Does the display indicate both bearing and range when in tracking mode? And if range is indicated, is it displayed as a distance or signal strength?
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The range will show up as a signal strength and percentage strength. The signal strength is similar to a cell phone. It will also indicate in terms of a percentage how close you are to the pet. The higher the percentage, the closer to the pet you are. The higher the signal strength the closer you are to the pet. If you look at their website, they have a FAQ's page that compares the Marco Polo to the competition. They also have lots of great info on the FAQ Page. Their website: eurekaproducts.com. Hope this helps
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The planet and the ! Mark means there is no gas signal...mines the same way. I really don't care about the location...just as long as it records. The battery is very small and will not hold a charge for more than a few min..it will always have to be plugged into a power source.
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Probably nothing. If you can try looking at it from a different angle. The one I had, had a poor display that was hard to read unless you laid on the floor and shined a strong light on it. If it is new, I would return it.
2188083
Nothing that I've noticed except for a slightly smaller screen. I travel a lot off of recognizable roads that are on the garmin maps but the "tracks feature" draws a line everywhere I've driven even if the GPS does not recognize a road.
898049
I know this feature can be turned on or off, but I can't remember off the top of my head how. All I know is mine always vibrates when it reads the correct yardage. I suggest revueing the owners manual.
788451
Make sure you are not picking up something behind the target. I have never had any accuracy problems with mine. Also, how do you know that it is 100 instead of 90? This model doesn't have gps btw.
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I think I may understand your issue; the satellite signal strength changes over and over even though you're not moving. My particular unit takes some time now and again to finally latch on to a satellite signal. I've never really watched nor been concerned with the signal strength since the unit seems to be functioning perfectly. You don't mention your surroundings, however. I can tell you that inner city with all of the signal-blocking tall buildings for the GPS to deal with, I have had the unit be unusable. Is it possible this is contributing to your signal strength variations?
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I don't know if it gives an audible warning as I always turn the audio off. I find it annoying. I have my 720 set to give a visual alarm at 5mph over the limit. It appears on the left edge of the display. It displays the speed limit and your speed below the limit. With a few exceptions the actual speed limit and the GPS displayed limit agree. Never trust any GPS 100%.
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It does not show distance to traps, hazards, etc. I wanted an inexpensive GPS unit that would show distances to front, center, and back of green that was accurate and easy to use which this one does. It also will show shot distance, keep score, give round time, and is able to edit distances. I can get two rounds with one charge, however, I usually charge it each time I play. I am very happy with this unit.
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The model I bought says (on the face of the device) GPSmap 78s. This model has a built-in barometer (displays altitude or pressure) and a 3 axis flux gate compass. When you are stationary, the device shows the direction the GPS is pointing. When moving, the display shows the direction of the track and that reading does not change when you change the direction the GPS is pointing.
2249981
Sorry. Got mixed up. Yes. There is altitude display. It works off barometric pressure.
2115143
GPS is built into it and is active when in GPS mode which can be turned on and off by your flight transmitter.the range is determined by the same transmitter.
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I have to turn off the two fluorescent tubes behind me to get full range of sensing. in the vertical plane. It will work in ordinary light but it is IR and any heat sources can swamp the sensors causing false readings. The movement range is set using a profile editor (the default one is pretty good to start with). There are profiles for many of the games that support the device, but I can't comment on their usefulness as I don't play them. It works for me in Elite dangerous (excellent) and X-Plane (also excellent). I find that the sense of immersion in the game is tremendously improved.
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It's adding up the noise from repeated measurements. That will always tend to make it read high. This is less of an effect when the signal strength is very good, or you are moving fast. Basically, the noise in the position information looks like a random walk on top of the path you take. (visualize it as if its constantly bouncing around you, like a hyperactive puppy on a 15 foot leash. If you walk slowly for 10 miles in s traight line, the puppy will walk a much longer path to get to the same place.) Try telling it to record on a slower interval, or shutting it off when you stop for lunch. Also, upload the data to MapSource and look at it. Sometimes it goes nuts, and gets one bad data point far away from where you are. The software will dutifully add in the round trip distance to that bad point to your total. If you delete the one bad point, you'll get the right distance.
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Yes. The screen is customizable to show up to four different categories of data, or you can scroll through data that shows direction, either lat long or MGRS, total distance down to the tenths of a mile or KM, waypoints, home base, elevation, and distance to a waypoint, speed, as well as other datapoints. Best GPS for hiking and such if you don't have the few hundred $'s for touch screen models. Really quick satellite capture, works well in every situation I have been in while hiking around the mountains and valleys and thick forests of the Colorado Rockies. I've never had an issue with sat capture, or loss of signal to show me where I am in the world. Recently used in Germany and Poland without an issue.
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No, GPS systems show only the location of the receiver - they don't "track" people or objects. What you're asking about is called a "PLB" or Personal Locator Beacon, such as this http://www.amazon.com/ACR-Terrafix-406-Gps-Rebate/dp/B001JQ0C20/ or http://www.amazon.com/McMurdo-82-826-004A-Fastfind-Personal-Locator/dp/B000EFAT98/. However, these devices require activation by the user, so they still don't function exactly like you're asking. Now then, "Lojack" does make a product for tracking "at risk" people, such as Alzheimer's patients: http://www.locatorsystemscorp.com/ , but I'm going to assume your brother isn't in that category.
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Yes, it has GPS function built in. In fact when I hit the GPS switch in my garage before starting it asks me if it is indoors? Don't know why or what the difference is. Perhaps the power of the transmitted signal or the sensitivity of the receiver. Works great and mileage is very close to the mileage on my cycle computer. I'm a bicycle rider.