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GPS Systems

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TRDejaVu said:
I was on a Continental flight. I think that it's because TomToms and presumably Garmins are receivers, not transmitters. It took over 5 minutes for it to get a fix.
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Nest time open a window and stick the antenna out :crazyeyes:
 
Basil said:
TRDejaVu said:
I was on a Continental flight. I think that it's because TomToms and presumably Garmins are receivers, not transmitters. It took over 5 minutes for it to get a fix.
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Nest time open a window and stick the antenna out :crazyeyes:
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I would have done it outside in the smoking section, but there was a cold wind and I didn't have a sweater.
 
I have a Mitsubishi Sat Nav system (came with the car) and love it!
 
TRDejaVu said:
aeronca65t said:
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By the way, I've occasionally put the older Nuvi 200 in my race car and run it on its internal battery, to see what my max velocity was and how many track miles I've traveled.

It clocked the Spridget at 102 mph at BeaveRun.
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I did it once on a flight where it read 534 mph, which was 1 mph different to what the seat back display from the aircraft was telling us.

I also made the mistake of punching the home button and listened to John Cleese's voice make corrections every 5 seconds; embarrassing because the cabin was very quiet at the time.
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Ian, did it get you to the finish line any sooner? :jester:
 
I also have the 780 nice unit but Microsoft is shutting down the the MSN direct feature. So no more down loading distanations from virtual earth on suppoting sites.
 
PAUL161 said:
Ian, did it get you to the finish line any sooner? :jester:
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I was flying back from Norway and did it when we were over Boston. I remember that I was bored out of my skull, so anything to relieve the monotony. I can't imagine how bad it would be on a 15 hour + non-stop flight.
 
TRDejaVu said:
PAUL161 said:
Ian, did it get you to the finish line any sooner? :jester:
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I was flying back from Norway and did it when we were over Boston. I remember that I was bored out of my skull, so anything to relieve the monotony. I can't imagine how bad it would be on a 15 hour + non-stop flight.
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and this is a gratuitous post as it is number 1000.
 
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