GPS Antenna required but which one...?

TonyW · 31st January 2020, 12:16

Hopefuly this is in the right place, what kind of gps antenna do I need for this headunit please and where can anyone recommend I get one...?

https://ibb.co/hc7YrzD
https://ibb.co/18dmQD7

Many thanks.

Sjonnie · 31st January 2020, 12:34

Any GPS receiver with an SMA connector should do.

FleeBay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GPS-Anten...K/253099787922

AliExpress: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32944401091.html

Take your pick. As long as it has the SMA connector and is designed as a GPS antenna, you'll be fine. There are no head-unit specific antennas in the ChingLing head unit universe

Dorchester2 · 20th February 2023, 07:15

Hello Sjonnie.

My Erisin GPS antenna (the one coming with the Erisin) doesn't look that efficient and it needs sometimes 10 km or far more to catch the signal which is rather worrying. And even worse it freezes sometimes from time to time or wandering just close by but not on the right place. It's like that since the beginning. And don't think nevertheless that the aerial is out of order for it is able to work fine on some days nearly during the whole trip after a short while of errand when starting up.

I think I put it not exactly in the same spot as yours: I fitted it immediately on the right behind the right jaw of the dash when you put it at the bottom of the hole, just below the windscreen.

I can swap the place indeed and locate the antenna in the same spot as yours.
But I was thinking of reusing the genuine Rover antenna, despite the fact I've taken off the GPS box in the boot.
Would you give me some wise advice?
Thanks a lot.

Sjonnie · 21st February 2023, 16:03

I think it has more to do with the unit than the antenna. I also sometimes notice that the GPS takes longer than expected (indeed sometimes a few kilometers but never 10) and sometimes the position is just of by 30 meters or so. Note that I am using the antenna which was already installed in the car. It was originally supplied with the WinCE unit that I had before.

So replacing the antenna might not be the miracle cure you are looking for.

What does help is resetting the GPS app on the unit. You can find the GPS app in the main menu and there is a reset button. This will force the unit to re-acquire the satellites after which the unit is behaving normally for a couple or weeks/months.

It's just a small blemish on the unit's track record. All in all I am still very happy with it

Dorchester2 · 21st February 2023, 16:57

Thank you buddie.

I'll try that tomorrow.
Easier than getting off that awful bunch of wires!

I see it's a kind of bug and pray affair...

I'll keep you posted.

Dorchester2 · 22nd February 2023, 09:38

BTW you told me 'You can find the GPS app in the main menu and there is a reset button' but which could be the path to reach that reset button?
I can't see where it lies.
Or even I may have find a suitable item but I'm going nowhere with it.
Sorry Sjonnie to be so silly...

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Dorchester2 incurable Rover addict Rover 75 Saloon V6 2.5 1999 - Rover 25 1.4 2002 - Rover 214i cab 1994 - Rover P5b coupe 1968 Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Bioule. South West of France. Posts: 1,643 Thanks: 612 Thanked 385 Times in 223 Posts	BTW you told me 'You can find the GPS app in the main menu and there is a reset button' but which could be the path to reach that reset button? I can't see where it lies. Or even I may have find a suitable item but I'm going nowhere with it. Sorry Sjonnie to be so silly... __________________ Rover 75 V6 2.5 Auto Connie born 1 July 1999, 24 kOhms resistor, 10 kOhms manual starter, full E85, modified airbox, full derestricted SS exhaust line, power & torque remap -> 202 bhp This vehicle was the 7,517th 75 to run off the production line, out of 112,381 This vehicle was the 1,190th 75 2.5 V6 Contemporary to be made out of 8,214 This vehicle was the 2,032nd 75 in Atlantic Blue Pearlescent (code: JEY) to be made out of 2,572 Atlantic Blue Pearlescent 75s