I just bought the BC GPSK, and set it up in my car. I plugged it in to the serial port, as well as the car power and it isnt recognized by my BCD536HP. The red light blinks like its receiving signal, but the GPS doesnt show up on the scanner. Tried to hook it up to my BCD436HP, and it wouldn't locate either. Still blinks though. Any thoughts or help? It's set at 4800 right now.
GPS Not Recognized
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Try resetting it to 9600 baud, cycle power on the scanner, and see if GPS shows on the screen.
No luck. Any other ideas?
Now try resetting it BACK to 4800 baud, and cycle power again. If that doesn't work, make sure that the cable is plugged into the scanner properly. Check all connections.
Did that. Still no joy.
Could not be getting good GPS Signal, definitely the GPS if not working on 2 separate radios
Try relocating the GPS
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Try relocating the GPS
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I've been driving around all day with it. Still not working. The "GPS" wouldn't show up on the screen if its plugged in with no signal?
True, maybe a connection issue
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It shouldn't be this hard. I suspect a cable problem.
Disconnect GPS from scanner.
Enter the zipcode of 90210. Confirm "things" for Hollywood load.
Reconnect the GPS device and confirm all connections (data and power) are "solid".
See if "things" for your local area begin to load. If they do, that's confirmation GPS is working - the display on the scanner could be "messed up".
(I'm presuming you didn't modify anything on the GPS device, such as cutting off the 12 volt connector, so it could be wired directly into a car circuit. That's not good because the GPS actually works on lower voltage and there is something in the plug that lowers voltage.)
Enter the zipcode of 90210. Confirm "things" for Hollywood load.
Reconnect the GPS device and confirm all connections (data and power) are "solid".
See if "things" for your local area begin to load. If they do, that's confirmation GPS is working - the display on the scanner could be "messed up".
(I'm presuming you didn't modify anything on the GPS device, such as cutting off the 12 volt connector, so it could be wired directly into a car circuit. That's not good because the GPS actually works on lower voltage and there is something in the plug that lowers voltage.)
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