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Old Jan 7, 2013 | 01:31 PM
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Sat Nav not synching with satellites?

I have a pioneer F700bt unit with built in sat nav, up till now it has worked great.

yesterday I went to check the map for the first time in a while and it wasn't tracking my car, so I went to GPS settings, checked the accuracy thing and it indicates my antenna's working right, but theres no satellite signal...

it also indicates satellites above but they're all red.. Anyone know whats going on?

I've already tried resetting the unit and that doesn't help, could it have to do with the year roll over by chance? I really dont know and am quite frustrated
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Old Jan 7, 2013 | 01:39 PM
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pioneer customer service? help?
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Old Jan 7, 2013 | 01:40 PM
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it's the aliens, Steve.







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Old Jan 7, 2013 | 05:35 PM
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yeah I thought it might be aliens^ but I'd really hope that an advanced species may have better things to do then annoy me :/

oh and I called cust. serv. but I didn't like the one hour approx. wait time
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Old Jan 7, 2013 | 06:00 PM
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Old Jan 8, 2013 | 03:12 AM
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doubt the year roll over has to do with anything. if it was software related resetting it should fix the problem.
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Old Jan 8, 2013 | 10:15 AM
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I did reset it, well, I unhooked the negetive battery cable for a half an hour, is there a differnt want to reset a head unit? I hit the tiny button with a paper clip and that didn't help either

and yeah I figured it want the year roll over, I was just going out on a limb

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Old Jan 8, 2013 | 07:45 PM
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[QUOTE=Sox-Fan;6870897]it's the aliens

Thay are using the satellites to coordinate their invasion force.
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Old Jan 8, 2013 | 07:49 PM
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Check to make sure the antenna is still plugged in? Maybe it went bad somehow
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Old Jan 9, 2013 | 01:17 AM
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Originally Posted by StevoElSupremo
I did reset it, well, I unhooked the negetive battery cable for a half an hour, is there a differnt want to reset a head unit? I hit the tiny button with a paper clip and that didn't help either

and yeah I figured it want the year roll over, I was just going out on a limb
lol what i was getting at is its probably hardware related. i would follow the gps antenna and ensure its not only plugged in but also not cut or frayed anywhere
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Old Jan 9, 2013 | 02:46 PM
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just pulled the unit, unplugged the antenna... plugged it back in.. it works again... FFS

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