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
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)
Whereas On 10 Oct 2003 02:40:15 -0700, snipped-for-privacy@dezzanet.net.au (Youtie Zhang) scribbled: , I thus relpy:
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.
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It is a brand new unit and does that every time when turned on.
YZ
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.
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Is that due to defective hardware or software?
Thanks,
YZ
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)
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.
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