I live in the city of Vancouver WA. It sometimes takes 5 minutes or more to locate a satelite. I have owned a Garmin-Nuvi 205 before and it always located a satelite immediatley. In fact, when I first purchased this unit three month ago there was no satelite problem. How can I fix this problem? John

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I recommend you replace the firmware and system software using webupdate. Updates in the Nuvi 205 firmware has increased its satellite reception and accuracy.

I hope that helps.

When your Garmin Nuvi 205 stops working or behaves strangely, there are two steps you can take yourself to try and get it going again:

1. Perform a Hard Reset,
2. Run WebUpdater to reinstall that firmware.

I hope that helps.

Good morning Vickie. With a device this new, I would suggest you have a conversation with the Garmin folks, e-mail or on the telephone. Here is the link: http://www.garmin.com/garmin/cms/site/us click on support and make your choice.

I don't think you can repair this yourself.

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Give this a try.

To Delete/Change your “Home” location, you can go to favorites, tap on home, tap edit, and then tap on "Delete" which will allow you to reset the location in the original dialog. Just tap the Home button again from the favorites menu, and the Nuvi will walk you through the dialog again.

I found someone on your home page that had a similar problem. All that was required was to hold down the satelite bars icon for from 5-8 sec.

Thank you for your help.

Robb Newman

press the avoidance button and check LITTLE STREETS OR WHATEVER THEY CALL IT GARMIN TECH
Angel

Hello bertvanjbert,

In order for your GPS to calculate its own location, it needs to receive data reports from four or more GPS satellites. This process is normally pretty fast. However, this assumes that the GPS has a clear view of the sky.

Obstructions such as tall buildings, trees and local terrain such as mountains and hills can affect your receiver's ability to "see" the sky. This is also true of GPS units used indoors or inside of a vehicle.

A GPS receiver without a clear view of the sky can take a long time to get a fix on its own location. The process can also take additional time if the GPS has been powered off for an extended period of time or if you have travelled a long distance (greater then 500 miles) since it was last turned on.

Hope this helps!
Ken
"Go Ahead. Use Us."

Delete all the vehicles and voices that you don't use as well.

Btw, beware that the "City Navigator Lower 49 States+PR NT 2010.10, Deluxe, Apr 09" for nuvi 200/205 is BUSTED, it probably will not work (I just spent 2+hrs on the phone with garmin tech support to fix it.) Search these forums for "nuvi 205 no detailed maps" for more details.