New to IDOFishing. Looking for some help with my LCX17M GPS. Unit is two years old and has been working well. GPS now fails to lock on. I figured the GPS antenna was bad so I bought a new one. Originally came with an LGC2000 antenna but they are no longer available so I updated to an LGC3000 with an adapter cable to adapt from Red cable to blue cable. Still does not log on. When I go to the NMEA bus setup page is says the status is unknown. It does recognize the antenna is an LGC3000. Anybody have an idea on how to resolve? I have contacted Lowrance twice (about 45 min each time) with no success. Thanks
As a way to narrow down the time spent diagnosing this would you have a buddy nearby that would allow you to take your head unit and hook up to his power and GPS antennae?
If your unit works on your buddy's network, you have an antennae issue. If it doesn't something's wrong with the head unit.
-------------------- James Holst - In-Depth Outdoors TV Host IDA Guides Guide Service
Ph. 507-271-0362
Something else you could try is to hook up your LGC-2000
and the LCX-17 on your friend's boat. If it works
with his setup then you have narrowed it down to a terminator or a cable problem.
I actually think it should work with the 3000 puck so I
would speculate the issue is in the network wiring.
Something else you could try is to hook up your LGC-2000 and the LCX-17 on your friend's boat. If it works with his setup then you have narrowed it down to a terminator or a cable problem.
This is definitely the way to go before you start replacing hardware.
-------------------- James Holst - In-Depth Outdoors TV Host IDA Guides Guide Service
Ph. 507-271-0362
GPS not logging on help
