22-04-2015, 10:28pm
I'm giving up on the Evoque navigation system. I want to use my iPhone and Google maps instead, but the metal film windscreen makes it difficult to receive GPS signals.
I'm thinking about installing a GPS receiver on the back window and have it transmit position data via Bluetooth to the iPhone.
Advantages include better position accuracy than the iPhone GPS and less drain on the iPhone battery.
The difficult is getting a receiver that turns itself on when the car is on and off when finished. I don't want to open the hatch to restart it every day. Planning to plug the charger cable into the power socket in the hatch.
Has anyone done this yet?
Here are the units I have found so far
I'm thinking about installing a GPS receiver on the back window and have it transmit position data via Bluetooth to the iPhone.
Advantages include better position accuracy than the iPhone GPS and less drain on the iPhone battery.
The difficult is getting a receiver that turns itself on when the car is on and off when finished. I don't want to open the hatch to restart it every day. Planning to plug the charger cable into the power socket in the hatch.
Has anyone done this yet?
Here are the units I have found so far