No reading from Gaffrig GPS speedometer
07-31-2009 | 03:21 PM
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No reading from Gaffrig GPS speedometer
I have a Gaffrig Performance GPS Speedometer that stopped giving me a reading last year. The red light that goes out when the antenna has found a satelite did not go out. Reading the other thread on here I came to the conclusion that the battery in the antenna needed to be replaced. I have since replaced it and now after a few seconds the red light goes out but I still do not get a reading on the speedometer. Any suggestions? My unit does not do the sweep and go to the 9:00 position as suggested in the thread. It does say Gaffrig Performance on the guage. I don't know if this is one that Livorsi built or not. Do I need to hook the red wire up to the battery for 48 hours to charge the unit like I had to with the initial install?
08-01-2009 | 10:17 AM
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I have a Gaffrig Performance GPS Speedometer that stopped giving me a reading last year. The red light that goes out when the antenna has found a satelite did not go out. Reading the other thread on here I came to the conclusion that the battery in the antenna needed to be replaced. I have since replaced it and now after a few seconds the red light goes out but I still do not get a reading on the speedometer. Any suggestions? My unit does not do the sweep and go to the 9:00 position as suggested in the thread. It does say Gaffrig Performance on the guage. I don't know if this is one that Livorsi built or not. Do I need to hook the red wire up to the battery for 48 hours to charge the unit like I had to with the initial install?
08-03-2009 | 06:56 PM
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Well, I had a call in to Livorsi and they called me back and said I would have to send it in. I said I saw on the net that people changed their battery and he said you have to send it in because it needs to be reprogrammed. Then I told him it says Gaffrig Performance and as Griff pointed out, he said it is not a Livorsi Guage and I should follow up with them. I did have an email out to Gaffrig as their tech assistance by phone is only up until 12:00 pm. They gave out an email address for assistance and they responded saying:
"YOU PROBABLY WOULD NEED TO BUY A NEW RECEIVER/ANTENNA OUR PART# 9251, WHICH YOU COULD ORDER FROM OUR WEB-SITE AT WWW.GAFFRIGPERFORMANCE.COM OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEND BOTH UNITS IN FOR US TO TEST I WOULD BE GLAD TO DO THAT FOR YOU BUT MOST LIKELY IT'S THE ANTENNA."
I have replaced the battery and now the red light goes out indicating a satelite has been found but I still don't get a reading. I will check all connections for corrosion etc., but I am not optomistic. Looks like I will have to send it back.
"YOU PROBABLY WOULD NEED TO BUY A NEW RECEIVER/ANTENNA OUR PART# 9251, WHICH YOU COULD ORDER FROM OUR WEB-SITE AT WWW.GAFFRIGPERFORMANCE.COM OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEND BOTH UNITS IN FOR US TO TEST I WOULD BE GLAD TO DO THAT FOR YOU BUT MOST LIKELY IT'S THE ANTENNA."
I have replaced the battery and now the red light goes out indicating a satelite has been found but I still don't get a reading. I will check all connections for corrosion etc., but I am not optomistic. Looks like I will have to send it back.
