Quote Originally Posted by laserdoc View Post
you know I have a 797 with the internal GPS in it. I did not get the maps preloaded but bought the nav SD disk a few mounths later, All this talk about the GPS,,,,,,I have not had any issues with mine so I'm not really sure what you guys are bxxxxxxg about. Could someone tell me what the GPS problem is with these units?
We are not bXXXXXXg about a "GPS" problem. The problem is after you mark a spot and try to NAVIGATE back to it. The screen doesn't refresh at a rate fast enough to keep up with what direction you are headed in, thus making it almost impossible to go back to that spot without running in circles for 10 minutes. Just try and follow the course projection line and make just a minor correction in your heading and see how long it takes the projection arrow to catch up with you. Better than that turn a circle and when you have done a 360 I bet the projection arrow is pointed darn near behind you.

Everybody keeps calling it a GPS problem. It's not. The GPS is pretty accurate. It is a screen refresh rate issue.

I can spin on a dime with my 87c and the course projection arrow keeps up. The 797 & 997 will not. It's like being on a really really slooooooow internet connection. Lags bad. Don't know about the new 798's.

I have in the past took up for HB's customer Service because I was convinced they would make it right. I've just about decided that they figure that they are the only show in town and they will sell more new units cause people arn't satisfied with these.

Just my 2 cents.