Member Since: 26 Aug 2008
Location: Muscat, Oman
Posts: 44
I've just been to TX and LA ...
Folks ...
I've just spent a few weeks in TX and LA and apart from having a storming good time I was chuffed to see the number of Landies on the road.
Question - y'all seem to have a bump above the tail-gate that I don't have on my car; is this the satellite radio antenna?
Funny thing - I was walking across a car park at the Quarry Mall in San Antonio and I saw an LR3 parked in a 'Compact Car' space - very Texan ...
Now I'm back in the Middle East I've got terrible chips-dip-and-Dos-Equis cold turkey. I just loved it there and can't wait to get back.
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30th Aug 2009 12:28 pm
pherplexed
Member Since: 23 Oct 2007
Location: greenville, sc
Posts: 124
If you are talking about this bump
Yes, I believe that's the omni-antenna for satellite radio and the integrated phone kit. The GPS antenna is in enclosed in the plastic just above the top brake light.2013 LR4 HSE lux | Santorini Black | 5.0 V8
30th Aug 2009 3:21 pm
MacLeod 313
Member Since: 18 Apr 2008
Location: away
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That Pimple ONLY houses the LR Phone Ariel, and additionally the SatNav ariel is already housed there. If you want one, you can buy a Fake one on ebay
GPS receiver for the SatNav is in the hight level brake light housing, not the roof 'bump'The End
30th Aug 2009 6:59 pm
Ichibod
Member Since: 26 Aug 2008
Location: Muscat, Oman
Posts: 44
That's the bump in the picture alright.
I don't think cars in the UK have the likes of XM Radio or Worldspace integrated into the in-car entertainment, and down here I've hacd a portable satellite radio unit for a number of years that has an aerial that magnetizes to the roof, if there were any iron in it (I strap it to the roof-rack).
Thanks for the up date.
31st Aug 2009 4:48 am
PaulP
Member Since: 04 May 2007
Location: Barcelona
Posts: 4317
MacLeod 313 wrote:
That Pimple ONLY houses the LR Phone Ariel
Nope - in North America, and where fitted, it also houses both a satellite and terrestrial digital radio antenna (SDARS) - as well as the PTI antenna. 2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE AutoBuckingham Blue 2007 Golf GT DSG
31st Aug 2009 7:09 am
2DISCO3ORNOT
Member Since: 27 Apr 2009
Location: at sea
Posts: 1209
So how come I have PTI, SAt nav and no "BUMP"?
1st Sep 2009 11:35 am
SJR
Member Since: 09 Aug 2006
Location: East Manchester
Posts: 4030
do you have a phone cradle connection in the lid of the centre storage /arm rest/fridge thing, if not then phone is bluetooth only and no fin is required I believe that every human has a finite number of heart-beats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.
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1st Sep 2009 11:40 am
2DISCO3ORNOT
Member Since: 27 Apr 2009
Location: at sea
Posts: 1209
Ahhh! Nope no cradle in mine, So the bump is a booster arial for a cell phone or a true satelite phone connection? Which means at the moment my phone signal is operating as normal just through bluetoth to the sound system?
Strange the signal always seem very good
1st Sep 2009 1:51 pm
PaulP
Member Since: 04 May 2007
Location: Barcelona
Posts: 4317
Did you read the other replies to this thread?
The bump is only used for the 'wired' PTI kit with the cradle in the cubby box - just for GSM type phones - nothing to do with satellite phones. In North Amercian markets it also houses digital radio antennas, but not for UK markets as they are US-only systems.
If you don't have a cradle, then as SN says, you have a bluetooth PTI kit fitted (either from factory or a post-delivery fit). This does not include or need the roof fin.
The GPS antenna is hidden in the 3rd brake light and has nothing to do with the roof fin (or lack of it).
Your phone is working via bluetooth to the phone kit/audio system and is using it's own internal antenna.
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