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bmwjack

02-25-2010 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Striker169 (Post 716015)

I tried it, when I had the antenna off it said antenna open in the gps menu and I did not see the satellites. When I pugged it back in it said Recerr. I guess I need to try a new antenna I wish there was someone near by that I could try theirs with or something instead of buying a new antenna and it be the trimble unit, if it is how can I fix that or get it fixed?? Or is my whole nav computer shot then?

Also where can I buy a new antenna?

Have you had your car windows tinted

Striker169

03-01-2010 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Roy in GA (Post 716056)

Antennas are cheap on ebay. Are all of the antenna connections good? There is probably one in the dash area between the antenna and cable. I am assuming your antenna is in the dash and not the rear??

Which ones work with the MKIV system though? Also its under the trunk lid so it is in the rear.

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Originally Posted by bmwjack (Post 717092)

Have you had your car windows tinted

A long time ago and its ceramic so its not supposed to interfear.

bmwjack

03-03-2010 06:37 AM

Here's one from Germany on ebay Item number:270536406014 . just make sure it's the same connection as yours.

X5 Meister

04-10-2010 02:51 AM

I don't believe the number of white dots correlates with the actual number of satellites the nav system has found.

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Originally Posted by bmwjack (Post 711391)

Once the cd is load in ,usually about 5 minutes from start to finish, the computer will look for the satellites every time its is turn on and you can see how many satellites it as found in the small screen at the top right corner with the map of the world, once it starts to find the satellites they appear like small white dots, you can even count how many it has found

maxandfriend

04-11-2010 01:15 PM

Maybe a bit late to help Striker but here is my experience...

I had the very same problem in my MK4 and it turned out not being antenna related.
It was simply the nav which was having a hard time reading dvds.

Weird enough but as soon as I fed it with an original dvd all my problems disappeared.

I did even try a software upgrade but to no avail.

Then, in a few months, it started acting worse and having a hard time reading original dvds too, so I had the laser changed and all was back to normal even when using backup dvd copies.

About dots and sats correlation, I'm not really sure but it looks like being true as thats not a static image... you can clearly see dots appear and disappear and move around the little square.

X5 Meister

04-11-2010 04:07 PM

I'm not saying that the moving image does not correlate with the acquisition / re-acquisition of satellites. What I'm saying is that I don't think the number of dots corresponds with the actual number of satellites.

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Originally Posted by maxandfriend (Post 731494)

About dots and sats correlation, I'm not really sure but it looks like being true as thats not a static image... you can clearly see dots appear and disappear and move around the little square.

Roy in GA

04-12-2010 10:32 AM

Go to the service menu to see what sats you can really see and their signal strength. Don't rely on the dots if you really want to know.

X5 Meister

04-12-2010 10:38 AM

I agree.

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Originally Posted by Roy in GA (Post 731674)

Go to the service menu to see what sats you can really see and their signal strength. Don't rely on the dots if you really want to know.

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