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ianB · Jan 13th, 2003, 04:23 PM

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Originally posted by elan
has anyone had any experience of running a product such as Navman 3000 or 3400 on an Ipaq with a car (not necessarily a mini) with a heated front windscreen? If so, i would like to hear if the element has caused any disruption / interference or loss of signal - my new cooper is to have the vis pack, but i don't eant to order the navman if it wont work.

No personal experience as such with the IPAQ, but I do have a GPS antenna for my speed trap detector. The manual on this says that its performance will be affected behind a 'heat reflective', 'comfort' or 'metal oxide' windscreen. Fortunately, I don't have the heated screen.

However, all is not lost. If you get the Tomtom software for the IPAQ I belive this comes with a magnetic mount GPS antenna, like I have for my detector. Strangely enough I find this works in the rear side window. It's shown on my web site at http://www.mibaillie.co.uk/snoopers6-rneo.html if you want to see what it looks like there.

ian

Jan 13th, 2003, 04:23 PM	#2
ianB MINI2 Regular Join Date: Nov 2002 Local Time: 06:43 AM Posts: 115 Offline	Re: Ipaq GPS and visibility pack Quote: Originally posted by elan has anyone had any experience of running a product such as Navman 3000 or 3400 on an Ipaq with a car (not necessarily a mini) with a heated front windscreen? If so, i would like to hear if the element has caused any disruption / interference or loss of signal - my new cooper is to have the vis pack, but i don't eant to order the navman if it wont work. No personal experience as such with the IPAQ, but I do have a GPS antenna for my speed trap detector. The manual on this says that its performance will be affected behind a 'heat reflective', 'comfort' or 'metal oxide' windscreen. Fortunately, I don't have the heated screen. However, all is not lost. If you get the Tomtom software for the IPAQ I belive this comes with a magnetic mount GPS antenna, like I have for my detector. Strangely enough I find this works in the rear side window. It's shown on my web site at http://www.mibaillie.co.uk/snoopers6-rneo.html if you want to see what it looks like there. ian