Section 3A: Your USB Modem: The Basics 41
GPS Status (GPS Receiver Window)
The GPS Receiver window displays the GPS status:
䢇OFF
䢇Validating
䢇Searching
䢇Acquired

OFF

GPS is not available or is turned off.
To use GPS:
1. Ensure the USB modem is not powered off and the GPS Receiver window is
displayed.
䊳If the GPS Receiver window is not displayed, in SprintConnection Manager
select MENU > Settings > Sprint Location Services, and then select Enable Location
Services and Display GPS Receiver. (If Privacy Consent Agreements are displayed,
you must read and accept them.)
2. Click GO in the GPS Receiver window.
If the GPS Receiver window still displays “OFF,” ensure NetworkMode (page 69) is
set to Automatic or 1XOnly, and (subject to change) ensure that you are in the
network coverage area (not roaming).

Validating

The network is authenticating your wireless or GPS subscription.

Searching

Sprint Connection Manager is searching for satellites.

Acquired

Satellites have been acquired and location coordinates are available for use (and
displayed in the GPS Receiver window [page36]).
Tip: You can turn off the display of the Privacy Consent Agreements (from the Sprint
Location Services settings window; page71).