GPS screen goes black for short time

[Youtie Zhang]

Does anyone know what is the cause of the following?
My GPS screen (B/W) goes black for a fraction of a second each time it
is turned on. Except for that, everything else seems normal.

Is that due to defective hardware or software?

Thanks,

YZ

 

[Dr. Anton Squeegee]

In article <9bed24df.0310100140.439f9390@posting.google.com>,
youtiez@dezzanet.net.au says...

Does anyone know what is the cause of the following?
My GPS screen (B/W) goes black for a fraction of a second each time it
is turned on. Except for that, everything else seems normal.

Is that due to defective hardware or software?

None of the above. Every microprocessor-based device initializes
itself when turned on. Yours just happens to try and drive all the
screen dots/segments/whatever for that fraction of a second when it's
turned on. The same thing happens to the LCD panel on my disk
duplicator/tester.

Nothing to worry about.


--
Dr. Anton Squeegee, Director, Dutch Surrealist Plumbing Institute
(Known to some as Bruce Lane, KC7GR)
kyrrin a/t bluefeathertech d-o=t c&o&m
"Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati" (Red Green)

 

[Gary Tait]

Whereas On 10 Oct 2003 02:40:15 -0700, youtiez@dezzanet.net.au
(Youtie Zhang) scribbled:
, I thus relpy:

Does anyone know what is the cause of the following?
My GPS screen (B/W) goes black for a fraction of a second each time it
is turned on. Except for that, everything else seems normal.

Is that due to defective hardware or software?

Thanks,

YZ

Has it started doing that, or always done that?
IME, a lot of LCD devices do that when turned on, as a display test
frature.

--
Gary J. Tait . Email is at yahoo.com ; ID:classicsat

 

[Youtie Zhang]

It is a brand new unit and does that every time when turned on.

YZ

Gary Tait <seesig@xxx.yyy> wrote in message news:<v3mdovg20k8k6i0iopd2h2drs9r4p9jcqv@4ax.com>...

Whereas On 10 Oct 2003 02:40:15 -0700, youtiez@dezzanet.net.au
(Youtie Zhang) scribbled:
, I thus relpy:
Does anyone know what is the cause of the following?
My GPS screen (B/W) goes black for a fraction of a second each time it
is turned on. Except for that, everything else seems normal.

Is that due to defective hardware or software?

Thanks,

YZ

Has it started doing that, or always done that?
IME, a lot of LCD devices do that when turned on, as a display test
frature.

 

[Jerry G.]

By your description, it seems that the unit is booting up, and the pixels
are being addressed as part of the start-up diagnostics. You did not
mention the make and model of the unit so others can compare it to their's
if they have the same model.

We have a few small GPS units, and the screens go blank for about 2 seconds
during the start-up. They can take a number of minutes before they achieve
lock.

--

Greetings,

Jerry Greenberg GLG Technologies GLG
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"Youtie Zhang" <youtiez@dezzanet.net.au> wrote in message
news:9bed24df.0310100140.439f9390@posting.google.com...
Does anyone know what is the cause of the following?
My GPS screen (B/W) goes black for a fraction of a second each time it
is turned on. Except for that, everything else seems normal.

Is that due to defective hardware or software?

Thanks,

YZ

 

[Dr. Anton Squeegee]

In article <9bed24df.0310100140.439f9390@posting.google.com>,
youtiez@dezzanet.net.au says...

Does anyone know what is the cause of the following?
My GPS screen (B/W) goes black for a fraction of a second each time it
is turned on. Except for that, everything else seems normal.

Is that due to defective hardware or software?

None of the above. Every microprocessor-based device initializes
itself when turned on. Yours just happens to try and drive all the
screen dots/segments/whatever for that fraction of a second when it's
turned on. The same thing happens to the LCD panel on my disk
duplicator/tester.

Nothing to worry about.


--
Dr. Anton Squeegee, Director, Dutch Surrealist Plumbing Institute
(Known to some as Bruce Lane, KC7GR)
kyrrin a/t bluefeathertech d-o=t c&o&m
"Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati" (Red Green)

 

[maxfoo]

On 10 Oct 2003 02:40:15 -0700, youtiez@dezzanet.net.au (Youtie Zhang)
wrote:

Does anyone know what is the cause of the following?
My GPS screen (B/W) goes black for a fraction of a second each time it
is turned on. Except for that, everything else seems normal.

Is that due to defective hardware or software?

Thanks,

YZ

This is part of the normal operations of a gps. The delay is caused by
the transmission of your coordinates to a government field office so
they can track your every move.

your welcome...