satellite status on 1490T

 

I remember my other old GPS have pages show the status of satellites, including how many satellites can be seen and the signal strengths. However, I am not able to find the info on the 1490T, nor have seen the instruction in user's guide. Can someone help?

cameotabby wrote: I remember

cameotabby wrote:

I remember my other old GPS have pages show the status of satellites, including how many satellites can be seen and the signal strengths. However, I am not able to find the info on the 1490T, nor have seen the instruction in user's guide. Can someone help?

Press and hold the "Signal Strength" indicator in the top left of the display for five seconds and you'll be taken to the screen you want. smile

Spatial Display on Left: Interpretation?

Cameotabby is correct. Does anyone know how to read the circular display on the left side of the screen? It shows relative position of the satellites listed on the right, but also the sun and the moon. However, I haven't figured out what the orientation of the display is.

Reading the Satellite Info Screen

perpster wrote:

Cameotabby is correct. Does anyone know how to read the circular display on the left side of the screen? It shows relative position of the satellites listed on the right, but also the sun and the moon. However, I haven't figured out what the orientation of the display is.

Try this link: http://www.gpsreview.net/satellite-info-screen/

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mbegly wrote:
perpster wrote:

Cameotabby is correct. Does anyone know how to read the circular display on the left side of the screen? It shows relative position of the satellites listed on the right, but also the sun and the moon. However, I haven't figured out what the orientation of the display is.

Try this link: http://www.gpsreview.net/satellite-info-screen/

Thanks mbegly!

Re: Spatial Display on Left: Interpretation?

perpster wrote:

Does anyone know how to read the circular display [...] However, I haven't figured out what the orientation of the display is.

The link provided by the other responder will help you out more but just as a thumbnail explaination, the answer is this. If you were to lay on your back, with your head facing north and you held your GPS up in front of your face to read it, the orientation would be correct and this is how you would read it:

  • The top/bottom of the circle is north/south.
  • The left/right side of the circle is east/west.
  • The middle of all the circles (bulls-eye as it were) is directly above you, straight up from the earth.
  • The outer circle is the horizon all around you.
  • The next inner circle is the line 45 degrees up from the horizon (or 45 degrees away from the center straight up point).

Really this image works best if you pretend you're laying on a raft in the ocean. That's because the horizon is *assumed* to be 90 degreees (aka right-angle) from the very top point of this layout.

Does that help?

That helped

But what is that red dot? Mars?

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Ted in Ohio, c340, 1490T with lifetime maps

Re: The red light.....

tkessel wrote:

But what is that red dot? Mars?

From the website referenced previously, it says:
There is also a little red dot which indicates our last calculated direction of travel.

Actually, I missed that myself. Nice to know.

But.... not getting anything

I tried that, and nothing happens. I have also done a firmware update check on Garmin's web to make sure I have the most updated version.

I have also gone to stores to try on other Garmin devices. Guess what, some models work, and some models not.

So, I would like to ask, is it just me?

Maybe you fellows with different Garmin models can also give a try to find out.

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It's always worked on mine that way.

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nüvi 3790T | Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, will make violent revolution inevitable ~ JFK

Might have to re-calibrate the screen?

cameotabby wrote:

I tried that, and nothing happens. I have also done a firmware update check on Garmin's web to make sure I have the most updated version.

I have also gone to stores to try on other Garmin devices. Guess what, some models work, and some models not.

So, I would like to ask, is it just me?

Maybe you fellows with different Garmin models can also give a try to find out.

Always worked on the two 1490T units that I've had. Since the spot is way on the corner of the display, you might have to re-calibrate the touch screen to get it to work. The instructions for the 1390T work for the 1490T

http://www.poi-factory.com/node/24494

That works -- Thanks

I re-calibrated the screen. Rather than just touch the signal bars. I have to hold on the signal bar for a few seconds, and it works.

How stupid of me.

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Noticed today that if a route was selected and navigation to it in effect, the satellite screen wouldn't come up. If I pressed Stop to end the navigation it worked. Maybe just a fluke. Just fyi.