Does this work in heavily populated areas? Or only in rural areas?
898676
I have used it in populated suburban areas. It works better at some times than others. I use it for audiobooks, so a bit of static on occasion is not a big issue.
898677
I live in Columbus Ohio and it works fine here. You just need to find a radio station number that is not in use. It helps to find the radio dial number that is not close to any stations (like at least .2 away) so it might be a good investment of time to manual go up the dial and find a good number. I then program that radio frequency number is a favorite station so to speak so that all i have to do is plug in the unit and hit a fav button on my radio and I'm good to go. Note that this is not a perfect sound quality, you will get a little bit of white noise coming in as well, but if the music is on a reasonable level, you will most likely be happy enough with the quality.
898678
I live in Columbus Ohio and it works fine here. You just need to find a radio station number that is not in use. It helps to find the radio dial number that is not close to any stations (like at least .2 away) so it might be a good investment of time to manual go up the dial and find a good number. I then program that radio frequency number is a favorite station so to speak so that all i have to do is plug in the unit and hit a fav button on my radio and I'm good to go. Note that this is not a perfect sound quality, you will get a little bit of white noise coming in as well, but if the music is on a reasonable level, you will most likely be happy enough with the quality. I live in Columbus Ohio and it works fine here. You just need to find a radio station number that is not in use. It helps to find the radio dial number that is not close to any stations (like at least .2 away) so it might be a good investment of time to manual go up the dial and find a good number. I then program that radio frequency number is a favorite station so to speak so that all i have to do is plug in the unit and hit a fav button on my radio and I'm good to go. Note that this is not a perfect sound quality, you will get a little bit of white noise coming in as well, but if the... » Read More I live in Columbus Ohio and it works fine here. You just need to find a radio station number that is not in use. It helps to find the radio dial number that is not close to any stations (like at least .2 away) so it might be a good investment of time to manual go up the dial and find a good number. I then program that radio frequency number is a favorite station so to speak so that all i have to do is plug in the unit and hit a fav button on my radio and I'm good to go. Note that this is not a perfect sound quality, you will get a little bit of white noise coming in as well, but if the music is on a reasonable level, you will most likely be happy enough with the quality. « Show Less
1386163
It usually worked pretty quickly for me; I think within a few seconds to under one minute. This can vary based on the satellite info it is receiving, so you really can't count on it being a certain amount of time each and every time.
718364
Pretty much as described in the manual, however it also depends on the building you are in. It doesn't work in some buildings.
1278669
If the remote area has cell coverage it likely will work. If not you're out of luck.
366551
It works good for us and we live in a very rural setting. Without it being outdoors we still pick up signal. I would suggest you purchase it.
693975
Yes, it works great on the areas you describe. I use it myself for the same areas. Good luck.
497959
It might work if you close the drop gate (I don't know if that's proper terminology) down pretty tight. I think I might have tried it at one time with Halts, which needs a similarly low broadcast rate, but I switched to a hand held broadcast spreader perhaps because it was less cumbersome (though I don't remember how well the Solo did with the low broadcast rate).
2220137
My experience is that the maps are very accurate in rural areas. Right down to the dirt roads. There are some problems you should be aware of though. Many times the road names are not the ones used locally. The road sign may say Snake Creek Rd while the GPS says County Road 317. That can make things a llittle confusing.Find make not work well for rural addresses (largely due to the problem above, but there seems to be a little more to it than that.)
608277
Hi: I'm using it in a suburb with the stations about 20-30 miles away and all I can say is that it works remakably well at these distances.Al
2160824
Sorry about getting back to you so late. I've actually tested it over a days at a few different places and it does work, surprisingly well. I typically don't use it like that though but its good to know that its an option.
1278734
Yes it really does work, if you are in an area that is just not getting a bar it will pull it in enough to get a bar or two. If you are in an area that there is no chance of reception than nothing works. I find it helps from not dropping calls and picking up calls that normally you would not get. My first one a couple of years ago quit working even though the light came on so I just bought another one and can now get those calls I was missing.
1023675
I am very pleased with the coverage we get. We live in fringe area of a suburb and we do just fine. You will lose signal if you go into a rural area you will probably lose coverage, I have not found this to be a problem tracking a teen driver. I mounted my garmin in a less than ideal spot too.
9443
Works great as long as you have a strong 3G signal, which is available along most major highways connected large cities. Rural roads may not have a 3g signal available, which means GPS is not available. GPS and 3G will drain a battery rapidly. You need a high quality car charger to keep up with the battery drain, such as the Motorola car charger.
345428
Cricket piggybacks on other Cell phone services and has the lowest priority. It works but tends to be slow. In the city and burbs it is fine. It is kinda iffy on long stretches between populated areas because of that low priority.
478134
My experience is that position does not seem to make a difference in the pick up of Wi-Fi transmissions.But I operate the unit at work in a high rf wifi area, so I do not have experience in any fringe reception areas.Like any IP device, it works better on a hard line connection.
2127852
yes on the power supply, and the antennae and coax, just doesnt work too good in rural areas.....i even put a different antennae on a tower 45 ft in the air and it made no differance.
203054
Yes I bought this specifically because I travel extensively for work reasons. It is globally unlocked out of the box. I can confirm. I was able to use it inost of Asia and Europe's. You may have to go in and manually select the specific radio to use for the county your in. It alaways found a signal but sometimes manually tweaking it got faster service.