TomTom Mobile cannot connect

psychofox · Sep 7, 2007

Hi guys,
Got an issue here. My tomTom Navigator wont connect to a valid gps signal.
I have changed nothing on my phone (N73), all of a sudden, no connection. It will connect to my GPS unit (Holox ST-321) but not to the GPS signal!!

Any ideas on how to fix this? I have left it for about 30min, it used to connect straight away...

mattbrfc · Sep 11, 2007

Hiya is it swithced on? haha sorry no, try driving to an open space and see if it connects then, mine wont connect outside my house but drive to bottom of street and it works perfectly.

OwenS · Sep 16, 2007

psychofox said:
Hi guys,
Got an issue here. My tomTom Navigator wont connect to a valid gps signal.
I have changed nothing on my phone (N73), all of a sudden, no connection. It will connect to my GPS unit (Holox ST-321) but not to the GPS signal!!

Any ideas on how to fix this? I have left it for about 30min, it used to connect straight away...

Sounds like a problem with the reciever, not the phone, with all sat navs you have to be stationary to recieve a signal.

psychofox · Sep 16, 2007

Turns out it was the reciever, stupid thing. Bought another one and it works fine

jug · Sep 20, 2007

OXCiD3 said:
with all sat navs you have to be stationary to recieve a signal.

all except every single one ive ever used

OwenS · Sep 20, 2007

jug said:
all except every single one i've ever used

as far as i know if your moving at any speed BEFORE you get a signal it takes considerably longer to find a satellite because satellites only send out a signal every 5-20 seconds so by the time it has triangulated it's signal you have moved 500 yards so it has to repeat the process

Trancendental · Sep 21, 2007

If a satellite only sends out a signal every 5 - 20 seconds then how does a GPS device measure speed accurately? or tell you where you are accurately?

basilbrush · Aug 20, 2013

Hi I had the same problem with my Tom Tom One XL, I had to get a paper clip and press the reset button on the bottom of the unit. It is a very small hole with the words reset, after keeping it pressed for about 5 seconds it connected no problem.

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