Guide: Tips for the installation of a navigator
SAFE AND CONVENIENT The navigation device should not only be reliable and precise, but also safely placed. If you want to buy a new model for your car, you should go for an established brand. Monitors are available in 4:3 or 16:9 format. A large display is practical, but the law requires that drivers have a clear view [...]
Monitors are available in 4:3 or 16:9 format. A large display is practical, but the law requires that drivers have a clear view of the road.
More precisely: at an eye level of 0.75 meters above the seat surface, one must have a clear view of the road outside a semicircle with a radius of twelve meters.
The field of view can be checked by focusing on a road marking at an appropriate distance.
Protection from sunlight and theft
Garages not only help with the placement and updating of the map material, they also provide information before the purchase decision. They also find a solution for the power cable so that it doesn't hang in the air between the dashboard and the 12-volt connection. In addition, the experts help to connect the hands-free system with the smartphone.
If the car is parked in an outdoor parking lot, the navigator should be removed. This will protect it from sunlight and theft.
Be sure to pay attention to possible roaming costs
Markus Peter, responsible for Technology & Environment at the Auto Gewerbe Verband Schweiz: "A navigation system only works as well as its map material is up to date. Particularly in view of the possibility of traveling abroad again in the future, the devices should be usable offline so that roaming costs do not skyrocket. In addition, the navigation system should display charging stations and have an integrated hands-free system, if this is not already installed in the car."
