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  1. #1
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    I have a lowrance GPS/ Fishfinder that gives a " GPS module not responding ."
    I the message reffering to the antenna or the dash unit ????????

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    The antenna
    "Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after." By Henry David Thoreau.

  3. #3
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    i had the same problem ,,, and that is there is a power wire that goes to the antenna that has to be connected ,,,, the lowrance antenna requires power before it will work ,, crazy i know but that should do it

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    I had same problem. I tested the wires per the Lowrance website and found mine to be a faulty Network cable which supplies power to the GPS Antenna. I just ordered the cable, I will let you know how that works out.

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    had the same problem and found a corroded cfemale connector ..... also check your battery connector could be corroded too ....
    "Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after." By Henry David Thoreau.

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    also a very high possibilty it's the "T" connector. tap on the connector the next time the sgnal goes out. if that corrects the problem, call lowrance. they'll send you a new one nqa. i had the same problem. swap out wire-for-wire.

    b

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    Is there a fuse between the head unit and the GPS module on the network cable?

  8. #8
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    Buddy of mine has the same unit I have. He is gettting GPS not responding. I took his "head unit" and put it on my boat with my wires and anteanna, and it still says GPS unit not responding. There for, there is a problem in his head unit. I guess it could be a series of things wrong with yours. If you have someone else that has the same or simular unit, give it a try. I have a bad transducer. I put my head unit on his boat and it works fine, but on mine it gets a grey distorted bottom. i have been told that the transducer gets weak. I just ordered a new tranducer. I hope this helps....Good luck....BW

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    I have a LMS-400 if anybody wants to try their head unit on my setup, or my head unit on their setup let me know. I am in Portsmouth. Churchland area. Thanks

  10. #10
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    I had the same message with my GPS module ("puck" antenna) when I attached it to my Lowrance chartplotter. Similar to what the guys said above, the GPS must be powered by a different set of wires. I already have a radar attached to my chartplotter and the radar wiring includes the NMEA (for the GPS) power supply wiring.

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