Ridiculously slow GPS

jarvo1980 over 3 years ago

Hi All,

I'm sure it's something simple!

The first few runs I did, the GPS was very quick to pick up.

Friday, it took over 10 minutes and in the end, I gave up waiting. So went out running only to find unlike my old FR230, it didn't pick up the first mile - so another 9 minutes to find GPS = 19 mins

Yesterday, I waited for 20 mins - still nothing. I came in, uploaded my 3 activities, ensured the watch didn't need any updates, wiped the activities from my watch and tried again

Another 10 mins, still no sign. Gave up and headed off.

Got to say, for a £300 watch, am a bit annoyed. Already had one issue and had to delete files to free up space.

Any help would be very much appreciated. I've always used Garmin and loved the products but for a more expensive watch, it seems to be problematic!

Thanks

0 TeaRacer over 3 years ago

CPE - satellite position needs to be updated. It has been described here many times.

0 jarvo1980 over 3 years ago in reply to TeaRacer

Thanks @TeaRacer

Erm, how would I go about doing that please?

0 TeaRacer over 3 years ago in reply to jarvo1980

In the settings, your watch has definitely expired on CPE, right? Where is in the settings / information .... You need to connect to the Garmin Connet for a long time, or by cable via garmin express and your CPE will be updated. Which you will see in the watch settings as current.

0 jarvo1980 over 3 years ago in reply to TeaRacer

Hi TeaRacer

Assuming CPE has expired as per your first reply. I will reconnect the watch via the cable and see what happens. Currently, it says it's up to date and running v13.20

I will leave it connected for longer and see if that forces any more updates.

Thanks again

0 TeaRacer over 3 years ago in reply to jarvo1980

Yes, it must be done connected. Sync multiple times. and the CPE must be current in the watch settings.

0 jarvo1980 over 3 years ago in reply to TeaRacer

Thanks

Will try and see how it goes

0 LeslieSnipes over 3 years ago

settings - about - [page down] x 9 times

0 jarvo1980 over 3 years ago in reply to LeslieSnipes

Thanks, currently says CPE: Current

0 darnich over 3 years ago in reply to jarvo1980

A useful advice from another forum user Trux: As we tend to start our activities in the proximity of our home, our mobiles may be still able to pick a weak wifi signal from our router. Garmin-connect-mobile may attempt to update the CPE and corrupt the file due to bad reception. I always turn the wifi off on my phone before trying to get a gps fix.