GPSMAP 66i GPS+Galileo

Hey guys,

I bought the 66i a few days ago, and was looking at the satellite page which shows the U.S. Department of Defense GPS satellites. I went in to the settings and changed it from the default GPS to GPS+Galileo. I went back to the satellite page and the GPS satellites are looking good, but there's nothing showing up for Galileo when I toggle to the Galileo page. The GPS satellite page shows all of the GPS satellites in view and their signal strength, but on the Galileo page, it doesn't even show a single Galileo satellite. Is that normal?

I live in southcentral USA (not that it matters). Anyway, I'm loving this 66i. Really easy to setup inreach. I'm in the process of testing it out before I go on a trip next month.

Thanks!

0 Jordan249 over 2 years ago

Here's how I solved the problem. I disabled Wifi on 66i and disabled bluetooth on my iphone. I powercycled the 66i and now Galileo works fine. I re-enabled Wifi on the 66i and re-enabled bluetooth on iphone and Galileo still works fine. Credit goes to twolpert for the solution. Many thanks.

0 skyeye over 2 years ago in reply to Jordan249

while Galileo did work for me from beginning without any problems, when it is on, I am getting frequent 'loss of signal' warnings, 66i beeps and displays notification abt it.

So I get used o switch off Galileo and use GPS only, I do not need permanent notification saying nothing

0 atlas_cached over 2 years ago in reply to skyeye

Update the firmware with Garmin Express

0 twolpert over 2 years ago in reply to Jordan249

I suspect it was the power cycle that "fixed" it. But just guessing.

0 Jordan249 over 2 years ago in reply to twolpert

Possibly. Could be pure coincidence or lack of patience on my part.

0 twolpert over 2 years ago in reply to skyeye

This is odd behavior. You would expect that adding Galileo would improve your likelihood of maintaining a fix. Unit is considering more satellites.

I do not know if there were reported problems with Galileo and the 66i. If your firmware is not up to date, then for sure atlas_cached has the right idea regarding the update.

If you are already up to date, or if the problem persists after the update, you might want to consider a factory reset. This is a big hammer. This will delete all user data on the device. And you will have to repeat the outdoor portion of the iR activation. But it does put the device back in its default state. Can help differentiate between firmware problems and hardware problems.

0 atlas_cached over 2 years ago in reply to twolpert

There were Galileo issues recently corrected in many of Garmin's device's.