JonM
Member Since: 24 May 2012
Location: North Yorkshire
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| GPS Speed on Sat Nav (MY2012) is it possible? |
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Now I've got some new tyres, I'd like to check how inaccurate the speedo is but I can't get a reliable GPS fix inside the car. Is it possible to make the sat nav display the GPS speed on a MY2012 HSE?
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 22nd Jun 2013 3:40 pm |
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Trackman
Member Since: 16 Apr 2010
Location: Glasgow
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You would actually trust what it told you 
I don't think its possible, unless others know better.
Ian.
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| 22nd Jun 2013 10:31 pm |
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Hairy Dan
Member Since: 19 Jan 2011
Location: Co. Durham
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I'm sure you used to be able to do it on my MY2011 D4 through the hidden screen but I can't find the option on my MY2012's hidden screen 
Could you not try with an app on your phone if you place the phone at the far right of the screen? Cheers Ian
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| 22nd Jun 2013 10:34 pm |
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pagoda
Member Since: 13 Aug 2009
Location: Not London Anymore (or the US for that matter)
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Anyone who has a Disco 4 must own a TomTom, unless you like pointless deviations and  routes from A to B, and the TomTom will give you the GPS speed. PAGODA
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| 22nd Jun 2013 10:37 pm |
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JonM
Member Since: 24 May 2012
Location: North Yorkshire
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Hairy Dan wrote:Could you not try with an app on your phone if you place the phone at the far right of the screen?
I might have to try again but I just can't get a reliable GPS signal inside the car. I can get one outside the car but the screaming and whining from SWMBO when I politely ask her to hang out of the window with the GPS unit makes it very difficult to ask her what the speed is.
Maybe I need to fasten her more securely to the roof rack instead. 
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| 22nd Jun 2013 11:31 pm |
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Hairy Dan
Member Since: 19 Jan 2011
Location: Co. Durham
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I struggle with a getting good gps signal around the centre of the dash but can get a full gps signal in the bottom corner of the windscreen on the drivers side  Cheers Ian
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| 23rd Jun 2013 8:58 am |
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NJSS
Member Since: 06 May 2009
Location: Catherington, Hampshire.
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Hairy Dan
I've never tried anywhere than the bottom right hand corner of the windscreen where my TomTom gets an excellent signal.
The Blackvue gets a good GPS signal close to the rear view mirror too.
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| 23rd Jun 2013 9:07 am |
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phl
Member Since: 07 Dec 2012
Location: Sydney
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Never had any problems getting a strong GPS signal from my iPhone 5; I wonder if Sat position has something to do with it, or does the front screen in the UK have a metallic film the one in Australia doesn't have.
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| 23rd Jun 2013 10:37 am |
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JonM
Member Since: 24 May 2012
Location: North Yorkshire
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Had a quick try again this morning.
The bottom right corner of the screen has a nice gap in the heating elements and I do get a better GPS fix there. Now I just need to work out a way of mounting the GPS or phone there so that I can read the screen whilst driving.
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| 23rd Jun 2013 10:41 am |
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