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Author Topic: sat nav is about 1/2 mile out of range, any ideas?  (Read 2742 times)

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sat nav is about 1/2 mile out of range, any ideas?
« on: 09 June 2008, 16:05:58 »
a few weeks ago the screen went blank in the car, was advised to take out fuse 12, replace and it will work again, which it did.

I have now noticed the sat nav is playing up it is around half a mile out of range, is this realted to why the screen went blank in the first place, or me taking the fuse out or nothing to do with them?

Main priority is to get it working again  :y, any ideas would be great thanks !!!!!
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Re: sat nav is about 1/2 out of range, any ideas?
« Reply #1 on: 09 June 2008, 16:18:03 »
Which system is this? May need to go to the Installation menu and peform a calibration test.

Providing of course that you can see a good number of sattellites !!
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Re: sat nav is about 1/2 out of range, any ideas?
« Reply #2 on: 09 June 2008, 16:20:32 »
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Which system is this? May need to go to the Installation menu and peform a calibration test.

Providing of course that you can see a good number of sattellites !!

just feeding son a yoghurt, where do i find out what system? its in a 2001 elite saloon
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Re: sat nav is about 1/2 out of range, any ideas?
« Reply #3 on: 09 June 2008, 16:21:55 »
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Which system is this? May need to go to the Installation menu and peform a calibration test.

Providing of course that you can see a good number of sattellites !!

never had a problem with satellites before
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Re: sat nav is about 1/2 out of range, any ideas?
« Reply #4 on: 09 June 2008, 16:55:14 »
right its a siemens ncdc 2013

never noticed it before  :-[
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Re: sat nav is about 1/2 out of range, any ideas?
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Which system is this? May need to go to the Installation menu and peform a calibration test.

Providing of course that you can see a good number of sattellites !!

so how do i do this calibration test please?
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Re: sat nav is about 1/2 out of range, any ideas?
« Reply #6 on: 09 June 2008, 19:41:15 »
Sorry, not sure on the NCDC system, my Vauxhall Sat/Nav knowledge is limited to the Carin
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Re: sat nav is about 1/2 mile out of range, any ideas?
« Reply #7 on: 10 June 2008, 14:41:00 »
any ideas anyone please?
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« Reply #8 on: 10 June 2008, 14:43:46 »
i have just taken the cd out, it looks a little scratched could this be the problem?

i dont see how as its given me roads that are just a few streets away.
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Re: sat nav is about 1/2 mile out of range, any ideas?
« Reply #9 on: 10 June 2008, 15:29:14 »
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i have just taken the cd out, it looks a little scratched could this be the problem?

i dont see how as its given me roads that are just a few streets away.

I cant see the disc being scratched being the issue.

The more satillites it can connect to the more accrurate the position, i would be looking at the instruction manual to see if there is a calibration you can do
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Re: sat nav is about 1/2 mile out of range, any ideas?
« Reply #10 on: 10 June 2008, 18:38:54 »
Pretty certain the NCDC uses satelites as primary locator (unlike carin, which uses accelerometers and speed pulses, using satelites as secondary), so unlikely to be calibration.  How many sats can it see?
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Re: sat nav is about 1/2 mile out of range, any ideas?
« Reply #11 on: 11 June 2008, 11:45:21 »
hey its working again, been on the blink for about 4 days but its working now, strange.

Will keep an eye on it anyway.
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Re: sat nav is about 1/2 mile out of range, any ideas?
« Reply #12 on: 11 June 2008, 14:55:31 »
They seem to take some time when first powered up to get the position accurate.........when mine was first fitted it thought we were 2 streets away, after a few hours of working it was mega accurate.
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Re: sat nav is about 1/2 mile out of range, any ideas?
« Reply #13 on: 11 June 2008, 14:57:50 »
if its 1/2 a mile away from where you are....


just go there instead  ;D
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Re: sat nav is about 1/2 mile out of range, any ideas?
« Reply #14 on: 12 June 2008, 18:26:41 »
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They seem to take some time when first powered up to get the position accurate.........when mine was first fitted it thought we were 2 streets away, after a few hours of working it was mega accurate.
I agree, when I frst installed mine, it thought it was in Germany until I'd driven about 20 miles.

They're also slow to get accurate first thing on a cold morning, though I can't imagine that being a problem at the moment.
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