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Total Members Voted: 7

Voting closed: 23 October 2015, 16:59:44

[05omegav6]

As above...

Referring to TomToms etc rather than factory units.

[Lazydocker]

Voted appropriately but I am aware that it often does, I just haven't experienced it

[05omegav6]

Voted appropriately but I am aware that it often does, I just haven't experienced it

Voted with the silly answer deliberately as my TomTom is tempremental at the best of times and I don't use it for anything other than commuting at the moment, so any other answer would be inappropriate.

Heat reflective screens came up in conversation earlier and I recall mention of it being a potential issue, hence the poll... Hopefully put the myth to bed one way or tother

[davieboy0312]

It affects some satnavs mate. The older Renault clits had a square near bottom middle on heat reflective screens for satnav to sit in. But I have never had any probs

[joshwyatt]

Never noticed the issue myself, on two different Omega's with original heat reflective screens.
I did once have a 'W' plate armoured transit, foolishly I plugged the TomTom in expecting something to happen, but clearly I could never get signal 

[YZ250]

Never had a problem in the Elite with road angel gps but the same item would not work in my daughters old Peugeot 206 with heat reflective screen without the aid of the additional dash aerial. Even then, you had to sit the aerial in the bottom outer corner of the screen.

[r1]

yes
that s why some have a external socket mine wouldn't work at all in French car with a heated screen

[Lazydocker]

I suspect the deciding factor is actually the windscreen brand

Thinking about it, where my phone (and sat nag in the past) sits is roughly under the black bit around the rear view mirror which isn't reflective anyway.

[biggriffin]

Voted appropriately but I am aware that it often does, I just haven't experienced it

Voted with the silly answer deliberately as my TomTom is tempremental at the best of times and I don't use it for anything other than commuting at the moment, so any other answer would be inappropriate.

Heat reflective screens came up in conversation earlier and I recall mention of it being a potential issue, hence the poll... Hopefully put the myth to bed one way or tother

Why cant you remember the way.
 or do they change the roads in,sussex overnight..

[05omegav6]

Daft twonk I rarely use the idiot box because I know where I work...

[Lagondanet]

Al, Enlighten us, or me at least, how you identify the heat reflective screen. Different colour, framed? I am not sure if I have one or do you know I have?
Thanks. 

[zirk]

I had a Becker stand alone that was used in a MV6 Estate moons ago with a HRS, from switch on it wouldn't pick up jack shite signal but if moved briefly to the side window it kick into life within seconds, would have to do this every time to get it to work, strange thing was, once it got its signal you could move back to the centre of the screen without issues until the next switch on. 

[05omegav6]

Al, Enlighten us, or me at least, how you identify the heat reflective screen. Different colour, framed? I am not sure if I have one or do you know I have?
Thanks. 

As per earlier text...

Note the different tint colour between screen and side window... purplke vs green

Going to and coming from work in the dark, so no detail pic before Wednesday

[Lagondanet]

Thanks Al. I shall have to have a good look in the light. I don't think the screen in my car is the original though.

[Lagondanet]

Al I don't think my car has your tints green or purple. Front and sides seem to be the same. Front just has a sun strip.  So it looks like mine does not have the heat reflective option after all.