austen_wrx

interesting

Tebo

I have been thinking along the lines of a PDA satnav unit, so I would be interested in that. Are the cables available to use the NMEA output from the RA2?

Thanks
Tebo

BlkKnight

yeah they are something blackspot do.

Let's get my bank balance back to a state of normality and i'll start investigating

Tebo

mine has been delivered now, thanks for the group buy on this one, looking forward to the next.

Thanks
Tebo

RichardJones

I'm having real problems updating it. I've been told itis activated, but every time I try and uodate I get an error 20001

zesty

How have you lot fitted it in? Have you used the bracket or the sticky pad?

I have stuck the bracket to the screen but the stretchy cable cuts right over my stereo, makes it look a bit unsightly.

Has any one used the straight cable and managed to get it to go up the back of the dash (blob eye)? If so was it easy?

austen_wrx

Used the sticky pad and stuck it ontop of the clock, looks really good, i'm going to hard wire it in, passing the wire through the top of the clock trim thingy and pick the power up from the clock itself (Blobeye)

zesty

I will give that a go.

RichardJones

All sorted now

simon higgins

hi guys .

first of all a big thanx to BlkKnight.

im having a problem with my regestration, i regestered it on Friday and have not recived any email from Black spot yet, this morning i tried to reg it again and it told me that it had already been regestered .

any help would be very welcome.

simon

Plym51

Hi Simon

I registerd on Friday night & havent had a email from them either but i thought
i would have a go at updating it anyway, it downloaded no problem & ive used
it today & it works a treat. Give it ago.

scoobimax

I registered mine on Thursday night and still haven't got an e-mail from Blackspot..... but the RA works at treat and was doing so from about 2:30 Friday afternoon!!!

All I need to test now is the laser alert - which I'm not looking forward to!!

Just a one quick query if anyone knows the answer - School zoone alert. Got this activated and went past a couple of schools on my way to the rally on Friday night but no alert. Is it connected to the clock in that it goes off when schools are traditionally starting and kicking out?

Max

simon higgins

you cant dowload the info onto the ra2 untill you have the email.

i passed a mobile camera yesterday and no alarm was raised so i will look for my mail 2moz as they might only work mon to fri


simon

BlkKnight

yes they only work mon-fri and it rakes "one complete working day" to activate.

I send the sales@ e-mail addy a poke the morning after I had registered it. Had it done in 2 hours.

J

Apple

If it's the same as the RA "Classic" then it's possible to link RA and PDA (I use an Ipaq 2210 with TomTom )

Blackspot will probably refer you to Handnav as they deal with the leads, cradles etc

BlkKnight

any more feedback about the product?

Tebo

I like it, its nice and easy to use, and the laser alert sure is working I find it does take about 30 seconds to pick up the satellites though, even the mrs thinks its a worthy gadget.

Thanks
Tebo

austen_wrx

Very happy with it, and my mates who have been in the car (1 of which got banned for speeding last week) want one now! Not had chance to check laser alert, but i have been looking out for someone to test it

Anymore info movement on GB for PDA and navigation software (tomtom?). I would be very interested in a full package that used the RA for the GPS reciever (don't want loads of things on my dash )

scoobimax

Tested it in south wales over the weekend and I'm finding it very easy to use.

Just a question of getting your persoanl preferrrences sorted and away you go. Probably update the download in the next couple of days to see how quick it is. Not sure whether the school alert is functioning properly yet though.

Very pleased with buy.

Cheers.

Max

FLAT ERIC

iTrader: (1)

Mine arrived today.

Thanks Jason for keeping hold of mine till I got back from Malta.

Registered & 63% downloaded the gubbins.

Then just wait for my email tomorrow.

Have heard tales that spirited driving can induce enough G forces to detatch unit from mag mount.

Scoobynet myth or fact? Bluetac at the ready just in case.

Thanks to Jason for all your effort.

Mark.

austen_wrx

While showing off my new WRX (and RA) to some mates at the weekend i dropped the clutch and lit the wheels up slightly and it stayed put I don't think i can say the same about the clutch though

Apple

Austen - YHM

Brian the Sn@il

Cheers mate, got mine last week, registered it - Do they send a email to confirm ??

As i still cant update it, it gets to 75% into updating and the updating program hangs. exit the updating programme and you get a runtime error `91`

Without the update it dosent pick out any of the fixed cameras in Norwich

Tebo

I think you can update it although it has not been registered. also there could also be a problem with your firewall affecting the updater, just to let you know I have broadband and mine took about 10 minutes to update.

Thanks
Tebo

Brian the Sn@il

10 MINS !!! nn naybe im being inpatient then, i disabled the sonic wall for the upgrade, 10 mins is a long time in the world of hackers

austen_wrx

mine only took about 5 mins on dial up!

FLAT ERIC

iTrader: (1)

Hi Brian.

I registered yesterday & got this back the same day 22 September 2004 at 17:21.

Dear Road Angel User,

We are pleased to advise you that your Road Angel account will be activated within 24hrs. Please note: Your Road Angel will continue to display the message ‘PLEASE REGISTER' each time you switch it on until you have completed your first update. If you have not already done so please download the PC Update Software by following the link below;

Please click here to download the New Road Angel PC update software.
(http://www.blackspot.com/downloads/s.../roadangel.exe 6Mb -Self Extracting Zip)
This file also contains the USB Drivers and help files.

You will need Adobe Acrobat to open the Help Files.

For any technical difficulties please refer to our Support section

24 hours is up & I just checked but no further email. I did the Synchronisation thing but have yet to try it in the car.

Will be doing that tomorrow.

Oh & what is the "Mapping Baud Rate" all about? I know the Baud rate and the Kilo Bits Per Second rate are similar but not identical.

What is the setting for 56 Kbps - 4800?

Mark

BlkKnight

dunno, dunno, dunno.

It takes ages to update. . . but it's only once every couple of weeks & it IS idiot proof.

Perhaps upping the baudrate will help but i doubt it. It's the speed it communicates with the "device" at the other end when transferring gps data.

austen_wrx

I assumed "Mapping Baud Rate" was for when the unit is connected to a laptop/pda for sat nav.

FLAT ERIC

iTrader: (1)

Right then. A little bit of feed back.

1.The volume of the bleeps is plenty loud enough at 60% even with a fair bit of cabin noise.I tried the "single beep" setting for cameras but found it too laid back.I prefer the rising beep to give a sense of impending doom.
I found the single beep is better suited to the Safety Alert warnings.

2.The voice warnings are a bit wimpy & mumbled & anyone with more than a PPP type back box will be struggling to hear them above the burble.

3.I have played around with the "contrast" for the display and the blue background is pretty clear.

But does anyone else find with the red background it is harder to see the symbols?

4.Went past a few schools but had no response.It's defo switched on so not sure why its not reacting.

5.I played about with the mounting position & as my SECS monitor pod is quite prominent on top of the dash I am going to use the magnetic sticky pad on it & then hard wire into the pod & pick up either the redundant power feed to the clock or the feed to the radio.

Prominent pod.


6.When I hard wire it I will do it via a jack plug on the power lead to a socket on the pod so that moving from car to PC or mag mount to glove box will be easier.No fiddling around trying to get the plug in & out the back of the unit,just yank the jack plug out of the dash.

I will put up pictures of my wiring attempt as & when.Similar to this :-

http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/showthread.php?t=322362

Mark