Cant find satellite signal

Yella Fella · 8th August 2017, 18:14

I get this message too often for my liking. "Cant find satellite signal". The receiver is mounted on the metal of the A pillar.

Before with my old WinC unit the receiver sat on the dash, in the center tucked under the windscreen beside the temp sensor (i think that's what it is) and I always had a signal. Is this a better place rather than mounted on metal?

murphyv310 · 8th August 2017, 20:24

The metal could be acting as a screen Glenn. Best moving to the middle of the dash right up at the windscreen.

SCP440 · 8th August 2017, 22:33

Mine started doing this a couple of weeks ago. I was going to have a look at it but the problem seems to have gone away. Mine lost its signal while I was in Gloucester one day, I had no idea how to get where I was going but luckily it got a signal back after 30 seconds.

Mine could take a couple of miles from a journey start before it had found a signal and it was like that for about a week. Now it finds a signal within seconds.

Yella Fella · 10th August 2017, 18:58

Ive moved the receiver. Its now sitting on the dash tucked in beside the base of the windscreen. So far so good.

Kennyeth · 11th August 2017, 07:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yella Fella

Ive moved the receiver. Its now sitting on the dash tucked in beside the base of the windscreen. So far so good.

When you say receiver..do you mean the little square aerial with the magnetic base?
I have often wondered whether that device needs to held magnetically to metal for the signal....

anyone?
Ken.

murphyv310 · 11th August 2017, 08:12

You mean a ground plane Ken.
I'd suspect at the frequencies involved the metal base of these antennas would suffice. Certainly the standard sat nav and aftermarket ones work ok with just some double sided tape holding them on the dash. The old Win CE one I had in COA was fine till another fault put paid to the navigation section.

sworks · 11th August 2017, 22:16

The sat nav signal is actually quite weak so the best place is in the centre of the dash with the screen above with a clear field to the sky. Any metal above the ariel will create problems.

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Yella Fella Nemo Me Impune Lacessit None at the moment Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Glasgow's HMP Barlinnie, 'A' Hall, 2nd Flat Posts: 5,192 Thanks: 493 Thanked 1,094 Times in 666 Posts	Ive moved the receiver. Its now sitting on the dash tucked in beside the base of the windscreen. So far so good. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

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8th August 2017, 22:33	#3
SCP440 I really should get out more....... MG ZT-T 260 Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Witney Posts: 2,508 Thanks: 6 Thanked 910 Times in 571 Posts	Mine started doing this a couple of weeks ago. I was going to have a look at it but the problem seems to have gone away. Mine lost its signal while I was in Gloucester one day, I had no idea how to get where I was going but luckily it got a signal back after 30 seconds. Mine could take a couple of miles from a journey start before it had found a signal and it was like that for about a week. Now it finds a signal within seconds.