Sony Nav-U U50 Satnav Headaches.

misterjingles

Having missed out on one of the Medion specials at Tesco earlier this month , I've taken the plunge with a refurbished Sony Nav-U U50 unit from Valutech. Paid £69.99 + del = £74.

Being a satnav newbie I wondered if I'm experiencing abnormal problems with this unit.

1. I can stand outside on a clear evening and fail completely to pick up a satellite signal - surely this isn't right ?

2. When I place the unit in my car and commence my journey , the satellite signal is very erratic , sometimes I can travel a couple of miles without a route refresh.

Any other Sony satnav users / gurus care to comment.?:mad:

Millionaire

misterjingles wrote: »

Having missed out on one of the Medion specials at Tesco earlier this month , I've taken the plunge with a refurbished Sony Nav-U U50 unit from Valutech. Paid £69.99 + del = £74.

Being a satnav newbie I wondered if I'm experiencing abnormal problems with this unit.

1. I can stand outside on a clear evening and fail completely to pick up a satellite signal - surely this isn't right ?

2. When I place the unit in my car and commence my journey , the satellite signal is very erratic , sometimes I can travel a couple of miles without a route refresh.

Any other Sony satnav users / gurus care to comment.?:mad:

Hi,

You may just have a faulty unit. initial "gps lock" shoudlnt take more than a few minutes from a cold start and it should def pick up outside.

Regarding the in car performance it may be due to some athermic heat-reflecting windscreens and built-in windscreen heaters block GPS signal reception via the windscreen

so you may have to buy a external antenna accessory to work around this but it looks like your unit maybe faulty anyway.