Garmin Glo
Verified3 reviews
Poor UX – If you have an iPad you're golden, you will love this, but if you want to pair it to android it is an absolute pain. You've probably lived a charmed life and pairing bluetooth devices just happens, even when you don't want it to....like when you're on a teleconference and your wife starts up the car and suddenly you hear nothing and she's now… Read more
listening to a bunch of tech nerds pounding out deployment details.
So I'll break it down for you if you've made an error of judgement and not just bought a GPS enabled tablet in the first place and somehow you've ended up here in a fit of rage.
- plug it in to a computer and go to the garmin website, download the updater and update the unit to its latest firmware to give yourself the best chance here. - if you have one, pair it with a iPad or iPhone...once it has a link, it wont power down after a couple of minutes because you couldn't pair your android device in that time. - go to the app shop and download GPS connector (it's free) - go to your bluetooth devices and make sure the garmin glo 2 device is not there. - fire up the GPS connector app and go into the GNSS input and select NMEA input source as bluetooth classic (yeah...no sweet high tech lower power stuff for you here), THEN click on the Bluetooth System Settings and pair it up here...not in the normal bluetooth settings (go figure), then once it is paired, then back in the GPS Connector page, select the Garmin Glo 2 as the paired device, go back arrow 3 times to the 3-tab page and pick the middle tab so you can see what satellites it can see and access. Once you get 3 or 4 sats, you should get a lock on your position.
Oh...and the unit's ability to get a good lock...it's not your mobile phone, its needs are great just like a trophy wife...it will have a headache most of the time.
Garmin GLO 2 problems – I bought this Garmin Glo 2 GPS receiver so I could use it in my car when using Google Maps to navigate with my Android mobile phone. I have the phone mounted in a dash bracket so I can read the instructions while I drive. Unfortunately the phone GPS doesn't work very well as it doesn't have a good view of the sky. So I bought the Garmin Glo2 to… Read more
sit on the top of the dash and BlueTooth the GPS location to the phone. This all works fine until the sun shines on the Garmin Glo which overheats in about 10 minutes and completely stops working! I have tried putting a hat over the unit to keep the sun off - it then takes 20 minutes to overheat and crash. Grrrrrrr! I am so disappointed in this (expensive) product. I eventually took the electronics module out of the Garmin case and mounted it in a small box with a cooling fan. Now it works fine. BUT, I should never have had to do this to get it to work. Garmin must have tested it in the Antarctic! Unless you have the technical ability to make the modifications I described, I suggest that you avoid this product.
Good Compact Device – The product is small and light weight. Can easily carry in pocket bag etc or place in vehicle (as I have done). Product is easy to use however and is 10Hz however the 10Hz appears to only work with Garmin. I purchased product to use with Iphone and specifically RaceChrono app. It all works and connects however the Garmin only works at 3Hz with Iphone and Racechrono app. Had it worked at 10Hz I would not have been able to fault product. Show details
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