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14/6/2007 at 9:04pm
 Location: east preston west sussex
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Hi I've just bought one of these for my Sedona, and was wondering if it will be ok to use in the OH's C-Max which has a heated front screen. 

Does anyone know?



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14/6/2007 at 9:09pm
 Location: Hayle Cornwall
 Outfit: Honda CRV Bailey Bordeaux + tents
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I have a Peugeot 406 with an older Go 300. I had to buy an extension antenna which fits to the roof via a magnet - works a treat. Picked it up off Ebay but cant remember how much it was.

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14/6/2007 at 10:25pm
 Location: Bromsgrove Worcestershire
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Try it and find out. I dont think heated screens effect the reception, I think its the uv proteced windscreens that stops the signal.

Or is it that you think the mount will fall off if you use the heated screen?



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14/6/2007 at 11:49pm
 Location: South Cheshire
 Outfit: Eriba 320GT
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We had a Satnav in a Ford Mondeo and had no problems with it. The Mondeo also had a heated front screen.

We could not use one in a Renault Megane which had a heat reflective front screen - so I put in on the side window instead



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15/6/2007 at 3:51am
 Location: Devon
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A heated screem will cause no problems.The newer generatation of sat navs have higher gain recievers.


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15/6/2007 at 7:05am
 Location: Lancashire
 Outfit: Nissan Note 1.6 SVE :Khyam XL Classic
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Why not just switch it on and place it in the C-MAX for 5 minutes to see if it gets sat lock.

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15/6/2007 at 8:23am
 Location: St Austell Sunny Cornwall
 Outfit: Lokon Vario 6 tunnel tent
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I think its the uv screens like the renaults have they have a purple tint to the glass. just try it and see


16/6/2007 at 5:37pm
 Location: South Northants
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I use the TomTom 710 in my Laguna without problems, at least in the UK. I took it with me to Italy last week where I hired a car for 4 days. The heat on the windscreen (about 30c) caused the suction cup to come off the screen. I ended up fitting it so the unit was laying on the dash and not putting weight on the suction cup but worked prefectly.

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18/6/2007 at 11:10am
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Hi Glen

I have the tomtom 910 and it works fine in our Cmax

The only problem I have found is the unit is quite heavy for its screen mount so when you fit it to the screen it tends to drop whith vibration. I cured this when I made a plastic flat plate and secured it to the smoothe area on the dashboard  just to the right of the upper glove box compartment with sticky backed velcro and secure the screen mount on to it and it works great.



18/6/2007 at 11:37am
 Location: St Austell Sunny Cornwall
 Outfit: Lokon Vario 6 tunnel tent
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There was a faulty batch of mounts if you go onto the tomtom website you can order a free replacement upgraded mount by typing in your serial number


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19/6/2007 at 9:44pm
 Location: east preston west sussex
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Thanks for all your help we'll try it and see how we get on in the C Max.



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