RNS-E sat nav, Weird problem ...

[Pinballer]

Can anyone advise on the following problem with an RNS-E sat nav ? …

Basically, about 1 in 10 times I start the car, the RNS-E seems to loose GPS signal, and shows me up to 10 miles away from where I really am !

It continues to move the pointer on the map correctly, but just 5/10 miles out.

It is never more than 10 miles wrong (ie, It doesn’t randomly show me in middle of France etc).

If I turn everything off for a few minutes, and then back on it still shows the same error and continues to do so for the rest of the day.

But leave it over night, and the next day it will be back to normal, and stays good for the rest of that day.

Weird.

I've checked the cable/plugs/wiring. Everything is correct.



Anyone had this, or can offer a solution ?

Thanks.

[andyt]

The aerials go screwy after a while. I had to replace mine when it started seeing very few satellites and was getting lost a lot. It would only see about 1 or 2 satellites. My replacement was £10 off eBay IIRC and once fitted it could suddenly see more like 6 or 7 satellites and has performed faultlessly since.

[Pinballer]

The aerials go screwy after a while. I had to replace mine when it started seeing very few satellites and was getting lost a lot. It would only see about 1 or 2 satellites. My replacement was £10 off eBay IIRC and once fitted it could suddenly see more like 6 or 7 satellites and has performed faultlessly since.

Thanks for reply - was it like this, ebay item # 370344944728 ??

If so, did you merely replace the bit on the roof and reuse existing cable ?


cheers.

[andyt]

Yeah exactly like that. However, you effectively abandon the one on the roof and the cable that leads from it to the RNS-E. You then take out the dials (fascia above steering wheel clips off and then two of the tightest screws you'll ever encounter, and the clocks should pull out. If you fish with your hand and feel around the underside of the top of the hole for the clocks, you'll feel a kind of little shelf where the fascia folds back on itself. Slip the receiver in there and then feed the cable through somehow to the back of your RNS-E. It think there's a few routes but be careful not to foul anything. Disconnect existing aerial, connect new one and that should be that. You might think that it'll be ropey with no line of sight but lots of people have put theirs there and it performs great.

[Pinballer]

Yeah exactly like that. However, you effectively abandon the one on the roof and the cable that leads from it to the RNS-E. You then take out the dials (fascia above steering wheel clips off and then two of the tightest screws you'll ever encounter, and the clocks should pull out. If you fish with your hand and feel around the underside of the top of the hole for the clocks, you'll feel a kind of little shelf where the fascia folds back on itself. Slip the receiver in there and then feed the cable through somehow to the back of your RNS-E. It think there's a few routes but be careful not to foul anything. Disconnect existing aerial, connect new one and that should be that. You might think that it'll be ropey with no line of sight but lots of people have put theirs there and it performs great.

Brilliant - cheers for that !

One £10 purchase coming up ...