Member Since: 04 Jan 2020
Location: County Durham
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Sat nav GPS antenna clarification
Hi could anyone tell me if this is what the gps antenna looks like on a 2005 Disco 3 se am having stored memory problems with my sat nav posted about this last week but no reply’s so guess no one suffered same issues My gps signal doesn’t kick in till I am about half a mile from home So wondering if it’s a
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28th Jan 2020 7:21 pm
mick_n3
Member Since: 19 May 2017
Location: Kettering
Posts: 428
iirc GPS antenna in in the upper brake light housing
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28th Jan 2020 7:33 pm
Shane1000rr
Member Since: 04 Jan 2020
Location: County Durham
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Cheers thank you is it easy to access
28th Jan 2020 7:45 pm
mick_n3
Member Since: 19 May 2017
Location: Kettering
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No it's bonded in so you have to cut it out, so you can't remove it without destroying it.
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28th Jan 2020 8:04 pm
Shane1000rr
Member Since: 04 Jan 2020
Location: County Durham
Posts: 97
Nightmare won’t be tackling that then think I will be a cheap gps antenna see if that works before doing major work Thanks for reply appreciated 😊
28th Jan 2020 8:24 pm
ruggedpeak
Member Since: 10 Jun 2010
Location: UK
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Can anyone confirm if this is the case for 2007MY cars as I've seen suggestions for later models it is i the shark fin?Tony
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No its still in brake light, only the RRS had it in the shark fin, the old D3's with shark fin had mobile antenna in there as far as I recall.
Just get a cheap magnetic gps aerial and jion the wire to the original and place the aerial to get a good signal hidden in the car.
Flack
18th Mar 2020 2:22 pm
Shane1000rr
Member Since: 04 Jan 2020
Location: County Durham
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Update on my issues I was having After biting the bullet I replaced my dvd unit under the seat and all problems resolved works fantastic.
18th Mar 2020 3:42 pm
ruggedpeak
Member Since: 10 Jun 2010
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Flack wrote:
No its still in brake light, only the RRS had it in the shark fin, the old D3's with shark fin had mobile antenna in there as far as I recall.
Just get a cheap magnetic gps aerial and jion the wire to the original and place the aerial to get a good signal hidden in the car.
Flack
Thanks Tony
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18th Mar 2020 4:25 pm
Sidestick
Member Since: 22 Apr 2012
Location: Rome
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Flack wrote:
Just get a cheap magnetic gps aerial and jion the wire to the original and place the aerial to get a good signal hidden in the car.
Flack
Just done it, but my GPS flag on the satnav is still there
I suppose could be something wrong in the dvd unit - Easy-Lift suspension module 4.0
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28th Mar 2020 2:07 pm
JohnF
Member Since: 12 Mar 2018
Location: Sedgefield
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having similar issues, could be due to changes lat year to GPS signalling.
I tried cheap antennae and replacing DVD unit, still the same -takes a while to get a GPS lock.
My D3 has the gps with a cross through it all the time and thinks I’m in the middle on the Solent. Happened since I switched to a d4 unit and then back. Sounding like it may be a faulty dvd unit. What do you chaps think?
11th Apr 2020 7:17 am
Pete K
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Location: GL
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Have you plugged the gps fraka connector back in under the seat ?
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Location: Rome
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In my case with both antennas, the navigation is good but only the altitude data (visible in offroad mode) is missing triggering the GPS flag in the top left corner of the screen.
After 6/7 minutes in still position it goes out and altitude comes up, but just pressing any hard key to resume the Nav page and the GPS flag pop on again - Easy-Lift suspension module 4.0
- GoodWinch 9500 lb
- Full underbody protections
- Tree/Rock sidebars
- Prospeed roofrack & ladder
- Compressor guard
- Raised Air Intake
- Driving lights (2+4)
- 50 mm Waffle boards
- Altox Heater control
- Overland Rooftop Tent
- Rear seats entertainment
- Front & Rear camera
- GVIF
- Removable tow bar
- Cubby box fridge
- BFG KO2 265/65R17
- iidTool BT
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