Vdubz Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 My nav has always been a little off since I installed it in my second car. I kind have got used to it. Haven't really had any problems with the nav function at all till today. Drove about 10miles and on my way back home I noticed my location was completely off. I went into the menu to see connection status and a message popped up saying gps antenna problem detected contact installer or manufacturer. Has anyone had this before. Do these antennas fail? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bashed1 Posted December 24, 2011 Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 Probably not a failure of the antenna itself - where's the antenna installed? Top of it must be facing up, and preferably mounted on a flat metal surface. If it's under or behind the dash, make sure no metal is between the top of the antenna and the windshield. Also check to make sure the plug is seated firmly in the connector on the back of the unit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vdubz Posted December 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 It's installed right on the center of my dash on a metal grill. Plug is seated. It's been operating fine since my install. Been a few months since its been in my car. Haven't change or moved anything. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vdubz Posted December 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 Oh and btw it started working a few times today. Still when I went to the connection status it still gave me the same antenna error message. When I go to the 3D calibration screen all my bars were gone and the learning status says "sensor initializing" for a while then it says 3D hybrid Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vdubz Posted December 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 Has anyone had this error? Tried calling pioneer cust service. Like I've read it was impossible to get in touch with anybody. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vdubz Posted December 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2011 Ok so I did a hard reset and the error stops showing up. Hopefully it will stay away and it was a temporary glitch Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Prerunner84 Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 How do you do a hard reset? Thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vdubz Posted September 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 Removed the trim and radio and found the gps ant wire had slid behind a piece of trim and got pinched and cut through the insulation. Wasn't touching anything metal but that was it. Bought a new ant and hooked it up and that error went away and now it sees more satellites. Don't remember how to do a hard reset but I found it in either the manual or on here. Think you have to hold 2 buttons. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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