[gps-talkusers] Re: Earthmate and tinted windows

Peggy,

It is actually the direction of travel that matters. If you sat in the back 
and drove the car backwards, it would work fine. If you are driving 
forward, the GpS has to be in the front window.

You may recall emails on this list about riding on the Virgin trains in 
England. I have confirmed that the tinted windows on the Virgin trains 
completely obscure the GPS signal. The same applies to cars. Also, the 
defrost elements in the back window of a car can block the signal. It is 
the metal blocking the signal.

Just kidding about the direction of travel.

Mike


At 07:59 PM 3/30/2005, you wrote:
>Hi, all.  Last night we went to Carmichael to some friends' house, and then
>headed off for dinner in Folsom.  I was really excited, having never gone
>to Folsom with GPS.  At first I sat in the backseat with our friend's
>wife.  The windows in the vehicle were very tinted, and for the life of me,
>I couldn't get a fix.  Fortunately, my husband being the sensitive guy he
>is, asked if we could stop so I could sit in the front seat, and our friend
>was happy to do so.  Once I got in the front seat, where the windows
>weren't tinted, I got a good fix.  So I'm curious:  Does GPS not work with
>tinted windows?  Or was it because I was in the backseat of the
>vehicle?  Or perhaps it was both.  I know with my old Sportrak I could get
>a fix from the backseat although it seemed to work better from the front,
>since I'd have front and side windows to work with.
>
>Just curious to hear others' experiences when riding in a car, especially
>Earthmate users, since that's what I'm using now.  How insistent are you
>about where you sit in a vehicle when you want to use GPS?  I don't want to
>be a pain, but I like to "look out of the window" too.
>
>Comments, anyone?
>
>Peggy
>
>
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