My c5 inbuilt SatNav has an intermittent fault and keeps loosing the satellites. Before I start to take anything apart, does anyone know if the aerial cable from the back of the roof has a connector that may have come apart, say somewhere near the A-post, or is it one cable. I have checked the roof aerial connector and back of the head unit and the satnav cable is connected OK.
Gordonoga Woodford Green, UK
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There should be a map somewhere online showing all the cable connections. I have a 99 Xantia and under the drivers seat there`s a cable that disconnects now and then. This if for the warning lights on the dashboard so this cable has taken a few years from my life. When all the lights go on....puh...
Frank
>In message , Gordon Spooner writes
Before you start pulling anything apart be aware that there are all sorts of reasons that a GPS receiver will lose lock on the satellites, and that there may not be anything the matter with it. The signal from the satellites is very weak, almost anything solid will stop it.
You need a clear view of the sky to get a lock. If, for example, you spend a lot of time driving in towns or hilly areas tall buildings or hills can interfere with the signal, blocking it out and causing multipath reflections which can interfere with accuracy.
None of this means that you haven't got a duff unit of course!
Regards,
Even trees. My GPS almost always loses the satellites along some stretches of road in open country but lined with trees. But I have no GPS aerial built-in to the car, this is a portable Garmin Quest that relies on 'seeing the sky' through the windscreen.
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