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Hastings Direct You Drive

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  • emmail75
    emmail75 Posts: 12 Forumite
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    paul_c123 said:
    Does the car have a heated front screen?
    Yes.......
  • paul_c123
    paul_c123 Posts: 742 Forumite
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    Bingo!

    The GPS function of a phone is very poor, due to the Faraday Cage effect of the heating elements in a front screen. Its not reliable to use a GPS device within a so-equipped car to determine speed, etc.
  • emmail75
    emmail75 Posts: 12 Forumite
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    edited 23 October at 6:22AM
    paul_c123 said:
    Bingo!

    The GPS function of a phone is very poor, due to the Faraday Cage effect of the heating elements in a front screen. Its not reliable to use a GPS device within a so-equipped car to determine speed, etc.
    Well !!!!!! me! I never knew that! So from day one it was never going to work. 
    More ammunition for me to throw at HD! Thanks!
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