all good but the satellite finder wont work at all any ideas y not?
thanks
Waytra said
10:53 AM Sep 17, 2017
If the phone doesn't have a GPS system, then it will never work, not all phones have the system. If the phone has a GPS, you may need to activate it, in the system menu.
What brand and model is the phone?
terrola said
10:56 AM Sep 17, 2017
telstra 4gx plus a462
Jules on the road said
11:07 AM Sep 17, 2017
I've heard about this wikicamp, l've travelled about NZ with Campermate and found it excellent. You can download it and use it offline. Is wikicamp worth having as well?
SouthernComfort said
12:34 PM Sep 17, 2017
Jules on the road wrote:
I've heard about this wikicamp, l've travelled about NZ with Campermate and found it excellent. You can download it and use it offline. Is wikicamp worth having as well?
Yes. Definitely. Treat user comments the same as you would on any other forum though. Opinions about individual sites are subjective and sometimes conflicting, but they're generally useful as a guide. You can also filter the type of sites you want (e.g. pet friendly).
jules47 said
12:36 PM Sep 17, 2017
Wikicamps is an excellent app - get lots of info from other campers, some pics of the place - though a lot of people take pics of their set ups, and not the site, which is what we want to see - how much room, level, whatever. I use it often, as well as the Camps Australia Wide book.
Just watch the co-ordinates - found a few of them not put in properly, took us about 12k out of the way.
terrola said
12:59 PM Sep 17, 2017
not interested if wikicamps is any good it is only asked about the satellite finder on it
Happywanderer said
01:31 PM Sep 17, 2017
Maybe something needs to be activated.
I have a little symbol that shows at the top of my phone.
Whenever I'm on wikicamps, which I use frequently, it take me straight to where I am etc.
Check if it's all activated. If you are on facebook there is a Wikicamps Users page where others more knowledgeable than me will have the answer to your problem.
SouthernComfort said
01:45 PM Sep 17, 2017
terrola wrote:
not interested if wikicamps is any good it is only asked about the satellite finder on it
Tough. Someone else DID ask if it was worthwhile and may value that feedback.
Mike Harding said
01:50 PM Sep 17, 2017
terrola wrote:
not interested if wikicamps is any good it is only asked about the satellite finder on it
Manners, terrola, manners - you need to learn some.
I wonder if you are an overseas tourist here - your cumbersome English suggests you may be - if that is the case then I suggest you study the basic social interaction of Australians a lot more carefully than seems to be the case.
terrola said
02:48 PM Sep 17, 2017
people should put there own questions in on there own platform
instead of hijacking some one else's happens all the time
clowns
Dougwe said
03:16 PM Sep 17, 2017
Come on people, play nice or the thread will end up getting deleted or locked and no one wins then.
Happywanderer said
03:40 PM Sep 17, 2017
Mike Harding wrote:
terrola wrote:
not interested if wikicamps is any good it is only asked about the satellite finder on it
Manners, terrola, manners - you need to learn some.
I wonder if you are an overseas tourist here - your cumbersome English suggests you may be - if that is the case then I suggest you study the basic social interaction of Australians a lot more carefully than seems to be the case.
Why do you think that Mike. He's been a member on here since 2012. Only 43 comments in 5 years.
jules47 said
05:47 PM Sep 17, 2017
I apologise if my comments upset you terrola - I misunderstood your question.
Desert Dweller said
08:26 PM Sep 17, 2017
Wikicamps is great we find the popular spots on it and then avoud them. Lol.
Cruising Cruze said
08:46 PM Sep 17, 2017
At Terrola
It seems that your phone has an GPS in it
you only have to activate it
UNLOCKED TELSTRA 4GX PLUS ZTE BLADE A462 WHTE+4GX+WIFI ... ZTE BLADE A462+4GX+WIFI HOTSPOT+SLIM+8GB+ANDROID 6+GPS .... Processor: Quad Core, Operating System: Android 6.0 ... *****PLEASE NOTE: This model is a TELSTRA Network Unlocked and would have TELSTRA Software/firmware in it, ...
Regards John
terrola said
08:59 PM Sep 17, 2017
thanks john
will look into it
terry
macka17 said
03:15 AM Sep 18, 2017
Some people sure get picky round here.
it's only Natural to make comments on a subject if you asked a question on it and have any opinions of\on it too.
Unless you a zombie of course.
Single track minds. One subject capabilities at a time only?.
Grow up people....
This is an old farts OPEN conversation book.
Some on here sound like they from the old Caravaners Forum.
THE reason a lot of us departed from.
What WAS. Originally..15\18 yrs ago. a very good forum.
Till that little twerp Hitler took it over.
It did have one good section too.
Where people could sign in from x time to x time and post to each other. as a group.
IE a "written conversation".
ANY chance of something similar here BOSS LADY?????.
Or too complex??.
Joe50 said
03:52 AM Sep 18, 2017
Hi Terrola,
Do you get any messages on the screen when you try and use the satellite finder? I have a Samsung tablet with GPS but no compass and if I activate the satt finder I get a message saying "This feature will not work because your device does not appear to have a compass in it", but if I tap Location and position my location on the map (blue dot) under the pin it will display the azimuth, elevation and LNB skew for that location, so at least it provides the information required to point the dish at the satellite. My phone has both GPS and a compass and the satt finder works fine on that, so it appears it needs both of them to work.
Joe
-- Edited by Joe50 on Monday 18th of September 2017 03:58:44 AM
-- Edited by Joe50 on Monday 18th of September 2017 04:01:04 AM
terrola said
10:50 AM Sep 18, 2017
hi joe
you are right i have gps working but phone does not have a built in compass in it
so sat finder will not work
thanks for your imfo
Cruising Cruze said
04:29 PM Sep 18, 2017
At Terry ( Terrola )
I've got an app that's called SwissArmyKnife
Got all kind of things in it as well an compass
I hope this will help you mate
Cheers John
dabbler said
06:20 PM Sep 18, 2017
terrola
My Android wikicamps has a compass function. Most mapping apps do too.
Wikicamps app has a link to their user forum. Questions on using the sat tracking are common. Maybe look there ?
RobandFlip said
02:38 PM Sep 19, 2017
There are several satellites out there but the Optus satellites C1 and D3 are side by side out there is space. If you are after the TV Foxtel satellite it is Optus D3 @ 156 degrees E. My suggestion would be to google exactly which satellite you are wanting to access. The co-ordinates are listed to assist the public on how to gain access.
Cheers,
Robyn
Birdo said
01:27 PM Sep 23, 2017
macka17 wrote:
Some people sure get picky round here.
it's only Natural to make comments on a subject if you asked a question on it and have any opinions of\on it too.
Unless you a zombie of course. Single track minds. One subject capabilities at a time only?.
Grow up people.... This is an old farts OPEN conversation book.
Some on here sound like they from the old Caravaners Forum. THE reason a lot of us departed from. What WAS. Originally..15\18 yrs ago. a very good forum. Till that little twerp Hitler took it over.
It did have one good section too. Where people could sign in from x time to x time and post to each other. as a group. IE a "written conversation".
ANY chance of something similar here BOSS LADY?????. Or too complex??.
With some of the INANE comments made by some on this forum it may be better if they went back to the other forum where you suggested they may have come from
i have wikicamps installed on my phone.
all good but the satellite finder wont work at all any ideas y not?
thanks
If the phone doesn't have a GPS system, then it will never work, not all phones have the system. If the phone has a GPS, you may need to activate it, in the system menu.
What brand and model is the phone?
telstra 4gx plus a462
Yes. Definitely. Treat user comments the same as you would on any other forum though. Opinions about individual sites are subjective and sometimes conflicting, but they're generally useful as a guide. You can also filter the type of sites you want (e.g. pet friendly).
Just watch the co-ordinates - found a few of them not put in properly, took us about 12k out of the way.
not interested if wikicamps is any good it is only asked about the satellite finder on it
I have a little symbol that shows at the top of my phone.
Whenever I'm on wikicamps, which I use frequently, it take me straight to where I am etc.
Check if it's all activated. If you are on facebook there is a Wikicamps Users page where others more knowledgeable than me will have the answer to your problem.
Tough. Someone else DID ask if it was worthwhile and may value that feedback.
Manners, terrola, manners - you need to learn some.
I wonder if you are an overseas tourist here - your cumbersome English suggests you may be - if that is the case then I suggest you study the basic social interaction of Australians a lot more carefully than seems to be the case.
people should put there own questions in on there own platform
instead of hijacking some one else's happens all the time
clowns
Why do you think that Mike. He's been a member on here since 2012. Only 43 comments in 5 years.
It seems that your phone has an GPS in it
you only have to activate it
UNLOCKED TELSTRA 4GX PLUS ZTE BLADE A462 WHTE+4GX+WIFI ... ZTE BLADE A462+4GX+WIFI HOTSPOT+SLIM+8GB+ANDROID 6+GPS .... Processor: Quad Core, Operating System: Android 6.0 ... *****PLEASE NOTE: This model is a TELSTRA Network Unlocked and would have TELSTRA Software/firmware in it, ...
Regards John
thanks john
will look into it
terry
it's only Natural to make comments on a subject if you asked a question on it and have any opinions of\on it too.
Unless you a zombie of course.
Single track minds. One subject capabilities at a time only?.
Grow up people....
This is an old farts OPEN conversation book.
Some on here sound like they from the old Caravaners Forum.
THE reason a lot of us departed from.
What WAS. Originally..15\18 yrs ago. a very good forum.
Till that little twerp Hitler took it over.
It did have one good section too.
Where people could sign in from x time to x time and post to each other. as a group.
IE a "written conversation".
ANY chance of something similar here BOSS LADY?????.
Or too complex??.
Hi Terrola,
Do you get any messages on the screen when you try and use the satellite finder? I have a Samsung tablet with GPS but no compass and if I activate the satt finder I get a message saying "This feature will not work because your device does not appear to have a compass in it", but if I tap Location and position my location on the map (blue dot) under the pin it will display the azimuth, elevation and LNB skew for that location, so at least it provides the information required to point the dish at the satellite. My phone has both GPS and a compass and the satt finder works fine on that, so it appears it needs both of them to work.
Joe
-- Edited by Joe50 on Monday 18th of September 2017 03:58:44 AM
-- Edited by Joe50 on Monday 18th of September 2017 04:01:04 AM
hi joe
you are right i have gps working but phone does not have a built in compass in it
so sat finder will not work
thanks for your imfo
At Terry ( Terrola )
I've got an app that's called SwissArmyKnife
Got all kind of things in it as well an compass
I hope this will help you mate
Cheers John
There are several satellites out there but the Optus satellites C1 and D3 are side by side out there is space. If you are after the TV Foxtel satellite it is Optus D3 @ 156 degrees E. My suggestion would be to google exactly which satellite you are wanting to access. The co-ordinates are listed to assist the public on how to gain access.
Cheers,
Robyn
With some of the INANE comments made by some on this forum it may be better if they went back to the other forum where you suggested they may have come from