I've got a 162. All good advice from Matt.
Also:
Leave it powered up with a good view of the sky for a couple of hours.
Sometimes
when they have an outdated almanac, it takes a long time to lock in. Once
it locks
in leave it on another couple hours so it can downloand a fresh almanac.
Download the latest firmware. You can get it from Garmin's website.
Easier than borrowing another antenna is to take your unit to the other
antenna.
"Matt Colie" <m2colie DeleteThis @provide.nospam.net> wrote in message
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> Cliff,
>
> I would immediately be somewhat suspect of the prior owner's remark as
> that munber has been discontinued for a couple of years.
>
> I am going to take it for granted that you have looked over the manual.
>
> If it never shows any bars on the status screen, look over the antenna
> cable carefully. If you can barrow another remote antenna, you could
> contirn that this is/is not an issue.
>
> Then, inspect the BNC connector at the rear of the unit, this is often the
> problem. If the cable pulls out - you got it.
>
> That all looks good? Look down the entire length of the cable for where
> it was damaged. If it was crushed, try rolling it round before you
> replace the cable and see it bars come on.
>
> Matt Colie
> <www.yachtek.com>
>
>
> Hubmachineatgmail.com wrote:
>> I recently purchased a boat that included the GPSMAP162.
>> the guy i bought the boat from said that the unit was just out of the
>> box.
>> i cannot seem to locate any satalites.
>> it has an external antenna mounted to a pole on the gunnel of the boat.
>> please, any suggestions on what i might check.
>> thanks
>> cliff hubbard
>> >> Stay informed about: HELP!!GARMIN GPSMAP162 
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