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anyone help with this one.....
someone i know had sat nav system nicked from his car (it was glove box and switched off, sucker etc were removed).
police advised that there is some detector device that picks up either the GPS transponder or the small electrical field generated by the constantly running clock in the device that allows them to target vehicles which people have left their devices in.
anyone know / heard / experienced similar response??
ta
someone i know had sat nav system nicked from his car (it was glove box and switched off, sucker etc were removed).
police advised that there is some detector device that picks up either the GPS transponder or the small electrical field generated by the constantly running clock in the device that allows them to target vehicles which people have left their devices in.
anyone know / heard / experienced similar response??
ta
I wouldn't imagine there would be a signal if the device was switched off.
Not heard about sat navs but know that the scrotes use blue tooth scanners to see which cars have laptops or phones in them - again the units have to be switched on/in standby mode.
Not heard about sat navs but know that the scrotes use blue tooth scanners to see which cars have laptops or phones in them - again the units have to be switched on/in standby mode.
Edited by cliffe_mafia on Tuesday 6th February 09:59
refresher said:
anyone help with this one.....
someone i know had sat nav system nicked from his car (it was glove box and switched off, sucker etc were removed).
police advised that there is some detector device that picks up either the GPS transponder or the small electrical field generated by the constantly running clock in the device that allows them to target vehicles which people have left their devices in.
anyone know / heard / experienced similar response??
ta
someone i know had sat nav system nicked from his car (it was glove box and switched off, sucker etc were removed).
police advised that there is some detector device that picks up either the GPS transponder or the small electrical field generated by the constantly running clock in the device that allows them to target vehicles which people have left their devices in.
anyone know / heard / experienced similar response??
ta
This was reported in my local newspaper, but I have no idea whether its true or not.
steve240r said:
Or they just saw the mark the 'sucker' leaves on the windscreen and guessed it'd be in the glove box where most people leave them!
police said this could be the cause but that there was a device the crims were using that allowed them to detect electrical devices in the car. i found it odd cos device would be inert (unless it had been left on) so shouldn't be giving out emissions but someone pointed out that devices like this always have a interntal clock etc running which will throw out a very week signal.
Wouldn't the tiny signal from the sat-nav be indistinguishable against the car's clock, remote locking system, alarm, radio memory, and whatever other electronic systems are still active once you've taken out the key?
Maybe if you left your sat-nav in a Morris Minor, but surely a modern car has enough internal clocks and chips to crowd out the signal.
Unless they're scanning for Bluetooth devices, but in that case surely you'd have to leave it on with Bluetooth activated?
Maybe if you left your sat-nav in a Morris Minor, but surely a modern car has enough internal clocks and chips to crowd out the signal.
Unless they're scanning for Bluetooth devices, but in that case surely you'd have to leave it on with Bluetooth activated?
Edited by Timberwolf on Tuesday 6th February 11:26
refresher said:
steve240r said:
Or they just saw the mark the 'sucker' leaves on the windscreen and guessed it'd be in the glove box where most people leave them!
police said this could be the cause but that there was a device the crims were using that allowed them to detect electrical devices in the car. i found it odd cos device would be inert (unless it had been left on) so shouldn't be giving out emissions but someone pointed out that devices like this always have a interntal clock etc running which will throw out a very week signal.
Can you tell us what area/force this was please?
chrispy porker said:
refresher said:
steve240r said:
Or they just saw the mark the 'sucker' leaves on the windscreen and guessed it'd be in the glove box where most people leave them!
police said this could be the cause but that there was a device the crims were using that allowed them to detect electrical devices in the car. i found it odd cos device would be inert (unless it had been left on) so shouldn't be giving out emissions but someone pointed out that devices like this always have a interntal clock etc running which will throw out a very week signal.
Can you tell us what area/force this was please?
Well this was from West Yorks police in my local paper.
chrispy porker said:
refresher said:
steve240r said:
Or they just saw the mark the 'sucker' leaves on the windscreen and guessed it'd be in the glove box where most people leave them!
police said this could be the cause but that there was a device the crims were using that allowed them to detect electrical devices in the car. i found it odd cos device would be inert (unless it had been left on) so shouldn't be giving out emissions but someone pointed out that devices like this always have a interntal clock etc running which will throw out a very week signal.
Can you tell us what area/force this was please?
east midlands (loughborough) so leicestshire's finest attended
I can just imagine the local 18 year old scrote going to Maplins with a shopping list and consequently spending 3 hours soldering bits of electronic wizzardry together to make a sat nav detector, instead of throwing a stone through a side window and rummaging through the glovebox.
Makes sense to me!
Makes sense to me!
refresher said:
police advised that there is some detector device that picks up either the GPS transponder or the small electrical field generated by the constantly running clock in the device that allows them to target vehicles which people have left their devices in.
anyone know / heard / experienced similar response??
ta
Local Thames Valley TV report a few days ago said the same thing, crims have scanners that can detect sat navs in glove boxes , so do not leave them in there. No more details I'm afraid.
so you are taking advice on electronics for the police
GPS units are receivers there is more background noise from the clocks in the car and street lights
i don't trust pc plod to sit on the toilet the right way up!
the piece of kit they would need would probably be an Rohde and Schwartz FSP spectrum analyser and a directional areiel costing in the region of 20 to 40 k
no they saw the sucker rings on the glass
no wonder there are so many miscarriges of justice police just make things up
they are even trying to bend the laws of physics
if you ever get the chance to look at a TV detector van the ariels are not connected to anything.
GPS units are receivers there is more background noise from the clocks in the car and street lights
i don't trust pc plod to sit on the toilet the right way up!
the piece of kit they would need would probably be an Rohde and Schwartz FSP spectrum analyser and a directional areiel costing in the region of 20 to 40 k
no they saw the sucker rings on the glass
no wonder there are so many miscarriges of justice police just make things up
they are even trying to bend the laws of physics
if you ever get the chance to look at a TV detector van the ariels are not connected to anything.
splatspeed said:
so you are taking advice on electronics for the police
GPS units are receivers there is more background noise from the clocks in the car and street lights
i don't trust pc plod to sit on the toilet the right way up!
the piece of kit they would need would probably be an Rohde and Schwartz FSP spectrum analyser and a directional areiel costing in the region of 20 to 40 k
no they saw the sucker rings on the glass
no wonder there are so many miscarriges of justice police just make things up
they are even trying to bend the laws of physics
if you ever get the chance to look at a TV detector van the ariels are not connected to anything.
GPS units are receivers there is more background noise from the clocks in the car and street lights
i don't trust pc plod to sit on the toilet the right way up!
the piece of kit they would need would probably be an Rohde and Schwartz FSP spectrum analyser and a directional areiel costing in the region of 20 to 40 k
no they saw the sucker rings on the glass
no wonder there are so many miscarriges of justice police just make things up
they are even trying to bend the laws of physics
if you ever get the chance to look at a TV detector van the ariels are not connected to anything.
And to quote from the best TV series of all time
scotty said:
Yea canna change the laws o' Physics
Mind you the laws of Physics make it quite difficult to sit on the toilet anything other than the right way up, (you know that stuff called gravity).
andmole, chief Physics adviser
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