DANIEL,
I THINK THAT YOU WERE GETTING A WEAK SATELITE SIGNAL. IF YOU HAVEN'T UPDATED YOUR DC 30'S TO WHERE THE RED LIGHT BLINKS 3 TIMES WHEN IT HAS AQUIRED A SIGNAL THEN I THINK THIS WILL SOLVE YOUR PROBLEM. THE DC 30'S USUALLY GET A GOOD ENOUGH SIGNAL WITHOUT THIS UPDATE. THE DC40'S HOWEVER, NEED THIS UPDATE. AFTER THE UPDATE THE DC 40'S DO NOT HOLD A GPS FIX AS WELL AS A DC 30 WITHOUT THE UPDATE BUT WORK WAY BETTER THAN THEY DO BEFORE THE UPDATE. IF YOU ARE STILL HAVING PROBLEMS, CALL ME AND I WILL GET YOU GOING AGAIN.
LAVERNE,
I SUGGEST THAT YOU SEND YOUR UNIT BACK, GET A REFUND AND I WILL SELL YOU MY USED UNIT. AN ASTRO 220 AND 7 DC 40'S. I HUNTED SIX DC 40'S FOR TWO DAYS AT THE LINCOLN COOUNTY FIELD TRIAL IN THE BIG VALLEY. I HAD TROUBLE WITH ONE DC 40 IN TWO DAYS AND WHEN I GOT THE DOG BACK A COYOTE HAD BITTEN THE ANTENNA OFF. SOUNDS LIKE IT WORKS WAY BETTER THAN THE NEW UNIT THAT YOU HAVE.
THE GARMIN SYSTEMS ARE NOT AS RUGGED AS THE TELEMETRY TYPE SYSTEMS. I STARTED USING GARMIN WHEN THE DC 20'S WERE AROUND AND HAVE LEARNED HOW MAKE THE BEST OF THEM. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A TROUBLE FREE SYSTEM, I SUGGEST THAT YOU USE A TELEMETRY TYPE SYSTEM.
Pound puppy, I have a DC 30 that quit working on me. I just put a new battery and new antenna on it. It still wont pick up at all. Any suggestions? Does Garmin still work on them?
YES THEY WORK ON THEM. CALL 800-800-1020. WHEN YOU GET A RECORDING PRESS 222 TO AVOID LISTENING TO ALL OF THE VOICE PROMPTS. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS YOU CAN CALL ME DURING THE WEEK AT 573-669-5101
HOWARD