Hi all. New pilot/forum member here...unfortunately posting first time under bad circumstances. I guess I am just looking for someone to confirm my fears/suspicion that the GPS is likely DOA. I've been reading posts on issues with GPS lock and I cannot find anyone having issues like this until after some crash or other catastrophe; For me that was not the case it has not even flown yet :-(.
So it arrived on Monday but due to wind/weather/work I could not give it a whirl until yesterday (saturday) and I had everything charged and ready to go. The unit starts fine, app connnects fine, video works, camera up/down pan works...everything is A-OK...except 'zero satellites' come up on the app no matter how long I wait. It flashes the slow yellows (readay to fly/No GPS) so I know I could fly without but 'zero satellites' seems to point to an obvious GPS receiver failure. I'm in a rural area with a 10 arce field behind my residence that is essentially free of trees, etc. I've let it sit for nearly a half hour with no change, I've recalibrated the compass (which suceeds fine) but still no GPS change. The icon is always 'greyed' in the app with '0' satellites.
I'm not going to open it up as it arrived this way and I bought direct from DJI website (no dealer). Last thing I want to do is invalidate the warranty as it appears this is going to be an RMA. Just wondering if anyone else had theirs arrive this way, I can only see people having issues in the posts after a crash as I mentioned so this seems unusual.
Thanks all!
-uhprentis-
So it arrived on Monday but due to wind/weather/work I could not give it a whirl until yesterday (saturday) and I had everything charged and ready to go. The unit starts fine, app connnects fine, video works, camera up/down pan works...everything is A-OK...except 'zero satellites' come up on the app no matter how long I wait. It flashes the slow yellows (readay to fly/No GPS) so I know I could fly without but 'zero satellites' seems to point to an obvious GPS receiver failure. I'm in a rural area with a 10 arce field behind my residence that is essentially free of trees, etc. I've let it sit for nearly a half hour with no change, I've recalibrated the compass (which suceeds fine) but still no GPS change. The icon is always 'greyed' in the app with '0' satellites.
I'm not going to open it up as it arrived this way and I bought direct from DJI website (no dealer). Last thing I want to do is invalidate the warranty as it appears this is going to be an RMA. Just wondering if anyone else had theirs arrive this way, I can only see people having issues in the posts after a crash as I mentioned so this seems unusual.
Thanks all!
-uhprentis-