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Gps status, Resetting your gps fix – Navman N-Series User Manual

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GPS Status

Signals are transmitted by Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites orbiting the Earth. The GPS
Status
screen provides a visual representation of the information being received.

Latitude and longitude are displayed, along with ground speed, the heading in degrees and a north-
pointing compass. The strength of each satellite is displayed on a bar chart.

The satellites available from your current position are shown as grey, red and green coloured bars:

Bar colour

Description

Grey

No signal at all

Red

A valid signal, but not being used to fix your position

Green

A valid signal being used to fix your position

Resetting your GPS fix

On occasion, the GPS fix may need to be reset. This may occur if the receiver has been transported a
long distance since last being used; for example, to a different country, and is still trying to establish
the previous position.

Complete the following:

If you want to...

Then...

reset the GPS

tap Reset GPS.