heated windscreen

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john flynn

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• Apr 19, 2006

• #1

i am considering fitting a heated windscreen to our disco td5 can anybody
help me locate the cables that lead up to the windscreen, the cables are at
the switch on the dash where are the others!!!

 

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Andrew Renshaw

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• Apr 19, 2006

• #2

Hiya John,

My only word of caution is that I have heard that it can affect GPS
reception. If this is not an issue I am sure someone will be along soon to
help. I haven't got a clue.

Andy

Disco 2.5TDI XS AUTO - Breakdowns to date = 0

"john flynn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>i am considering fitting a heated windscreen to our disco td5 can anybody
>help me locate the cables that lead up to the windscreen, the cables are at
>the switch on the dash where are the others!!!
>

 

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Harpic

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• Apr 19, 2006

• #3

"Andrew Renshaw" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hiya John,
>
> My only word of caution is that I have heard that it can affect GPS
> reception. If this is not an issue I am sure someone will be along soon to
> help. I haven't got a clue.
>
> Andy
>
> Disco 2.5TDI XS AUTO - Breakdowns to date = 0
>
> "john flynn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>i am considering fitting a heated windscreen to our disco td5 can anybody
>>help me locate the cables that lead up to the windscreen, the cables are
>>at the switch on the dash where are the others!!!
>>
>
>

Definitely affects GPS, I have NAVMAN, and need an external GPS antennae

 

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Liam

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• Apr 19, 2006

• #4

"Harpic" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Andrew Renshaw" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Hiya John,
>>
>> My only word of caution is that I have heard that it can affect GPS
>> reception. If this is not an issue I am sure someone will be along soon
>> to help. I haven't got a clue.
>>
>> Andy
>>
>> Disco 2.5TDI XS AUTO - Breakdowns to date = 0
>>
>> "john flynn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>>i am considering fitting a heated windscreen to our disco td5 can anybody
>>>help me locate the cables that lead up to the windscreen, the cables are
>>>at the switch on the dash where are the others!!!
>>>
>>
>>
>
> Definitely affects GPS, I have NAVMAN, and need an external GPS antennae
>

That's odd it has no effect on my navman or tomtom GPS.

Liam

 

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Nigel Hewitt

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• Apr 19, 2006

• #5

Liam <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Harpic" <[email protected]> wrote
>>
>> Definitely affects GPS, I have NAVMAN, and need an external GPS antennae
>
> That's odd it has no effect on my navman or tomtom GPS.

I bought an external magnetic stick on roof aerial in
the hope that it would speed up the cold start on my
PDA based TomTom 5 but, although I now get big strong
bars on the signal strength display that I didn't get
behind the '98 HSE heated screen, it doesn't really
lock in any faster.

But I paid good money for that aerial so I plug it in
everytime regardless...

nigelH


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Nige

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• Apr 19, 2006

• #6

Nigel Hewitt wrote:
> Liam <[email protected]> wrote:
>> "Harpic" <[email protected]> wrote
>>>
>>> Definitely affects GPS, I have NAVMAN, and need an external GPS
>>> antennae
>>
>> That's odd it has no effect on my navman or tomtom GPS.
>
> I bought an external magnetic stick on roof aerial in
> the hope that it would speed up the cold start on my
> PDA based TomTom 5 but, although I now get big strong
> bars on the signal strength display that I didn't get
> behind the '98 HSE heated screen, it doesn't really
> lock in any faster.
>
> But I paid good money for that aerial so I plug it in
> everytime regardless...
>
> nigelH

Odd as my 96 HSE is fine with tomtom & garmin V3i

 

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Badger

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• Apr 19, 2006

• #7

"john flynn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>i am considering fitting a heated windscreen to our disco td5 can anybody
>help me locate the cables that lead up to the windscreen, the cables are at
>the switch on the dash where are the others!!!

The cables ought to be visible in the scuttle area with the bonnet open, a
"fixed" plug at either side of the vehicle. I take it you are aware that it
needs to go on Testbook or Rovacom or similar to talk to the BCU and tell it
that it now has a heated screen before it'll work?
Badger.

 

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Tom Woods

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• Apr 19, 2006

• #8

On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 12:44:07 +0100, "Nigel Hewitt"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>I bought an external magnetic stick on roof aerial in
>the hope that it would speed up the cold start on my
>PDA based TomTom 5 but, although I now get big strong
>bars on the signal strength display that I didn't get
>behind the '98 HSE heated screen, it doesn't really
>lock in any faster.

Tomtom on my PDA takes ages to get itself started too.. however,
memorymap on the same PDA gets a gps signal and a position reading
almost instantly.
TomTom must do something silly with its GPS readings.

 

ormus

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• Apr 20, 2006

• #9

heard lots of conflicting stories about this matter from the net. seems that some peeps are affected whilst for others it has no effect.

the TT i use is not affected at all, on a car with a heated screen.

 

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Nigel Hewitt

Guest

• Apr 20, 2006

• #10

Tom Woods wrote:
> "Nigel Hewitt" wrote:
>
>> I bought an external magnetic stick on roof aerial in
>> the hope that it would speed up the cold start on my
>> PDA based TomTom 5 but, although I now get big strong
>> bars on the signal strength display that I didn't get
>> behind the '98 HSE heated screen, it doesn't really
>> lock in any faster.
>
> Tomtom on my PDA takes ages to get itself started too.. however,
> memorymap on the same PDA gets a gps signal and a position reading
> almost instantly.
> TomTom must do something silly with its GPS readings.

In my case it's not TomTom but the plug in card. I suspect that
it won't lock in while it's moving. I can force it to lock by going
into its own software and 'clicking' the cold start button so I suspect
Tomtom is just waiting for it to lock not forcing the issue.
Either way the heated screen does make a difference to the signal
but not quite enough to stop things working.

<sulk>It's just another detestable gadget that I happily lived for decades
without that has now messed with my mind so I think it is indispensable.

nigelH