Livorsi GPS antenae repair

[euro scott]

saw this post on another forum and thought I would share it , The last time my antenae went bad was a real pita to get the antenae off as it was bonded to the dash with 5200, but heres a repair for them with out pulling it off.
Here is what I did:

Alright. Took it upon myself to try and fix the battery in the gps receiver/antennae. Unscrewed the white cap which has a small o-ring and teflon tape and took the unit apart by removing three small internal screws. And whaddyaknow, voila, there is a small panasonic battery in the bottom of the unit. Its held in by a couple of tack welds which were easily cut using an exacto knife. Went to Batteries Plus and bought a battery and they tack welded it back in for me, all for the grand total of $3.89. Thats right folks, three dollars and eighty-nine cents. Put the unit back together and it works like a charm. Just a bit of fyi for the do-it yourselfers!!<!-- google_ad_section_end --><!-- / message -->

[Hippie459MN]

Nice to know. I am going to be getting a GPS speedo so now I know what to do when it dies one me eventually. :)

[GTO GEORGE]

What were the symptoms of "needing a battery". Mine won't recall, anymore, for no apparant reason.

[euro scott]

here's the post http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/general-boating-discussion/207678-gps-speedo-question.html
as far as recall is concerned does it do anything when you trip it?

[gary slagle]

Not all gps anttnas or recievers are the same, did the same thing that scott did on a garmin 36 antenna (gaffrig analogue gps speedo), couldnt see any battery after i cut open the case, had to replace the antenna ,problem fixed.

[MCRacing]

Scott, Ironic you post this, now I will voice. Sent my GPS display to Livorsi 2 times with full explanition of how it was reacting when powered up, twice they sent it back tested no problem. I finally called them and verbatim of what I explained in the letter with the return I told them on the phone immediatly they said it was antenna battery and could be replaced for aproxx. $75.00. You have to wonder who is testing this equiptment can they not read. Good Post!!!!!!!!!!!!

[yachter55]

just installed the ant today was going to use 5200 good thing I ran out.think a dab of silicone will do if im gonna be pullin it off.thanks .how do you tell the difference in antenna' s

[MCRacing]

What were the symptoms of "needing a battery". Mine won't recall, anymore, for no apparant reason.

Upon power up display will peg to WFO then return to 0 then jump to aprox. 9:00 and stay.

[stokernick]

hmmmmmmmmmm,seems like I bought one of those ''special'' batteries,will fix it myself next time,thanks,Euro!

[gary slagle]

Upon power up display will peg to WFO then return to 0 then jump to aprox. 9:00 and stay.

speedo is not finding the reciever-antenna,could be wiring ,conections,or antenna battery, thats what my analogue speedo did when the battery in the antenna failed.