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(Message started by: davem on Jun 27^th, 2006, 2:45pm)

Title: Sat nav and a heated front screen
Post by davem on Jun 27^th, 2006, 2:45pm

24v Cosworth has a heated front screen. Has anyone tried one of these portable sat nav systems, Tom-tom etc? as there are warnings around that the heated front screen (with embedded wires) may prevent the sat signal?

Anyone use a portable satnav in a Cosworth?

Dave

Title: Re: Sat nav and a heated front screen
Post by Dave on Jun 27^th, 2006, 3:54pm

People do use these systems in the scorpio, Eric has installed the Tom Tom 300.

http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/tomtom.htm

I think you have to put the aerial to the side of the screen where the wires do not actually run across.

Hope this helps :)

Title: Re: Sat nav and a heated front screen
Post by Kjetil S on Jun 27^th, 2006, 3:56pm

I don't know about the heated front screen, but I have a GPS aerial behind my heated rear screen, and I generally get a good reception with 8-10 satellites.

edit: typo

Title: Re: Sat nav and a heated front screen
Post by Bren_K30 on Jun 27^th, 2006, 4:04pm

I use a portable on the front screen and never had any reception problems at all

Bren

Title: Re: Sat nav and a heated front screen
Post by bizzay1 on Jun 27^th, 2006, 4:31pm

I use a tomtom one and no problems at all

Title: Re: Sat nav and a heated front screen
Post by Matt on Jun 27^th, 2006, 5:02pm

Same here, ive run a tom tom with no problems

Title: Re: Sat nav and a heated front screen
Post by Snoopy on Jun 27^th, 2006, 5:06pm

I use either a medion PDA or a Garmin Sat Nav both without ANY problems and NO external aerial on either.

Title: Re: Sat nav and a heated front screen
Post by RichardMS on Jun 27^th, 2006, 6:14pm

I use an XDA IIs pda with a GPS aerial with no problems at all in both the estate and saloon, Both have heated screens.

Title: Re: Sat nav and a heated front screen
Post by john_smiffy on Jun 27^th, 2006, 8:25pm

i use a hp pda with tom tom on the front dash no problem

Title: Re: Sat nav and a heated front screen
Post by Baz on Jun 29^th, 2006, 8:54am

I use a ford built in travelpilot system and have the antenna mounted on the rear shelf on top of one of the speakers and never had an issue

Baz

Title: Re: Sat nav and a heated front screen
Post by orsts2 on Jun 30^th, 2006, 5:17pm

garmin and medion also worked fine