wardmw Posted January 7, 2006 Report Posted January 7, 2006 Hi all, I have a SatNav in my Galaxy that has a big colourful display. It says Ford on it but investigation reveals it to be an OEM-ed Blaupunkt model. It's all wired in fine and it generally keeps track of my location correctly, but occasionally it loses my location and I have to manually reset it. I have never seen any GPS satellite reception on it and every time I check it via the Settings menu it says something like "27 GPS satellites available, 0 found" :lol: . I have pulled the unit out and there is what looks to be a GPS aerial connected in the upper right side (while viewing the rear of the unit) although I have yet to trace the other end of the cable. There is another connector which has nothing attached to it at the bottom-middle of the back, for a hands-free phone setup maybe? I have seen mention of enabling a test setting for other SatNav units, does anyone know of a similar thing on this unit? I did find a manual which I think is for this unit: http://www.vwnavi.com/vwnavi/photos/thumbnails.php?album=14 but there is no mention of any troubleshooting features (or anything technical at all) there, nor any mention of the connections to the rear :lol: . Can anyone offer any suggestions for getting my satellite views back, the connections to the rear and/or checking the unit out? Cheers, |\/|artin Quote
Marky Posted January 7, 2006 Report Posted January 7, 2006 Martin I think you were in the best place earlier in the forums on vwnavi.comit is solely set up for these unitsI've been camped in there most of today gathering info ready for when Iattempt to install one in my gal.... Quote
wardmw Posted January 22, 2006 Author Report Posted January 22, 2006 Martin I think you were in the best place earlier in the forums on vwnavi.comit is solely set up for these unitsThanks Marky. One of the people over there suggested that the aeriel might be broken. I replaced it with a horsepill GPS antenna and it's al working again! :) Quote
Marky Posted January 23, 2006 Report Posted January 23, 2006 I know...I saw the post over there!! Glad you got it sortedJust fitted one myself, just playing around wiht the tyre/pulse settings...I'm about 40 yards ahead of where the satnav thinks I am !!! Quote
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