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Old 11-02-2009, 05:56 AM
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Re: Windshield replace

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Originally Posted by gbianchi View Post
Warning post hijack.......this is windshield related, my GPS's seem to have a terrible time keeping a sat lock anytime I stop moving in my SVX, they are also not very accurate while moving anyone else having a problem? if I hold it out the window its fine, no its not the GPS as it works just fine outside the car or in any other Subaru I drive, just wondering.................G
I have a Tom Tom and it works OK once it has loaded all the satellites.

It is actually the GPS that's your problem.Whatever model you are using is requiring a stronger signal than the Tom Tom or the Garmin, and it can't get that behind the TiOx screen.

One way around this problem is to mount an external GPS pickup outside the screen and feed to your unit, that seems to work.

The other way [probably simpler] is to buy a stronger GPS device that can pick up the signals through the screen and lock the satellites. And you know the two that will work now.

Joe
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