in the car, but when I gdid they worked flawlessly (TomTom One) .

 

[Nigel]

Do you have an old 0801/0803/0805 GPS base you could try the camera on to compare results?

Not sure there is much else you can try, if you haven't used it for a few days then you should expect it to take 2 minutes to connect and depending on where the satellites are it can take several minutes more, especially if you live under a significant hill, if you have used it recently then it should connect within 1 minute. As long as it isn't loosing connection again, except in tunnels, then it is should probably be considered working.

 

[Deleted member 46308]

Try walking. A car engine won't reach normal operating temperature over such a short distance / timescale. Every cold start shortens an engine's lifespan. Don't ever think about buying a diesel with a particulate filter.

 

[Deleted member 46308]

Welcome to the forum Ped Joyce