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I have generally gotten 800 to 1000 yds on the Garmin while tracking. I heard a story or two about the LED heads causing interference with the Garmins. Last nite I had my Garmin lose signal at approx. 345 yds. I shut my light off and went to the Garmin backlight. After a couple of seconds the signal came back at approx 445. Must be a little something with the LED and the Garmin.

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garmin is only getting 1000 yards and thats a good thing ,ill stick with my beep beep im thinking

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garmin is only getting 1000 yards and thats a good thing ,ill stick with my beep beep im thinking

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Garmins are getting way more than a 1000 yards.

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When the leaves were off we got 4 miles outta our garmin. Now that their on the furthest we've gotten is maybe 1 and a half. Lately havnt had them go that far. Knock on wood

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I HAVE NO COMPLAINTS ABOUT MY GARMIN. MOST PROBLEMS I HAVE IS OPERATOR ERROR. I SHOULD PLAY WITH IT MORE.

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I have only had to use the long range antenae one time. Dogs got out of the pocket on a nite hunt. They were 1.4 mi. away. Around here if you have a dog go more than that.....ya might want to try a different dog.... I left my Garmin at the house one nite and used my Maxima that I keep in the truck. I was in half a panic all nite. Wouldn't go back to regular telemetry on a bet. I have no doubt about where a dog is now....no "guestimation." Probably use my rechargeble batteries a little quicker using the backlite instead of my belt lite.

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i got 4 miles out of one collar today and mile half out of the other .
u need to up date your collar.

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LEDs do interfere with all tracking uints made as of today GPS or beep if you keep you light on low like 1 or 2 clicks it WILL NOT interfere

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I believe the original question was asking about interference by the G2 head.

Yes, there is radio interference by the G2 that drastically reduces the range of the Garmin. The higher you have the G2 turned up, the more interference. If you are tracking your hound at a fairly far range and turn your G2 on high, you will usually lose coverage in about 20 to 30 seconds. If you turn your G2 off, you will usually pick up coverage in just a couple seconds.

The obvious answer is to use the back light on the Garmin. If you're using your G2 and getting reduced range, try turning it off and see if you don't get a reading right away.

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No real question in my statement. I pretty well knew what happened when I had the signal loss at that range. I thought by keeping the G2 on the lowest setting it might not interfere with it. It did. Shut off the light and reset the Garmin and it picked right back up. I was just throwing this out there incase someone experienced the same issue and hadn't read the earlier thread.

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Originally posted by Maniac
i got 4 miles out of one collar today and mile half out of the other .
u need to up date your collar.

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HOW DO YOU UPDATE THE COLLAR? OR DO YOU MEEN RECIEVER.

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Originally posted by Jim Hill
garmin is only getting 1000 yards and thats a good thing ,ill stick with my beep beep im thinking

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thanks

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mine garmin after 750-950 yards it cuts out looses signal that's in
the hills. I don't have a led light.

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mine garmin after 750-950 yards it cuts out looses signal that's in
the hills. I don't have a led light.

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, but you may want to read the instructions that came with the unit when you bought it on UPDATING THE SYSTEM!

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I have updated both unit and collar....twice.

bsbt - If you push your on/off switch after you turn it on a light indicator will come on. Use your up/down arrow as to how much brightness you want. I would recommend using as low a setting on your light as you can to save batteries. The light will use them up a little.

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