Whether or not vKool can block a frequency theoretically, I've personally installed vKool on my car, and only to find that both GPS and SmartTAG does not work well, and I removed it for a cheaper tint. It works very well thereafter.

because you can make a girl voice read your email

in garmin\help\en, there's a folder that starts with _. Delete that.

haha, i guess this is the selling point of cheap cool tint.. lol

GPS uses radio waves and yes, VKool blocks such radio signals. It uses a different frequency compared to your radio and mobile phone which is why they are not affected.

You can do a simple test by checking your GPS signal strength in the car and outside the car. You can see the signal bars jump higher when your phone (or GPSr) is outside the car.

my vkool has no problem reading tng

but ya i think best is u wind down ur window then stick ur phone out or sth..cos even those standalone gps units the tranceiver/thingymajigngy is meant to be stuck outside right

yeah i tried it out the other day.. damn cool! haha

wow.. well i do heard before of tinting on the windows does affect the gps signal strength..
but never heard that it affect smartag before..
could it be that smartag uses infrared and the beam cant go through the tinted glass?

I personally has a Nuvi 200 and it works fine with V-Kool.. in fact my E71 loaded with Garmin Mobile XT works fine with V-Kool as well. But comparing Nuvi with E71, of course Nuvi is much better...

haha, u try smsing some funny Cantonese notti words and let it pronounce, lagi funny lo... lol

sifu

everytimes I use garmin

It will show in log as "MAXIS 3G Connection"

mean I paid to maxis right ?

how to disable it and use it for free ?

need help ASAP !

TQ

pls immediately turn of the garmin "online" thingy.

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Added on December 21, 2008, 10:07 pmyou need connection for certain functions..

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Added on December 21, 2008, 10:08 pmi recommend u to have a look on this page
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?act=ST&f=61&t=795928

This post has been edited by mrhenree: Dec 21 2008, 10:08 PM

I have disable "Garmin online access" long time ago.

die already kena charge a lot I think.

remember to set your connection on "always asked" mode.

may be your A-GPS setting is ON...

aka the GPS is Assisted by connection..

the lcd screen is too small, not convenice for editing

free things come 1st...

Well I have heard the opposite - tinting films affect smartag and not GPS navigation devices. You see, tinting films are meant to filter out heat from sun. A sunshine's heat originates from a wide spectrum of electromagnetic rays from visible light all the way to infrared regions. In fact about 40% and above of the heat comes from infrared spectrum. So tinting films are specifically designed to block these infrared. Unfortunately thats the same spectrum our smartag uses which is infrared.

GPS signals however does not use infrared but microwaves. They require direct line of sight to work and that is the main criteria for location pinpointing. Having there direct lines emitted on a location will give you triangulation. If your signal is not straight but disperse like lower frequencies, you will not get an accurate signal. A perfect example is the use of GSM networks to pinpoint location. They can only give an accuracy of about 1km radius. Their signal is dispersed which is a criteria for covering as much city ground as possible so we get good mobile network coverage.

Unfortunately this means GPS signals are hard to detect if you drive in an urban jungle where tall buildings cover the sky. This is where a good and sensitive GPS receiver will come in handy. A lot of things affect GPS reception including weather, trees, availability of satellite at their current orbit/hemisphere, clouds, etc.

Can someone PM how to *hem* garmin XT?
I have download GarminMobileXTforSymbianS603rdEdition_50010 but after installed. it cant be opened everytime i opened it.

any idea how to solve it?

Thanks