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05-28-2019, 07:31 PM
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RVND7 gps keeps losing the mph
My Rand McNally RVND7 keeps loosing the mph reading. Sometimes it just stops and shows "0". Other times it takes several seconds to several minutes to change. Also the RVND dock asks if it can make changes to my computer every time I start it. I have been disappointed in the unit in general. Does anyone have any answers and how do you like this unit?
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05-28-2019, 07:34 PM
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have you updated the firmware on the sd card?
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05-28-2019, 07:35 PM
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I have the RM tablet. It does the same thing, plus it shows me off the road, then tries to route me onto side roads that don't even connect to I-5 in CA and OR. Pretty much worthless as it is.
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05-28-2019, 07:44 PM
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It sounds to me like it's losing communication with the satellite. Is there a signal strength indicator? If so, is the signal strong? Are you in the mountains and are the satellites on the horizon? If so, that may be the cause. Just thinking off the top of my head.
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05-28-2019, 08:00 PM
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The RM Dock , needs your permission to download up dates, both for the Dock program in your computer and for the GPS , that's why it asks for your ok to make changes.
I've only lost location and mph read out twice , once on a narrow valley road and the other time in downtown Vancouver BC . Both situations the unit couldn't "see" enough satellites to make calculations . If memory serves it needs four separate signals to be accurate.
Routes ; well lets say I don't believe any GPS is fool proof . The unit will try and get me to take a different route returning home that going to an away location , I think a distance of just a few yards will trigger this problem. 
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05-28-2019, 11:25 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by arcaguy
It sounds to me like it's losing communication with the satellite. Is there a signal strength indicator? If so, is the signal strong? Are you in the mountains and are the satellites on the horizon? If so, that may be the cause. Just thinking off the top of my head.
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05-29-2019, 12:12 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by arcaguy
It sounds to me like it's losing communication with the satellite. Is there a signal strength indicator? If so, is the signal strong? Are you in the mountains and are the satellites on the horizon? If so, that may be the cause. Just thinking off the top of my head.
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That would be funny if that was what was actually happening! It happens even in wide open areas too.
Another trip was to the beach. Plotted the route and I followed it, then it came to a city and I needed to chose one of two routes out. Took the one shown, naturally. Up popped a message that there were no legal routes to my destination!! I continued anyway but from that point on I got no miles to go, no time estimate and just the road I was on. Pretty much useless.
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05-29-2019, 06:38 AM
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I do not have an SD card in it. When I update it, it does not ask for one as there is enough memory in the unit as of yet.
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05-29-2019, 06:40 AM
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I was driving from Columbus, OH. in my T&C van. Totally wide open spaces on the internet. It would work for several hours then start acting up and to get it to work again I would have to shut it off and restart it.
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05-29-2019, 06:45 AM
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I'm getting the answer I figured I would get, that the Rand units are pretty much junk. I read a lot of reviews before I bought this unit and there were a lot of negative remarks about it but a lot more positive ones so I decided to go with it. Wrong decision.
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05-29-2019, 06:55 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Skip426
The RM Dock , needs your permission to download up dates, both for the Dock program in your computer and for the GPS , that's why it asks for your ok to make changes.
I've only lost location and mph read out twice , once on a narrow valley road and the other time in downtown Vancouver BC . Both situations the unit couldn't "see" enough satellites to make calculations . If memory serves it needs four separate signals to be accurate.
Routes ; well lets say I don't believe any GPS is fool proof . The unit will try and get me to take a different route returning home that going to an away location , I think a distance of just a few yards will trigger this problem. |
My Garmin in the car does this all the time. It's the "surprise" feature 
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