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Location: Sunderland
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Co ordinates
Help! I'm going to Southern Ireland tomorrow and can't enter the co ordinates into my sat nav (2014 reg).
The co ordinates are 51.94765 -8.54696.
Can anybody tell me how to input them please?
Thanks, Graham2015 Fuji White discovery 4 Commercial
5th Apr 2017 2:56 pm
markate
Member Since: 17 Sep 2011
Location: England
Posts: 702
You need to input the full coordinates in the format Degrees, Hours, Minutes putting in latitude before longitude. Don't think the format you have will work, at least it didn't when I tried it on mine.
Owners Manual not particularly helpful but this is what it says:
COORDINATES
From the navigation menu, select Destination entry. Select More... and then Coordinates.
If you know the coordinates of your destination they can be entered from this screen. The full
latitude must be entered first before the longitude coordinates can be entered.
When the coordinates have been entered, touch OK.
If the coordinates entered are not contained within the area covered by the available maps,
a message will be shown. This can also occur if the incorrect coordinates have been entered.
5th Apr 2017 4:37 pm
wiggs
Member Since: 03 Sep 2006
Location: Manchester
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Go into off road navigation .. you should be able to enter co -ordinates from thereG4 Gone ...but not forgotten
5th Apr 2017 4:38 pm
markate
Member Since: 17 Sep 2011
Location: England
Posts: 702
You don't need to go to Off Road Navigation to enter co-ordinates - the facility is on the second page of the Enter Destination options.
I've managed to convert your coordinates to a format the Sat Nav should accept.
Try inputting this into the SatNav. 51°56'51.5"N 8°32'49.1"W
5th Apr 2017 5:55 pm
Graham_The_Baker
Member Since: 18 Oct 2014
Location: Sunderland
Posts: 97
Thanks for that the issue I had was there was too many digits. I tried your formula and it worked even though I couldn't get the last .5 and .1 of the coordinates2015 Fuji White discovery 4 Commercial
5th Apr 2017 6:56 pm
markate
Member Since: 17 Sep 2011
Location: England
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Glad you got it sorted
5th Apr 2017 7:51 pm
Graham_The_Baker
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We got here safely Thanks for your help 👍2015 Fuji White discovery 4 Commercial
8th Apr 2017 9:56 am
Discologist
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Wouldn't using the Townland name have been easier in the Republic?
9th Apr 2017 5:49 pm
Davethegeo
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Wouldn't worry about decimals of seconds. One second of lat or long is approx 100ft in round numbers, but does vary slightly with long and hugely with latitude.D1 300Tdi - gone
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9th Apr 2017 8:16 pm
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