heated windscreen

Hiya John,

My only word of caution is that I have heard that it can affect GPS reception. If this is not an issue I am sure someone will be along soon to help. I haven't got a clue.

Andy

Disco 2.5TDI XS AUTO - Breakdowns to date = 0

Definitely affects GPS, I have NAVMAN, and need an external GPS antennae

That's odd it has no effect on my navman or tomtom GPS.

Liam

I bought an external magnetic stick on roof aerial in the hope that it would speed up the cold start on my PDA based TomTom 5 but, although I now get big strong bars on the signal strength display that I didn't get behind the '98 HSE heated screen, it doesn't really lock in any faster.

But I paid good money for that aerial so I plug it in everytime regardless...

nigelH

Odd as my 96 HSE is fine with tomtom & garmin V3i

The cables ought to be visible in the scuttle area with the bonnet open, a "fixed" plug at either side of the vehicle. I take it you are aware that it needs to go on Testbook or Rovacom or similar to talk to the BCU and tell it that it now has a heated screen before it'll work? Badger.

Tomtom on my PDA takes ages to get itself started too.. however, memorymap on the same PDA gets a gps signal and a position reading almost instantly. TomTom must do something silly with its GPS readings.

In my case it's not TomTom but the plug in card. I suspect that it won't lock in while it's moving. I can force it to lock by going into its own software and 'clicking' the cold start button so I suspect Tomtom is just waiting for it to lock not forcing the issue. Either way the heated screen does make a difference to the signal but not quite enough to stop things working.

It's just another detestable gadget that I happily lived for decades without that has now messed with my mind so I think it is indispensable.

nigelH