stonecold1163
Registered User
Anyone know where to buy a sat nav for my a3.I have looked on ebay. Does anyone know if the sat nav out of a a4 the same as one out of an a3.
funguf said:Have there been any reports of thefts of the RNS-E unit? I mean the is the face of the unit removable?
I came across this in Golf forum today.
http://uk-mkivs.net/forums/thread/884337.aspx
Quite worrying this. I always thought that factory fitted satnavs weren't touched by thieves. I suppose on the whole they are much safer to have than your tom toms and the likes...
h5djr said:One advantage of a PDA or TomTom type unit is that it's very easy to take it out of the car and take it with you.
It is, but on the other hand they even tell you to wipe off suction marks as that attracts thieves thinking you've left your satnav in the glovebox/armrest. You can't win!
I don't think so. There was a feature on national news recently which said that in one year (can't recall if it was 2005 or 2006), a staggering 265,000 portable sat nav units were stolen. The police added that this figure doesn't include attempted thefts, where the pond-life broke into the car hoping to find hidden portable units.h5djr said:An advantage for PDA Sat/Nav as opposed to an 'all-in-one' unit.
The RNS-E does not have any removable fascia parts. It does however have an anti-theft code, which I understand is verified against the car it is connected to. What this means (I think) is that if you disconnect the power and reconnect it a short time later to the same car, you're not prompted for the code - at least this is what has happened to me. However, when I first installed it, I was prompted for the code.funguf said:Have there been any reports of thefts of the RNS-E unit? I mean the is the face of the unit removable?
I don't think so. There was a feature on national news recently which said that in one year (can't recall if it was 2005 or 2006), a staggering 265,000 portable sat nav units were stolen. The police added that this figure doesn't include attempted thefts, where the pond-life broke into the car hoping to find hidden portable units.
JamS3 said:A factory somewhere.......
Agreed. There was some speculation over on navplus.us about the high number of RNS-Es available there, but as you say there is a steady flow from these vendors. In addition, navplus.us was running a thread on eBay experiences with RNS-E purchases which is well worth a read.JamS3 said:They must be! There can't be that many cars over there with sat nav in to get stolen and if there was they must have run out of units to pinch now that many have been sold!
What about them getting made over there?
Was that topsatnav? I recall a couple of people here have bought from him (like myself) and haven't had any problems.JamS3 said:As long as the seller has very good feedback and has sold plenty of units then I would not worry about getting damaged/faulty goods. I got mine from ebay from the same person as JohnS3 on here and it was a immaculate 2006 model.