Car/ Electronics advice

[Mark]

Originally Posted by DRZ

So now you just have to wait for someone with a bluetooth mobile phone and a brick to walk past your car in a carpark to know you have satnav and steal it!

Only if the GPS mouse is discoverable - and it would only be the mouse. The damage to the car would be more of a problem.

[Matblack]

I'm very careful about where I leave my car and there are certain places I refuse to park, Salford is one of them

MB

[Will]

I've got to get into the habit of not leaving my car in dodgy places... I'm too trusting (or ignorant). Then again I've been quite used to leaving my car unlocked and windows open in Cyprus - it's a hard habit to break.

MB any chance of pics of your beeeeautiful installation? Sounds like it's all worked out fairly well.

[Matblack]

Originally Posted by Le Hoff

I've got to get into the habit of not leaving my car in dodgy places... I'm too trusting (or ignorant). Then again I've been quite used to leaving my car unlocked and windows open in Cyprus - it's a hard habit to break.

MB any chance of pics of your beeeeautiful installation? Sounds like it's all worked out fairly well.

I'll try and do some later when I get in from work

MB

[kaiowas]

Originally Posted by Le Hoff

Then again I've been quite used to leaving my car unlocked and windows open in Cyprus - it's a hard habit to break.

To be fair you've got a convertible so nothing in the car is secure anyway. You're just as well not leaving anything in it and leaving it unlocked. If anyone wants to take a look inside it'll save you and them the trouble of a slashed roof.

I wouldn't leave the windows open though, it rains in this country

[Matblack]

The boot floor sits on a lip so the full weight of anything in the boot (which isn't a lot due to its size ) isn't on the unit. The GPS is stuck on with velcro and the battery is left in and is on constant charge, if this kills it it takes the same battery as some old Nokia phone and is about £4 to replace. I did screw up the wiring slightly and one of the cables sits over the battery securing bar but when I can be arsed all reroute it. The gubbins (socket and charger) sit beside the battery in the well

I'm quite pleased, for some one who isn't very practical it was a good idea

MB

[Will]

I'm amazed you can pick up satellites inside the boot - I always thought you needed LOS - I guess I was wrong!

Cool install.

[Matblack]

Originally Posted by Le Hoff

I'm amazed you can pick up satellites inside the boot - I always thought you needed LOS - I guess I was wrong!

Cool install.

Nope this chipset is really sensitive, as long as you don't have too much in between you can get a full lock in that position

MB

[Feek]

The newer chipsets in combination with the new versions of Tom Tom have a really low point at which they accept a signal as valid, it's way below anything my Garmin would even consider to lock on to.

In some ways it's good because you can get a lock in places you'd never imagine (mine locked with the GPS sitting on my desk at work, on the first floor of a 3 story building about 15m from the nearest window) but you do start to suffer from accuracy issues. When mine was locked it thought I was about 300ft up the road and was creeping around a lot.

I'd much rather give it clear LOS to the sky to ensure a good clean lock.

[Will]

On yachts you need LOS, but they're a lot more sensitive as it's used for very precise navigation. I must read up on them frequency and power they use, I'm genuinely impressed - I guess I shouldn't be but as an RF guy it's "cool" (then again it is my trade, and my professional certification).