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04-16-2003, 12:30 AM
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Low Bitrate
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Oklahoma
Vehicle: 2001 GMC Yukon
Posts: 94
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GPS Receiver and Auto Tint
Has anyone had any good luck with this? I know it's been said that it doesn't work but I'm just curious if anyone has had any good lock with gps receivers in the car with tint. I just purchased a RAND MCNALLY GPS RECEIVER and was hopeing it might work in the back of my Tahoe that has tint. Thanks for any replies,
Reggie
I will post my result and pics of the Tahoe this weekend.
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04-16-2003, 02:18 PM
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Low Bitrate
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Oklahoma
Vehicle: 2001 GMC Yukon
Posts: 94
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Well I got my RAND MCNALLY GPS RECEIVER today and it works fine in the back of my tahoe with tint. I am so happy, I won't have to run long cables to the front of my truck, I am so tired of running cable LOL. It does work, I haven't put it through a very long test just drove around the block. I will make notes and show them here.
Reggie
Last edited by reggiek945; 04-17-2003 at 02:49 AM.
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04-16-2003, 07:59 PM
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Low Bitrate
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Oklahoma
Vehicle: 2001 GMC Yukon
Posts: 94
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Fixed link to pictures.
OK here are some Pics, I haven't finished with the GPS install yet. I just have the wire losse but will get to that this weekend.
http://www.sounddomain.com/member_pa...page_id=121480
Let me know what you guys think,
Reggie
Last edited by reggiek945; 04-17-2003 at 02:45 AM.
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04-16-2003, 08:22 PM
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Raw Wave
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Temple Terrace, Fl.
Vehicle: '05 Shadow Mica Matrix XR
Posts: 2,607
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I know when I had the RX-7 it had more of a "silver" tint and I had more issues with getting a lock than with my current car which has the normal "dark" tint. I also had issues with my alarm in the 7. It worked off of RF and I could stand ten feet away sometimes and I would have a problem with arm/disarm. But, again, with my current car I can be close to a 1/4 mile away and it works on a clear day.
The guy at the alarm store said it was due to the metal in the "silver" type of tint...So, if you've got silver this may be the problem...
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Last edited by Defiler; 04-16-2003 at 08:25 PM.
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04-16-2003, 08:57 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2002
Posts: 1,124
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That's all I get when I try to view the pics.
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04-16-2003, 09:01 PM
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Low Bitrate
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Oklahoma
Vehicle: 2001 GMC Yukon
Posts: 94
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Hey ddt are you still haveing problems? Let me know,
Reggie
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04-16-2003, 11:22 PM
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FLAC
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Chicagoland, IL
Vehicle: 1993 VW Passat, 2006 VW Passat
Posts: 1,704
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I can't view the pictures either, and metalic tints have been known to cause problems with anything RF (grps, wifi, radar).
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04-28-2003, 11:11 AM
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FLAC
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Vehicle: 2002 Jetta 1.8T
Posts: 940
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When I tried the rand Mcnally gps antenna on my rear window -2002 Jetta
I would get some problems such as longer lock times, and just bad directions sometimes. That could be copilot error.
But now I ran the cables to the fron underneath the windshield, no tints
It works perfectly fine now. And the satellites lock on the second I run copilot.
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