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« on: June 13, 2009, 02:23:09 pm » |
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Is anyone having problems with there hand held unit? Went out last night and hand held quit picking up after about 150yds again and did not pick dog back up until I could see the dog and it was 84yds on the hand held this is the first time I have hunted with it my hand held in about two months have been using a buddies so I know that the collar works. I have change the collar ID # to see if that would help and nothing. Just wanting to see if anyone else has had this happen
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WAARHEID
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« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2009, 10:07:25 pm » |
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plenty of folks have what are called "line of site" issues with the astro system. I won't bore you with the techical details of why the signal strength and complexity of the data stream make a system like the ASTRO difficult to use over long distances, but it is. Of course, if you've used radio telemetry collars, you are painfully aware of their limitations as well. Innotek may have developed the answer. It's called the GPS20. The good news: It uses GPS at shorter range, and good old fashioned radio telemetry at longer ranges. The bad news: It's expensive, but no more than a good Marshal radio system. The really bad news: As far as I can tell, they only sell it in Australia. But I'm hoping I've just missed it somewhere... anyone seen one in the U.S.?  Here's the link: http://www.innotek.com.au/products/gps-tracking/gps-20 |
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jhy
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« Reply #2 on: June 16, 2009, 01:01:28 pm » |
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The first one I bought wouldnt pick up past 200 yards even with the extended range antenna. I would make sure that you have it on the right battery setting, but more than likely your internal antenna is not connected and this seems to be a problem with a few folks. I returned mine for another and it is working like a charm.
Joey
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« Reply #3 on: June 16, 2009, 01:05:41 pm » |
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Marshall is working on their own GPS system. It will also still be able to do the Beep Beep. I'm excited about it's release at the first of the year. At least that is what they're shooting for anyway.
Josh
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« Reply #4 on: June 16, 2009, 07:25:11 pm » |
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I had the same issue with mine last month. It had been some time since I had used it prior to that. I just re-calibrated the unit and the problem went away. Re-cal the unit after any lengthy storage.
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DIAMOND A KENNELS
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« Reply #5 on: June 25, 2009, 12:20:57 pm » |
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DO U HAVE THE LONG RANGE ANTENNA 4 IT? I HAVE 1 AND IT WORKS GOOD BUT HOWEVER I WOULD NEVER TURN 1 OF MY DOGS LOOSE WITH ONLY THE GARMIN ON THEM BECAUSE SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE LOST DOGS THIS WAY. I ALWAYS USE MY MARSHALL COLLARS AND SYSTEM AS WELL AS THE GARMIN JUST 2 BE SAFE
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« Reply #6 on: June 25, 2009, 08:09:28 pm » |
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I had the same problem with mine, if you take the two screws out of the unit and pull the cover off you can unscrew the antenna and clean it with a tooth brush, after that mine worked fine!!!
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DIAMOND A KENNELS
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« Reply #7 on: June 25, 2009, 08:17:18 pm » |
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TRY UPDATING UR GARMIN AT WWW.GARMIN.COM IT HELPED MINE ALOT AND REGISTER IT ALSO AND THEY WILL SEND A EMAIL EVERY TIME UR SYSTEM NEEDS 2 BE UPDATED IT HELPS IT FUNCTION BETTER
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« Reply #8 on: June 25, 2009, 09:26:55 pm » |
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yeah i had to update mine and i talked to the people at garmin and they say you are suppost to update it once a month
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elk1634
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« Reply #9 on: June 26, 2009, 04:14:46 pm » |
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i have updated mine every month and yes i have both of the long range antennas
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