Gps status (gps receiver window), Validating, Searching – Sprint Nextel 595U User Manual

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Section 3A: Your USB Modem: The Basics

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GPS Status (GPS Receiver Window)

The GPS Receiver window displays the GPS status:

OFF

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Searching

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OFF

GPS is not available or is turned off.

To use GPS:

1. Ensure the USB modem is not powered off and the GPS Receiver window is

displayed.

If the GPS Receiver window is not displayed, in Sprint Connection Manager
select MENU > Settings > Sprint Location Services, and then select Enable Location
Services
and Display GPS Receiver. (If Privacy Consent Agreements are displayed,
you must read and accept them.)

2. Click GO in the GPS Receiver window.

If the GPS Receiver window still displays “OFF,” ensure Network Mode (page 69) is
set to Automatic or 1X Only, and (subject to change) ensure that you are in the
network coverage area (not roaming).

Validating

The network is authenticating your wireless or GPS subscription.

Searching

Sprint Connection Manager is searching for satellites.

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Satellites have been acquired and location coordinates are available for use (and
displayed in the GPS Receiver window [page 36]).

Tip:

You can turn off the display of the Privacy Consent Agreements (from the Sprint
Location Services settings window; page 71).

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