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Have just received the GPS dongle.

Inspector shows: 
$GPRMC,112742.00,V,,,,,,,020416,,,N*7F
$GPVTG,,,,,,,,,N*30
$GPGGA,112742.00,,,,,0,03,2.49,,,,,,*59
$GPGSA,A,1,20,17,05,,,,,,,,,,2.68,2.49,1.00*03
$GPGSV,3,1,11,05,25,208,23,07,08,079,,08,05,024,,13,84,283,*7F
$GPGSV,3,2,11,15,43,301,21,17,16,132,26,18,11,324,12,20,36,264,25*70
$GPGSV,3,3,11,24,13,267,,28,67,086,,30,36,074,19*46
$GPGLL,,,,,112742.00,V,N*49

but underneath in the detailed view only the Date/Time is shown, not Lat/Lon

I am using English language setting but German-Austrian keybord setting.
Have tried various language settings as I suspected the . vs , in the decimal setting to cause this issue but makes no difference.

Any suggestions what I can try now?

Thanks for help!

should have added that I connected the OP output to various programs like OpenCPN but got no position reading.
It appears that you don't have a "fix". Perhaps your GPS dongle doesn't have a good view of the sky. All of those empty fields, where you see commas next to each other, is missing data.
(2016-04-03, 02:21 AM)Vamonos Wrote: [ -> ]It appears that you don't have a "fix".  Perhaps your GPS dongle doesn't have a good view of the sky.  All of those empty fields, where you see commas next to each other, is missing data.

@Vamonos: thanks for help - this was indeed the reason. Should have noticed the many ,,,, myself but guessed the last few numbers to be the lat/lo already - mea culpa.

BTW did not expect to take nearly 20 minutes to get a first-time-fix!
If you are starting a GPS for the first time, or after it has been powered off for more than a few weeks, this is a 'cold start'; it needs to get a new satellite almanac to do its job. The satellites broadcast this information very slowly (at 50bps) on a fixed schedule, and it can take up to 20 minutes. More details.