Heated front screen

Don101 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 21, 2008 Posts: 7

Appreciate this may have come up before but can't find ref. Have a car with heated front screen. Are there any makes models that can cope with this or am I stuck with an external ariel??
Many thanks
Don

pcaouolte · Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 1:43 pm Post subject:

Any modern unit should work ok with a heated front screen without an external aerial.

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GPS_fan · Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 2:02 pm Post subject:

Most modern units are able to work through quick clear windscreens.

However, if this is not the case, you will find GPS manufacturers offer plug-in antennae so that you can then place the external antenna elsewhere in the car where it's unobscured
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Don101 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 21, 2008 Posts: 7

Many thanks to you both.
Don

Andy_P · Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 4:23 pm Post subject:

It's the heat REFLECTING screens ("athermic") that have caused problems in the past, rather then heated ones.
But I think the latest GPS chipsets are so sensitive that even those aren't such an issue now.

deltaone · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 29, 2008 Posts: 10

I've just purchased the TomTom 920T and that works flawlessly in a Ford Transit with the heated screen. Not tried the traffic options yet.

My SDA smartphone running Copilot died as soon as I closed the door!

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