Section 3A: Your Card: The Basics (Windows) 51
GPS Status (GPS Receiver Window)
The GPS Receiver window displays the GPS status:
OFF
Validating
Searching
Acquired

OFF

GPS is not available or is turned off.
To use GPS:
1. Ensure the card is turned on and the GPS Receiver window is displayed.
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 the GO button in the GPS Receiver window.
If the GPS Receiver window still displays “OFF,” ensure NetworkMode (page 78) 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 [page46]).
NMEA output is being generated. (For information on NMEA, see “What is NMEA?”
on page 96.)
Tip: You can turn off the display of the Privacy Consent Agreements (from the Sprint
Location Services “Settings” window; page80).