Nuvi 880 about 500' off
Sun, 09/21/2008 - 1:11pm
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17 years
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Hi all,
Weird thing happened today, my Nuvi showed about a 500 foot offset from the map to where I really was. The 880 was showing a 25' accuracy on the satellites screen.
This happened one time before in the short time I've had the unit, which is normally reasonably accurate.
It was overcast but I assumed the good accuracy report from the 880 indicated that the overcast condition wasn't having any effect.
Comments?
Accuracy
Wow ... 500 foot off. Sounds like the bad old days of selective availability. I've got a nuvi 200 and it's never been that far off the mark. Were you travelling near any places with large EM output - airforce bases, radar, television transmitters? I've heard that this can sometimes screw with the electonics inside the unit (but not the satelite signal)
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I was traveling near my home
I was traveling near my home on a route that normally is just fine (except for the normal Nuvi lag).
I've seen this a couple of times before with this Nuvi though never with my Lowrance.
thanks, Bill
Just make sure that you've
Just make sure that you've got the latest update installed... then call Garmin!
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