Installing a navigation system: Trying to lock the satellites signal

[Rober]

Hi everybody, my name is Roberto, writing from Spain. I have an Outback 2.5i 2005 that was purchased without the navigator system mounted.

 

After 14 years I decided to install the original Kenwood system that becames with the 3.0 model. It only costs to me 180 dollars in Ebay, so it was very cheap and a nice electronics project to spend some days researching about it and learning.

 

I ended the installation today, and all works fine.... well "all" is not the correct word "almost all" is better. The GPS signal is not good locked. It only gets 2 satellites, and even with the GPS started on for one hour, it only receives 2 satellites, so it´s not possible to positionate the car in the map.

 

After that hour I decided to force the position with the manual calibration (it shows to me the last position that was used, Lithuania, 5000 Km of distance ahead, not very accurate the position).

 

I checked the conection of the antenna, and it seems to work, because when I turn the antenna upside down it gets 0 satellites.

 

Is it normal that a new geographic location (with a change of 5000 Km) involves so much time to adquire the new position? Is any form to check which satellites is locking? Is any form to force the satellites locked?

 

Thanks for your help