sat nav

[bish]

hi does anybody know why my sat nav says follow the heading. not in digitised area. its a 2001 with the siemens biult in sat nav.

[DaiRees]

Either something wrong with the unit or maps disc (but usually it just says unable to read disc), or you're in an area that's not covered by the map. New build area? Old maps? Wrong region maps?

[bish]

thanks for your reply i spoke to navteq they seem to think it could be the antenna at fault as it doesnt seem to be picking up the sats. ive just loaded another update cd in but still says the same i dont know weather to buy a new antenna off ebay and try that.

[DaiRees]

Hmmm, far be it from me to question Navteq but that doesn't sound right to me. The "not digitised area" message implies that the machine knows where it is but that place isn't on the maps. Then again it could just be a default message, pug are fond of them. There's a diagnostic mode for the sat nav, should indicate if you're getting a signal or not, hang on....

Have a look at this excellent post by DeDragonSlayer, the bit you want is towards the bottom after the stuff about fitting it

[bish]

interesting reading thanks for that. on the gps part it says all zeros which i presume is not picking up satilites. im in cornwall but i did go to exeter the other day and it was the same. all a bit strange to me.

[DaiRees]

Yeah, here's mine.
7 satelites

[steve_earwig]

Ewww, it's in Froggish

[bish]

looks diferant to mine every thing is the same apart from yours is showing 7 satilites mine showing 0. what year disc have you got in yours i wonder if that makes a differences. mine is a 2003 version.

[DaiRees]

Errrm, not sure what year TBH, maybe the 2005 one?

Of course it's in Froggish Wiggy, what language would you expect from a Froggish car? Mongolian?

[steve_earwig]

But but but... No langwidge options or owt?

If these things need an aerial of some description than I reckon the OP's is missing it.