This is about my garmin gps system...what can I do to make it more reliable? Not always works properly?

Question

The bars on it sometimes disappear and it takes FOR EVER to give me the directions, can I buy something to help with the satellite transmission? Thanks

Answer 1

Garmin is a good brand.  The most likely cause of the problem is weak satellite reception but you seem to know that.  If you're using it in your car you need to make sure that the antenna has a good view of the sky.  It needs to be in the front windshield or the rear windshield as exposed to the sky as possible.  The more satellites it can receive the better it will operate.  If you just have it and the antenna on the console between the seats it simply can't receive the satellites very well as indicated by the bars disappearing.  This means it takes a long time to find it's location and compute how to give directions.  An external antenna in the windshield should help immensely.

Answer 2

er.. maybe an external gps antenna then (should have a jack on the back, assuming it's a nuvi)?

Answer 3

If it's a hand held then no.