406 windshield

[Piotr (popaj )]

Good day, is somebody using a radar detector in P406? Is this true that its windshield is metallic and blocks the radar signals?

 

[Cheater2k]

Mine works great in mine (But mine was made in 1996, it wont work in the new pugs)

 

[David Beamish]

After air whittling and then hitching up their pants, Piotr (popaj) muttered into alt.autos.peugeot:

Good day, is somebody using a radar detector in P406? Is this true that its windshield is metallic and blocks the radar signals?

metallic glass?

 

[Ryan Gillett]

metallic glass?
Has those fine wires through it.. not really metallic glass, but probably interferes with some units I'd imagine. I have heard of 406's not letting radar detectors work, although a mate of mine had a Snooper something or other that wouldn't shut up in his 406.

 

[Cheater2k]

Ive got an S5 and its works fine, no probs at all.

 

[axl]

Good day, is somebody using a radar detector in P406? Is this true that its windshield is metallic and blocks the radar signals?

its true it could give less range of reception with the 406 because of the sun reflecting glass, its the same with installing the GPS antenna undere your front window, reception is very poor. (peugeot installs it at the reardeck in a berline and at the antennefoot of a break).

btw a lil advise. try to mount your detector in a vertical way; the polarity of the microwaves from a radar speedgun or automatic camera is vertical. so you could get better reception then.

 

[Piotr (popaj]

"Ryan Gillett" wrote:

> metallic glass?
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> Dave
> www.DVDAnswers.com

Has those fine wires through it.. not really metallic glass, but probably interferes with some units I'd imagine. I have heard of 406's not letting radar detectors work, although a mate of mine had a Snooper something or other that wouldn't shut up in his 406.

Thanks for the replies and pardon my vocabulary: I meant the glass mixed with some kind of metal that I guess, is supposed to inhibit overcoming sun heat and/or fog accumulation... Such a glass apparently prohibits radio signals to go through. For instance, a gps receiver (touristic, not the dedicated one) for sure can't get the signals. Such glass is mounted also in new Renaults, and even in super-fast railway trucks.

Regards,
Piotr

 

[Derek Tree]

Thanks for the replies and pardon my vocabulary: I meant the glass mixed with some kind of metal that I guess, is supposed to inhibit overcoming sun heat and/or fog accumulation... Such a glass apparently prohibits radio signals to go through. For instance, a gps receiver (touristic, not the dedicated one) for sure can't get the signals. Such glass is mounted also in new Renaults, and even in super-fast railway trucks.

The later 406's all have this hi-tech glass. Mine is a 2002 V6 and I could not get either of two GPS camera detectors to work. As soon as I positioned a detector directly under the open sunroof it worked. QED, I think. But one can't very well drive everywhere with the sunroof fully open holding detector in one hand whilst steering/changing gear/ lighting a fag with other, can one? <G>

AFAIK the only solution is to build such a detector physically into the car and that's an expensive proposition. It's cheaper and easier to rely on your eyes and try to stick to speed limits.

Best wishes,