GPS Speedometer Question
 

Last season my Livorsi speedometer didn't work. The speedo in the rear does not work either. I'm thinking it is probably not receiving signal from the antenna since both units are not working. When the boat is powered up it cycles but then no speed while under way. Has anyone else experienced this? I was told to pay attention to the positions it stops in as it cycles on power,and that this can help diagnose the problem. Does anyone have any info on this? Thanks for the help.

Sounds like the battery is dead in the gps puck.

Battery? I always assumed everything is wired in. What type of battery? Is the puck the base of the antenna under the deck?

Buy a battery you cheap fack!

If you look around on here you will find a million threads about that battery going dead but I must admit I didn't see any of them until mine went dead last year. Yes it is that round white antenna puck under the deck. You can try to fix it yourself but it's easier to just send it in to Livorsi with around 80 bucks and your back in action.

Man you can almost feel the love. If that doesn't make you feel all warm and fuzzy nothing will.:drink:

When I called them a couple of months ago,
they said they weren't doing them any more.

The option was to replace it with a new one of the same style
for somewhere in the low $ 200 range, or replace it with
a new style one that doesnt use an internal battery for
something like $ 315.

:eek:

Take it to a local battery plus store.
That is what others have said, stupid design.

glh,i wonder witch cost more,the battery or the upper seal on a 6 drive,OUCH.:party-smiley-004:

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GPS Antenna ONLY $104.95
I have 3 Livorsi GPS antennas with dead batterys. I replaced batteries and they still don't work. I called Livorsi and they said they are no longer replacing batteries and re programing. They will give $30.00 toward a exchange. So it would only cost $169.00 exchange plus shipping. They recommended buying there new one without batteries for $269.00 exchange.

I found a Garmin antenna for $104.95 and it works great. Its larger but can be mounted under the deck. It can mount flush or on a pole. It needs a 1/2" hole if mounting through deck. It has a nice plug that plugs into the antenna and 30' of cable. Here is the link. http://www.gpscity.com/garmin-oem-17...nmea-0183.html There are some extra wirers you don't use. Red to Ign power, black and orange to ground and gray to pickup. It takes about 30 seconds to find signal when turning on ign. There may also be some less expensive ones out there. Hope this helps.
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I replaced my battery last spring (i had the local battery shop attach the metal strips to it) and it died again after two months. Im considering a small voltage regulator the reduce the boats 12 dc down to 3 volt it would only be powered when key is on .The cost would be like 20$.
Can anyone tell me the downside of this other than loosing the telltale memory?

Thanks
Rob

It's all in the timing... Ouch indeed!

Thanks for the replies everyone (except my good friend GL). I'm gonna try getting that battery out this weekend.

I'm trying to save you money ... Once you see how slow you are that 42 MTI with 1350's is not going to be any bargain my friend...

So before I attempt to take the cover off the puck this weekend is there any tricks I need to be aware of to get it apart?

TTT. I took mine out last weekend and have the same question.

Also, I tried a search and can't find the thread that has info on the battery number. Plan to hit a Batteries Plus store this weekend. Anyone have this written down...or memorized. :angry-smiley-038:

Thanks!

I can't find the GPS antenna you are talking about. Do you have a model number?

Do they still have them?

Tttt

I connected my GPS speedo to my GPS and go rid of the puck. Works great!

Your GPS needs to have NMEA 0183 output.