I agree. Unfortunately, it does sound like a device [hardware] failure. You've tried what might work with software so now it's a waiting game to hear back from the seller.

etmilosk wrote:I just tried what you suggested and the same thing happens, just displays "Autodetecting GPS receiver", all the time.

I had the same problem, and after lots of messing about, suddenly it started working. It wasn't a hardware fault.

I suggest you try adding these lines to your sys.txt (the format is correct here, but the port and baud may need altering - no quote marks required)

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[gps]
set_messages=0
port=1
baud=9600
protocol=NMEA


Also try with all the [GPS] section commented out

Thanks hairydog, I've tried what you suggested but there's no real change.

When I put the lines you quoted in sys.txt file, a strange thing happened: first it displayed "Autodetecting GPS receiver" for some 5 minutes, then "Looking for satellites" for some 20 seconds (too short time to get a sat. lock) and then "Autodetecting GPS receiver" again. After around 30 minutes it showed ''Looking for satellites'' again, this time just long enough just to get a sat. lock (and it did get it correctly, it showed my position) and then "Autodetecting GPS receiver" again. I tried turning it off and on but right now it's just trying to autodetect the receiver for 1 hour or so.

I begin to suspect that people are right: you do have a hardware problem. If it is finding the GPS some of the time, the settings must be correct. When I had this problem, as soon as it worked it stayed good.

I'd contact the seller for a replacement.

Bought a generic chinese headunit WinCE and when i try using the navigation it stuck at "Autodetecting GPS receiver" and just stays there..since the time i install it only twice that I was abale to get a connection. It didn't come with a navi software so i just downloaded the torrent and put it in a sd card.

Here is the head unit i bought:
http://www.witson.com/en/displayproduct.html?proID=102077832

Hope i can get some ideas how to make it work.

Thank you.

I haven't made any changes with my sys.txt file yet, do you recommend making some changes in it?

Here is the current settings in my sys.txt file

skip_eula=1
experimental_features=1

[interface]
show_exit=1
extra_settings=1

[other]
demo_enabled=0

[route]
hnr_ignored_missing_country_ids=*

[vr]
disabled=0