SatNav Unit

[Accordaz]

I don't want to drain the battery first thing, and wonder if there's a way to turn off the unit when not in use?; I've done the usual knob press, but it just won't switch off!

Thanks!

 

[Nasty1984]

You can't put it off. You can disable the screen by pressing the brightness button 3 times

 

[Accordaz]

thanks for that tip, and to turn it on again?

 

[Steve199579]

On mine, if you don't touch the screen when first starting up it turns is self off on its own. About a minute of I remember correctly.

 

[Accordaz]

thanks, Steve, yes that worked, but a shame it can't be turned on and off when you want, as it's a drain on battery resources first thing on a cold start!

 

[freddofrog]

crikey if you're worried that the satnav is a drain on the battery when cold starting, then the battery would need replacing.

But I agree about the fact that you cannot stop the darned thing, on a cold morning at 7am in the dark, the last thing one wants is some dazzle in one's eyes for a minute before it powers off. Also, the DVD is being read, and DVD read failures are common too, again a disable feature would potentially save this.

 

[Accordaz]

But I agree about the fact that you cannot stop the darned thing, on a cold morning at 7am in the dark, the last thing one wants is some dazzle in one's eyes for a minute before it powers off. Also, the DVD is being read, and DVD read failures are common too, again a disable feature would potentially save this.

good job I don't have a diesel as in the depths of winter I remember my A3 turned so slowly at times, but this SatNav issue would have killed it for sure!

 

[freddofrog]

^ Audi must have spec'd the wrong battery, or maybe the A3 was too small to fit a decent battery :lol: