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Focus satnav ‘ no gps ‘ message

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Hi I have early 2011 plate focus and the satnav says no GPS and both the satnav and maps think I’m in Knutsford which I ain’t , never been or even been near !! Any ideas what’s wrong ? GPS antenna broke maybe  ? Thanks  

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    Has it ever worked?

    Do you have a dashcam, or some similar accessory around the windscreen/rear view mirror?

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    Hi thanks for response , worked in the past .... weird thing is if I ‘manually’  input start and end point via the set screen it will work but if I just try get it to find me remotely it thinks I’m 130 miles away !!! No other devices in car mate .... 

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    If its got the GPS antenna in the rooftop aerial base then it could be due to water ingress. This was a very very common fault and easy to replace.

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    Hi thanks for response , yeah seen some tutorials looks simple to change antenna and cheap too thanks I’ll give it a try . 

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