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SatNav and heatd windsreen
Hi
Ill be getting my D3 in 1½ weeks now , and i have started shopping for a GPS navigator.
Have any of you experienced problems or bad performance from 3rd party GPS navigator when mounting device on windscreen w. heating due to threads in glass
Cheers
Jakob
11th Aug 2006 10:13 am
simkna
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No, should be fine. Which unit do you have? Some GPS chipsets are more sensitive (i.e. better) than others.
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11th Aug 2006 10:16 am
Mossy
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I have to use a separate antenna for my Road Angel and tuck it down the bottom right hand corner of the windscreen where there are no wires, else I struggle to get a satellite lock.D3 HSE V8...
11th Aug 2006 10:24 am
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11th Aug 2006 10:51 am
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My Garmin PDA tyre works fine through the heated windscreen
11th Aug 2006 12:53 pm
LT
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Mossy wrote:
I have to use a separate antenna for my Road Angel and tuck it down the bottom right hand corner of the windscreen where there are no wires, else I struggle to get a satellite lock.
Strange, my Road Angel works fine in the D3.
11th Aug 2006 1:01 pm
DiscoStu
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LT wrote:
Mossy wrote:
I have to use a separate antenna for my Road Angel and tuck it down the bottom right hand corner of the windscreen where there are no wires, else I struggle to get a satellite lock.
Strange, my Road Angel works fine in the D3.
Must be all the pollution ooop north blocking the signal. D3 HSE V8...
11th Aug 2006 1:23 pm
LT
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Mossy, if you can, try another R/A unit. Me & some colleagues had a few problems with early R/A units (sometimes taking ages to find a signal). They were replaced very efficiently, no probs. since.
11th Aug 2006 1:39 pm
Mossy
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Hi LT. The Road Angel plus I have is a replacement as I suspected the first unit was faulty - used to take an eternity to get a signal if ever. This replacement unit is better, but I still need an external antenna to get a lock else it can take up to half an hour. As the instructions mentioned some problems with heated windscreens and I’d replaced, I just assumed that was the problem. S’pose I could have saved ~£16 I think it cost.
Now I’ve shelled out on the antenna and it works, I don’t really worry about it, but I would like to compare now you’ve got me curious. It's still under guarantee, and it's a pain having to plug the antenna into that fragile little connector on the back, I'll revisit.
Could just be a dirty windscreen? D3 HSE V8...
11th Aug 2006 1:52 pm
LT
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We sent back several units with the same problem. I think they may sometimes get a batch of dodgy GPS receivers.
I wasn't actually expecting the R/A to work in the D3, but it does. I think the Renault screens block the signal, but the "Ford" screens are fine. I used the R/A in a Mondeo hire car earlier this year & that was fine as well.
11th Aug 2006 1:59 pm
JakobVels
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simkna wrote:
...Which unit do you have? ...
Si.
I have my eye on a MIO 510
Anybody using that one ?
Cheers
Jakob
11th Aug 2006 3:29 pm
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Tom Tom One works fine! 5 by 5 receptionAll opinions expressed in this posting are my own and are not necessarily those of someone who knows what they are talking about.
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11th Aug 2006 4:27 pm
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My old Garmin Geko 201 (Which I use for fun... ) works equally well... I'll try my new Seidio tomorrow or this week end for sure !
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11th Aug 2006 5:53 pm
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My Tom Tom works fine and if you dont need the bluetooth phone connection, fits really well in the gap where the LR gadget would have sat!
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, and i have started shopping for a GPS navigator.
