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Flymaster GPS M User Manual v. 1.0
GPS
GPS satellite status page:
In this example above the GPS M shows that 8 satellites are
visible, and 6 are being used to provide the position fix. Each bar shows the signal strength for
each individual satellite. A filled bar indicates the GPS M has a lock on that satellite. The position
dilution of precision (pdop) shown gives an indication of how reliable the GPS data is at the moment.
The lower the pdop value the more accurate the position fix. Values bellow 2.5 are fairly accurate.
If the GPS M is switched on in a location where no satellites are visible (indoors for example) it will
go into wide search mode. If this occurs, going outdoors again will make the GPS M take an
increased amount of time to pick up satellite signals. If this occurs pushing ENTER on the GPS
menu item will reveal the Reset GPS option, changing it to yes will make the GPS M reset the GPS
status and start a new search. So if you notice GPS M is taking abnormally long to get a fix (over
2 minutes) a gps reset will probably get it locked quicker.
