Nor Cal Carson City NV Run Nov. 2nd

[tbone]

Your lowrence works without an antenna it has an internal one

 

[ruffstuff]

Your lowrence works without an antenna it has an internal one

You're right! For some reason I assume the HDS-7 didn't come with an internal antenna. I need to wire it up and see how it works. Do I needing mapping software?

 

[Kuuaki]

I have the same nav. You do not. You need a micro sd and the files on it.

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Ruffstuff you can pm me or get my cell from tommy or Jeremiah or gordon if I dont respond right away

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[vanilla_gorilla]

I'm only going if there are hot trannys....

 

[Bigg50]

Andrew's going so you know there will be at least one.

 

[ruffstuff]

I think I got a bad unit. GPS not working. Getting the error message "No GPS fix".

 

[iHaveGas]

Did you try using it outside?

 

[tbone]

Did you wait for it to acquire the signal?

 

[ruffstuff]

I tried it outside of the truck. Also tried it in an open parking lot. I restored the unit to its defauts and updated the software. WAAS is off. GPS acquistion set to Auto. And still not acquring a signal after a reasonable amount of time. I mean I drove around for almost an hour trying to see if it would acquitre a signal. Read online several cases where a ribbon cable to the GPS antenna may not be connected. Ugh.

 

[Bigg50]

7 trucks so far! Looking for about a max of 10. Sign up quick before we fill up.

I tried it outside of the truck. Also tried it in an open parking lot. I restored the unit to its defauts and updated the software. WAAS is off. GPS acquistion set to Auto. And still not acquring a signal after a reasonable amount of time. I mean I drove around for almost an hour trying to see if it would acquitre a signal. Read online several cases where a ribbon cable to the GPS antenna may not be connected. Ugh.

I believe your earlier thought was correct. According to treypal's post in the following thread, the HDS requires the external antenna. http://www.fordraptorforum.com/f12/best-offroad-gps-lowrance-elite-5m-hds-7-other-24613/