andywsxi16v
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Just bought a refurbed RA2 off eBay, it has subscription untill ../07/08 and it cost £185 which i think is good! The company who re-sell them do all the transfer details so it should be regesterd in my name. .Now iv`e updated it with the software from www.blackspot.com and all was succesfull. But on using it im constantly getting a message saying "searching for satellites". It does say in the manual that it will take upto 45 mins to pick up the data from the satellites! Would this apply for a re-furbed one too?
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Dave A
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mine took a good 30 mins to get a signal. make sure you are not parked in your garage
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andywsxi16v
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quote:
Originally posted by corsa808
mine took a good 30 mins to get a signal. make sure you are not parked in your garage
My drive to work was 15 mins and home was 15mins so that prob wasn`t enough!!? I have it conected to my PC at the moment, will that work. cant get it near the window though!
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John
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Let it get the signal standing still.
If it uses a crappy gps reciever, which it sounds liek it does, you'll never get one while your moving.
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John
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And you've got no chance of it getting a signal indoors.
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blue_corsa
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you may need a external reciever, my ra2 didnt work in my coupe.
its because of the black strip on top of the screen , blackspot and other companies sell the recievers
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Doug
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Your best bet is to take it on a drive for an hour or so.
But some cars have heat reflective windshields so the RA2 cant get a good signal/any signal. If this is the case then you will need to buy a cheap booster from the black spot website.
You can tell if you have a HRW (heat reflective windshields) by there being a symbol on the screen somewhere or a black band across the top.
Hope that helps mate!!
[Edited on 16-03-2006 by Doug Corsa]
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welshdude
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I use to have the road angel compact in my corsa, it use to take between 5-10 minutes to pick up a signal from the satellites.
If you drove under a bridge then it would loose the signal who a couple of seconds.
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