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Moreno Occasional Visitor
Joined: Oct 11, 2005 Posts: 34 Location: Dartford
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Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 6:46 pm Post subject: Tom Tom Go 930t - adjust speed setting |
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Hi guys,
Is their any way of calibrating the onscreen speed. It is 3 mph out which is really annoying? |
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Darren Frequent Visitor
Joined: 11/07/2002 14:36:40 Posts: 23848 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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It's not 3mph 'out', your vehicle speedometer is and that is by design. The GPS speed is the more accurate, vehicle speedo's can over-read by up to 10% and this is permitted in-law.
Discussed many many times here, have a search. _________________ Darren Griffin |
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Moreno Occasional Visitor
Joined: Oct 11, 2005 Posts: 34 Location: Dartford
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Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 7:03 pm Post subject: |
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thanks Darren, weird to think that a satellite can be more accurate than the car itself.
thanks mate |
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Darren Frequent Visitor
Joined: 11/07/2002 14:36:40 Posts: 23848 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 7:08 pm Post subject: |
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Not that weird when you realise GPS uses Atomic Clocks for timing and cost a few hundred billion whereas your average car speedo doesn't and has varied accuracy dependent on type wear _________________ Darren Griffin |
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Moreno Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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haha good point!
thanks |
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jimelliot Occasional Visitor
Joined: Jun 20, 2007 Posts: 42
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Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 10:23 am Post subject: |
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I think that cars sold in the UK are required to have there speedos 'clocked' so as to over-read. I am on my third sat-nav and tried in mant different vehicles and the speedos all over-read compsred to the sat-nav.
Tried my sat-navs in USA and the speedo agrees with sat-nav. |
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Darren Frequent Visitor
Joined: 11/07/2002 14:36:40 Posts: 23848 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 10:32 am Post subject: |
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Not quite, the regulations stipulate they can be anywhere between 100% accurate and over-read by 10% but they cannot under-read.
Given the many variables involved it is easier to design them such that they over-read slightly be default.
And that's not just UK, the same regulations apply across the EU and similar ones operate in most markets. _________________ Darren Griffin |
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Joined: Jun 04, 2005 Posts: 19991 Location: West and Southwest London
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Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 1:43 am Post subject: |
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