Photosbykev
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- Nov 17, 2013
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- United Kingdom
- Dash Cam
- Roadhawk HD, Mobius
Hi
Has anyone else noticed their Satnav satellite signal being degraded when their dashcam is running?
My TomTom 1005 live satnav normally has a GPS signal strength around 80% with the dashcam turned off. With the dashcam on this drops to 70% but still works fine. When I plug the External
GPS antenna into the dashcam the TomTom gps signal drops below 60% and struggles to maintain the gps lock.
I thought I might be creating a Faraday cage effect by running the dashcam gps antenna around the windscreen frame so I shortened the antenna cable down to 6" and mounted the antenna adjacent to the camera. This gave a small improvement in the TomTom gps signal but not enough for reliable use
I'm just about to give up on the Roadhawk and look for an alternative unit
Regards
Kev
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4
Has anyone else noticed their Satnav satellite signal being degraded when their dashcam is running?
My TomTom 1005 live satnav normally has a GPS signal strength around 80% with the dashcam turned off. With the dashcam on this drops to 70% but still works fine. When I plug the External
GPS antenna into the dashcam the TomTom gps signal drops below 60% and struggles to maintain the gps lock.
I thought I might be creating a Faraday cage effect by running the dashcam gps antenna around the windscreen frame so I shortened the antenna cable down to 6" and mounted the antenna adjacent to the camera. This gave a small improvement in the TomTom gps signal but not enough for reliable use
I'm just about to give up on the Roadhawk and look for an alternative unit
Regards
Kev
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4