Blaupunkt Dxr52

Quinten · 13-08-2003, 09:03

Last night I got permission from the CEO (aka, SWMBO) to buy a Blaupunkt DXR52 single din satellite navigation HU. So I'm just doing the rounds at all the ICE shops and they seem to go for £499.99 everywhere (unless someone knows different, then please speak up

). Now I'm just wondering what else I need. Can I just suffice with the VW adapter from the likes of BlueSpot? Is that really all I need? Does that mean the connector on the Blaupunkt is in ISO format, and the VW adapter converts the Skoda connectors into ISO format? Funnily enough this sort of information is not spread around widely

Q.

**robmawer** · 13-08-2003, 09:39

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Originally posted by Quinten in this post
Can I just suffice with the VW adapter from the likes of BlueSpot? Is that really all I need? Does that mean the connector on the Blaupunkt is in ISO format, and the VW adapter converts the Skoda connectors into ISO format?

If the only radio you listen to is FM, you can get the cheaper adapter which doesn't include the active antenna. Only about a fiver saved, but if you never listen to the radio it's a waste of a fiver...

Yes, the adapter does convert the Skoda connector into ISO format, which "all" aftermarket HUs use...

Rob.

Quinten · 13-08-2003, 09:44

Thanks for the answer Rob... the credit card will suffer today

Quinten · 13-08-2003, 09:45

Oh, and I always listen to the radio. I just got the mp3 player for my son who wants to listen to hours and hours of childrens songs

**robmawer** · 13-08-2003, 09:50

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Originally posted by Quinten in this post
Oh, and I always listen to the radio. I just got the mp3 player for my son who wants to listen to hours and hours of childrens songs

Uh-huh...and I got an MP3 changer because that's all they had, much as I would've liked a normal CD one...

Rob.

Dutch4x4 · 13-08-2003, 10:12

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Originally posted by Quinten in this post
Last night I got permission from the CEO (aka, SWMBO) to buy a Blaupunkt DXR52 single din satellite navigation HU.

Is that because she can't read a map?

Quinten · 13-08-2003, 10:20

No, its because I whinged long and hard after I got lost on the way to the pod and on the way back from the pod last weekend

. What can I say? I can't drive and read a map

SkodiRS · 13-08-2003, 10:25

Q,

you know it's never good to whinge to a SWMBO; they've got looooooong memories.

You having use reasoning...for instance I reasoned with SWMBO that a remap was purely for improving response to get over the initial turbo lag and that it would also improve mpg (

). I also said I wasn't for speeding around as any fool can drive around at top speed.

Well what do you know.........I'm a fool.

**robmawer** · 13-08-2003, 10:27

Q - did you not get "Then don't go to the Pod!"...?

Skodi - yeah, know about the speeding one, spent a good while trying to justify why a Road Angel was needed if I didn't exceed the limit ever...

Rob.

SkodiRS · 13-08-2003, 10:33

Rob,

I'm using the fixed speeding cameras on M25 for Road Angel purchase.

Also the mobile units are now very much in operation in Basingstoke so that helps to.

Cheers.
Adrian.

***ncarring*** · 13-08-2003, 10:38

And how does a Road Angel pick up mobile units?

redbaron · 13-08-2003, 10:50

cos it has built in laser detection nick.

as does snooper s6neo and roadpilot and origin b2

SkodiRS · 13-08-2003, 10:56

Yeah has the lazer detector but I wasn't going get all technical with my reasoning...........SWMBO can see the mobile unit and the detector's a......detector, right?

Learnt the hard way of never offering too much information to SWMBO.

Quinten · 13-08-2003, 10:58

Yippie, just ordered it from Bluespot, along with the VW adapter and an AUX-IN adapter. Hopefully it will arrive before the weekend.

Fabpreza · 13-08-2003, 11:09

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Originally posted by ffelan in this post
cos it has built in laser detection nick.

I thought that those-in-the-know said that Laser detectors are a waste of time as the beam is so narrow that by the time it registers anything, you are nicked ? Unlike radar where its spread and you have some time to react ?

I'd be tempted by a Laser diffuser / jammer if they weren't illegal or detectable by the plod.

**robmawer** · 13-08-2003, 11:11

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Originally posted by ffelan in this post
cos it has built in laser detection nick.

Yeah, though I don't bother using mine, as I figure if it can pick up a mobile unit than the mobile unit has already picked up me. Besides which, for the sort of speeds I do on the motorway I think I'd have to be really unlucky to get stopped by a patrol - my main fear is not seeing Gatsos when I'm looking for places, which the Road Angel deals with very well. And also SPECS...

Rob.

***ncarring*** · 13-08-2003, 11:45

Just being Devil's Advocate, as usual :p Been done by laser myself, at night, from a distance of something like half a mile. Don't believe all the detectors in the world would have saved me. And that's the only time, and I intend to keep it that way if at all possible.

SkodiRS · 13-08-2003, 11:49

A diffuser would work but their illegal.

However Plod would have to catching you using it and I think the only way they can detect one being used if they're equipment is constantly giving errorneous readings....one or two errors would be ok though, supposedly.

**robmawer** · 13-08-2003, 12:04

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Originally posted by ncarring in this post
Been done by laser myself, at night, from a distance of something like half a mile. Don't believe all the detectors in the world would have saved me.

I think you're quite right - probably the best you would get from a detector is being told you were being done while they were doing you (sounds like a film "plot"...

)...

Think the risk of running a diffuser is only worth it if you drive at brain-curdling speeds.

Rob.

***ncarring*** · 13-08-2003, 12:07

And if you drive past Plod at brain-curdling speed they're going to put their laser gun away and give chase - same result in the end ...

13-08-2003, 09:03	#1
Quinten playing dadsie Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: fast lane Posts: 10,021 Thanks: 19 Thanked 40 Times in 37 Posts	Blaupunkt Dxr52 Last night I got permission from the CEO (aka, SWMBO) to buy a Blaupunkt DXR52 single din satellite navigation HU. So I'm just doing the rounds at all the ICE shops and they seem to go for £499.99 everywhere (unless someone knows different, then please speak up ). Now I'm just wondering what else I need. Can I just suffice with the VW adapter from the likes of BlueSpot? Is that really all I need? Does that mean the connector on the Blaupunkt is in ISO format, and the VW adapter converts the Skoda connectors into ISO format? Funnily enough this sort of information is not spread around widely Q. __________________ Awooga!!!

13-08-2003, 09:44	#3
Quinten playing dadsie Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: fast lane Posts: 10,021 Thanks: 19 Thanked 40 Times in 37 Posts	Thanks for the answer Rob... the credit card will suffer today __________________ Awooga!!!

13-08-2003, 09:45	#4
Quinten playing dadsie Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: fast lane Posts: 10,021 Thanks: 19 Thanked 40 Times in 37 Posts	Oh, and I always listen to the radio. I just got the mp3 player for my son who wants to listen to hours and hours of childrens songs __________________ Awooga!!!

13-08-2003, 10:20	#7
Quinten playing dadsie Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: fast lane Posts: 10,021 Thanks: 19 Thanked 40 Times in 37 Posts	No, its because I whinged long and hard after I got lost on the way to the pod and on the way back from the pod last weekend . What can I say? I can't drive and read a map __________________ Awooga!!!

13-08-2003, 10:25	#8
SkodiRS BRISKODA Staff Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: darkest Hampshire Posts: 8,650 Thanks: 0 Thanked 17 Times in 13 Posts	Q, you know it's never good to whinge to a SWMBO; they've got looooooong memories. You having use reasoning...for instance I reasoned with SWMBO that a remap was purely for improving response to get over the initial turbo lag and that it would also improve mpg ( ). I also said I wasn't for speeding around as any fool can drive around at top speed. Well what do you know.........I'm a fool. __________________ Adrian.

13-08-2003, 10:27	#9
robmawer Briskodian Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Rochdale Posts: 12,418 Thanks: 2 Thanked 69 Times in 62 Posts	Q - did you not get "Then don't go to the Pod!"...? Skodi - yeah, know about the speeding one, spent a good while trying to justify why a Road Angel was needed if I didn't exceed the limit ever... Rob. __________________

13-08-2003, 10:33	#10
SkodiRS BRISKODA Staff Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: darkest Hampshire Posts: 8,650 Thanks: 0 Thanked 17 Times in 13 Posts	Rob, I'm using the fixed speeding cameras on M25 for Road Angel purchase. Also the mobile units are now very much in operation in Basingstoke so that helps to. Cheers. Adrian. __________________ Adrian.

13-08-2003, 10:38	#11
*ncarring* Don't talk, drive! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The B roads of Britain Posts: 12,903 Thanks: 15 Thanked 87 Times in 75 Posts	And how does a Road Angel pick up mobile units? __________________ Nick

13-08-2003, 10:50	#12
redbaron Briskodian Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 9,404 Thanks: 13 Thanked 64 Times in 56 Posts	cos it has built in laser detection nick. as does snooper s6neo and roadpilot and origin b2 __________________ ________________________________________ Some times I just feel like smiling.

13-08-2003, 10:56	#13
SkodiRS BRISKODA Staff Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: darkest Hampshire Posts: 8,650 Thanks: 0 Thanked 17 Times in 13 Posts	Yeah has the lazer detector but I wasn't going get all technical with my reasoning...........SWMBO can see the mobile unit and the detector's a......detector, right? Learnt the hard way of never offering too much information to SWMBO. __________________ Adrian.

13-08-2003, 10:58	#14
Quinten playing dadsie Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: fast lane Posts: 10,021 Thanks: 19 Thanked 40 Times in 37 Posts	Yippie, just ordered it from Bluespot, along with the VW adapter and an AUX-IN adapter. Hopefully it will arrive before the weekend. __________________ Awooga!!!

13-08-2003, 11:45	#17
*ncarring* Don't talk, drive! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The B roads of Britain Posts: 12,903 Thanks: 15 Thanked 87 Times in 75 Posts	Just being Devil's Advocate, as usual :p Been done by laser myself, at night, from a distance of something like half a mile. Don't believe all the detectors in the world would have saved me. And that's the only time, and I intend to keep it that way if at all possible. __________________ Nick

13-08-2003, 11:49	#18
SkodiRS BRISKODA Staff Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: darkest Hampshire Posts: 8,650 Thanks: 0 Thanked 17 Times in 13 Posts	A diffuser would work but their illegal. However Plod would have to catching you using it and I think the only way they can detect one being used if they're equipment is constantly giving errorneous readings....one or two errors would be ok though, supposedly. __________________ Adrian.

13-08-2003, 12:07	#20
*ncarring* Don't talk, drive! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The B roads of Britain Posts: 12,903 Thanks: 15 Thanked 87 Times in 75 Posts	And if you drive past Plod at brain-curdling speed they're going to put their laser gun away and give chase - same result in the end ... __________________ Nick

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