Sat Nav's the new target for thieves!!!

RobM2208 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 20, 2005 Posts: 8

All
Hope you don't mind me posting this warning here.

2 weeks ago I had my Ipaq 5555 and Arkon window mount stolen from my vehicle (thief smashed drivers window to gain access)

Ok my fault I hear you all say... however many of you like myself may do the same thing. I locked the Ipaq in my glovebox (as many TT Go users do) however, the police have advised that thieves are checking cars for window mount brackets and TT Go holders then forcing the glove box as so many ppl lock the TT unit in the glove box.

The police advise that since the mobile phone networks all got together and blocked stolen mobiles from all networks, Sat Nav systems are the new target for thieves as they are very small, expensive and in demand.

Please be careful and take your TT with you (including the small TT GPS receivers)

Cheers
Rob

lbendlin · Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 5:15 pm Post subject:

We also recommend you write down the serial number or device ID of your GPS hardware and/or Pocket PC. This will at least give you something to tell the police, and they have a better chance to identify your goods.
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Johnmcl7 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 23, 2005 Posts: 19

Thanks for the warning.

I'm currently in the process of choosing a cradle for my Dell Axim X50V, bearing the above warning in mind, what cradle would be easy to remove when the car is not in use? If there's a cheap non-powered one that would be easy to remove, I would definitely like to know.

John

spook51 · Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 8:37 am Post subject:

Best solution for your X50V might be a suction mount, that's what i use for my X3i. The only evidence it leaves is a circular ring which you can easily wipe off.
I made a cradle from an aluminium case with the cover cut off and the hinges ground away and stuck it to the end of the suction mount flexible stem. I've a Haicom wired receiver and leave the whole lot (except for the Dell) in the locked glove box.

nnishp · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 21, 2005 Posts: 15

talking about stealing sat nav, in bolton (where im from) our ambulances use sat nav to get to places quickly (they use one of the out of the box solutions) and in the news yesterday it was saying how this one had gone to a house and some one jumped into it while everyone was in the house and stole the sat nav. What kind of

does this? Does he not realise that when his mum is having problems due to her crack addiction they will tka elonger to get to her because they dont have their sat nav.

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lupos0_1 · Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 1:13 pm Post subject:

I too, leave the window mount in the car, but always take the device with me. If tomtom found a way to lock the units, this would reduce / stop this altogether. Maybe a system where you have to register the product every 6 months?? I wouldnt mind having to do this if it stopped these scumbags!!!!!! Evil or Very Mad

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oddsock · Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 12:34 pm Post subject:

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alan_m · Regular Visitor Joined: Jun 25, 2005 Posts: 73

oddsock · Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 5:40 pm Post subject:

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mburton2 · Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 2:58 pm Post subject:

Hmm...I ALWAYS remove my iPAQ, and always make sure my Globalsat338 (Or is it a 388?) is not on show, but I must admit to leaving my old Navman jacket on show (Used purely as a mount).....maybe I shoul dthink about taking that off too....

Thanks for the heads up

julianbarker · Lifetime Member Joined: Apr 12, 2005 Posts: 431

I can't beleeive people are stupid enough to leave their PPC in the car! I have been leaving the mount in plain view and taking the PPC away in a hard case. The GPSr remains mounted but is not in view. I have done this in the confident knowlege that no one was tupid enough to just stuff the works in the glove compartment!

generationgav · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 15, 2005 Posts: 13

I leave my mount in; but I'm considering moving it underneath my cd player and sticking it to the plastic where it'll be less noticable.
I always take my PDA with me but my Haicom stays locked in the glove compartment (it lives there when in use anyway as it works fine)
I'm wondering if I should start removing my mount though; but it really does seem such an effort.

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