Sat nav question

wealdroam

sassy-one wrote: »

Real harden criminals may have a GPRS receiver to detect a signal, however such a device would cost £££'s.

Did you mean GPRS receiver, or perhaps GPS receiver?

Anyhow, it doesn't matter too much because, as others have said, a satnav is a receiver, not a transmitter.
So there is no signal to detect anyway.

sassy_one

globalds wrote: »

I remember a story about a hard up student who's car had been broken into a few times and so had resorted to sticking a cardboard sign inside his window that said........."No CD Player , No Sat- Nav , No Valuables."

He came back to his car after a days shopping to find the side window put through and someone had scribbled underneath ......" Just checking"

I'd say it was someone he knew or knew of him, to be brave and write that and ignoring the sign!

Col7777

The only problem with leaving your sat nav in the car is a thief could steal it and set it for 'Home' they know you are not in and break in to your property.

That is if you live not too far away from the theft of course.

nickyhutch

Thanks, everyone, for your responses :j

molerat

Col7777 wrote: »

The only problem with leaving your sat nav in the car is a thief could steal it and set it for 'Home' they know you are not in and break in to your property.

That is if you live not too far away from the theft of course.

The people who live across the road from me would be !!!!ed off then

bartman

It's fairly common for satnavs to be bluetooth compatible - to output mobile calls via its loudspeaker - so they will transmit a signal which presumably could be identified by anybody nearby with a mobile.

[Deleted User]

They will break in even with no sat nav holder marks on the screen. Someone broke into my sisters car this week by popping the lock on the door. They checked the glove box and boot. Nothing of any value in the car. She doesn't even have a sat nav!

mikey72

Col7777 wrote: »

The only problem with leaving your sat nav in the car is a thief could steal it and set it for 'Home' they know you are not in and break in to your property.

That is if you live not too far away from the theft of course.

molerat wrote: »

The people who live across the road from me would be !!!!ed off then

They'd really hate me then. They get all my quotes for Mr sdffgh from "gocompare" as well.

nickyhutch

bartman wrote: »

It's fairly common for satnavs to be bluetooth compatible - to output mobile calls via its loudspeaker - so they will transmit a signal which presumably could be identified by anybody nearby with a mobile.

Now that tallies with what I was told, but my all-knowing stepdad ridiculed the idea. It was an ex police officer who told me, so *shrug*

Gloomendoom

nickyhutch wrote: »

Now that tallies with what I was told, but my all-knowing stepdad ridiculed the idea. It was an ex police officer who told me, so *shrug*

If the Bluetooth was enabled it would give of a detectable signal. It would also probably identify itself as a gps.

It would be unusual for for Bluetooth signal to be emitted with the sat nav turned off though.

It would be easy to check if you had a Bluetooth phone. Just look for any other Bluetooth devices nearby.