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    freeheeler @Frederic
    last edited by 1 Oct 2019, 15:32

    @Frederic
    but it should be logic that more accuracy with more satellites that make the watch calculate more will result in more power consumption, no?
    I assume for mont blanc you carry a small powerbank, then you can recharge and use gps+glonass AND performance setting šŸ‘

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      Frederic Bronze Member @freeheeler
      last edited by 1 Oct 2019, 15:35

      @TELE-HO said in GPS Signal lost:

      @Frederic
      but it should be logic that more accuracy with more satellites that make the watch calculate more will result in more power consumption, no?
      I assume for mont blanc you carry a small powerbank, then you can recharge and use gps+glonass AND performance setting šŸ‘

      I wouldn’t mind trying to use GLONASS but I don’t run in urban areas, only in the mountains and here is what the official doc says.:
      . Particularly in urban areas with tall buildings, GLONASS can improve track accuracy. In other areas, it is typically best to leave GLONASS disabled.
      So based on this, it doesn’t seem that it will fix my issue, will it?

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        zhang965
        last edited by 1 Oct 2019, 15:38

        it depends, you should have a try,
        Glonass is RU, Galileo is EU,

        in France, GPS+Galileo has better performance than GPS+Glonass,
        in URK, it seems GPS+Glonass is better.

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          Frederic Bronze Member @zhang965
          last edited by 1 Oct 2019, 15:40

          @zhang965 said in GPS Signal lost:

          it depends, you should have a try,
          Glonass is RU, Galileo is EU,

          in France, GPS+Galileo has better performance than GPS+Glonass,
          in URK, it seems GPS+Glonass is better.

          I guess I will try that before getting a new watch.

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            freeheeler @Frederic
            last edited by 1 Oct 2019, 15:41

            @Frederic
            until now I used ambit3ps with gps only and had quite good signals with best gps settings… yesterday I first tried gps on s9b and decided to try gps+glonass next time. I think in the mountains, when you are at a rockface or between seracs gps signal could be not excellent… maybe glonass could still help here? I’ll get my experience during winter in that kind of topography…

            but maybe your watch needs a forced firmware update or something? loosing signal sounds strange

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              freeheeler @zhang965
              last edited by 1 Oct 2019, 15:43

              @zhang965
              they all call it something with G because of global, no? not only russia and europe šŸ˜‰
              but who knows with all the crazy politicians how it will be in the next year’s…

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                zhang965
                last edited by 1 Oct 2019, 15:44

                ok, good luck,

                I never had problem when my S9 on Montblanc

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                  Frederic Bronze Member @freeheeler
                  last edited by 1 Oct 2019, 15:44

                  @TELE-HO I will definitely try GLONASS but it is strange that I loose signals in places where I have been before with my Ambit 2 and didn’t have ANY issues. As a matter of fact, sometimes my wife is with me with her ambit2 and she doesn’t lose GPS.
                  The other strange thing, like I mentioned in my original post is that this issue didn’t happen before 2.8.24

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                    freeheeler @zhang965
                    last edited by 1 Oct 2019, 15:45

                    @zhang965 said in GPS Signal lost:

                    I never had problem when my S9 on Montblanc

                    šŸ˜‚ šŸ‘Œ

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                      Frederic Bronze Member @zhang965
                      last edited by 1 Oct 2019, 15:46

                      @zhang965 HA!šŸ‘

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                        freeheeler @Frederic
                        last edited by 1 Oct 2019, 15:49

                        @Frederic
                        maybe flashing helps? I read that sometimes in other threads when the watch does not behave how it should …

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                          Frederic Bronze Member @freeheeler
                          last edited by 1 Oct 2019, 15:54

                          @TELE-HO said in GPS Signal lost:

                          @Frederic
                          maybe flashing helps? I read that sometimes in other threads when the watch does not behave how it should …

                          Do you have a link to the instructions ?
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                            zhang965
                            last edited by 1 Oct 2019, 15:57

                            Glonass seems better in higher latitudes zones,
                            Galileo in mid-latitudes zones gets better

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                              freeheeler @Frederic
                              last edited by 1 Oct 2019, 15:59

                              @Frederic
                              not sure if ambit and s9 work the same but this is the instruction for ambit:
                              Force firmware update for Windows

                              1. Connect the watch to the computer.
                              2. Right click on the Moveslink2 icon (M) on the system tray and choose ā€œForce Firmware Updateā€.

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                                Frederic Bronze Member @zhang965
                                last edited by 1 Oct 2019, 16:02

                                @zhang965 But Galileo is for EU right ? I am in the US (Colorado)

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                                  zhang965
                                  last edited by 1 Oct 2019, 16:05

                                  but you mentioned tour du mont blanc?

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                                    freeheeler @Frederic
                                    last edited by 1 Oct 2019, 16:06

                                    @Frederic
                                    GPS is us military, glonass russia, galileo European civil… but all work global

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                                      Frederic Bronze Member @zhang965
                                      last edited by 1 Oct 2019, 16:10

                                      @zhang965 Yep, I was there in vacation and was sad to struggle EVERY day for my watch to find signals. The interesting thing is that it almost always lost signal around 10am. Not sure why…

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                                        zhang965 @Frederic
                                        last edited by 1 Oct 2019, 16:18

                                        @Frederic
                                        I’d show you my story,

                                        My s9b GPS with galileo could work great, on a 400m track, it can be precious about +/- 1meter.

                                        but only in the morning, my afternoon running never gets the same results.

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                                          Frederic Bronze Member @zhang965
                                          last edited by 1 Oct 2019, 16:24

                                          @zhang965 Wow, +/-1 meter!
                                          I will see when I try with GLONASS. I actually don’t really care that much for very accurate precision as longs as I have a GPS track somewhat accurate

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