michele Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Our Garmin Camper regularly drops the satellite only in France ?. Its never lost it in England . We are in the market for a new one . WE have been towing our Caravan this year and the in car Sat Nav never lost signal . Its not over heating and its done it since new. Kept threatening the thing and then it works again. Can anyone recommend a M/H stand alone unit with more success than this current one ?. Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 How old is your Garmin Camper sat-nav? My current non-Camper Garmin is about 3 years old and doesn’t lose satellite signals (neither in France nor in the UK) but my previous Garmin - probably over 10 years old - would lose signals every now and again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michele Posted September 11, 2018 Author Share Posted September 11, 2018 Hi Derek, Hope you are well. I blame him . Its always done it and instantly I said send it back typically he never did . Moans shouts at it ,its let us down a lot . My worry is it packs up right in the middle of driving and hes not looking at the road so it panics me . Its roughly around 2 years old now . Not really been used as obviously we only use in the motor home . He wants another one and Im saying ask everyone else what they use to see if there is better . Its all updated and still continues to repeatedly drop the satellite . As i said this year we took the Caravan and had in car sat nav . This had no problem but the Garmin dropped on quite a few occasions . last year we emptied all the previous routes out and thats made no difference to the memory ,just a thought as to why it drops the signal..(only France ). Question is do we buy another and chance the same thing . He has just remembered its done it in England also driving my daughters car we thought maybe her screen was affecting it ? silly thought . Dam thing wouldn't work at all . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyishuk Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 A thought ? Maybe the power supply is failing. My trusty Totom let us down because I used a plugin 12v adapter in another car not the original adaptor that I had wired into the first car. I had Lightbulb moment and problem was cured by using a recommended power adaptor. The adaptor has to step down the voltage (12v) to charge the battery (5v) but seem to take quite a current when in use. Rgds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polo Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Maybe it needs the firmware installed again this is the very basic codes which the sat nav uses to work I think there shoukd be instructions on the garmin website. This is deeper than the maps POI etc. I have had to do this with my Garmin handheld also my panosonic camera which would shut down just when taking a picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will86 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 My view has always been that whenever there is an update, it arrives on a new platform and should therefore be reinstalled. Like a computer perhaps when there is a glitch in its smooth running, remove all connections and start again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletguy Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Michelle......Have you tried a hard reset? My Garmin is probably the same model as yours, the 760 LMT-D, and returning back from a tour it lost signal big time. Fortunately i was back in the UK so knew my route but when i got home i contacted Garmin who advised a total reset and since then it's been ok. Worth a try. Here is a good tutorial on how to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAJay Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Hi Michelle. glad to see you still around, Hope family well/ Have to agree with Tony. Our trusty Tom Tom had a problem , and we discovered it was the plug to the 12v that was the problem. But if you do decide to buy new, I would get a Tom Tom. Keep both with you , always handy to have a spare. The TT is easy to update, . We have 2 of them the best one is the older one , which is at least 10 years old PJay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michele Posted September 11, 2018 Author Share Posted September 11, 2018 So many to thank So thank you all very much. Its not the powers supply we know that … Thanks for the crack website link. And hello to you all . The family is well and we are all still travelling . Wishing you all well also x Going to take your advice and re set and try again . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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