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Leiba
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Tracker?

Post by Leiba » Thu Sep 03, 2015 10:08 am

Can somebody explain to me how exactly does this work? eg, How much does it cost to run etc?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mini-GPS-Vehi ... 3a9f8818be

Brian-TQY
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Re: Tracker?

Post by Brian-TQY » Thu Sep 03, 2015 2:02 pm

Couldn't tell you precisely but Google came back with a few demos of that unit.

I did a simple search using the question, "gps vehicle tracker instructions"

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Re: Tracker?

Post by Diesel Dave » Thu Sep 03, 2015 3:53 pm

I've no experience of that particular unit but generally in general you hide them somewhere on the vehicle and they use a SIM card (at whatever cost you can get from your mobile provider). It will then send text position reports based on GPS and mobile tower positioning.

Sometimes wired to the vehicle battery to keep their own internal battery topped up.

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Re: Tracker?

Post by waz » Thu Sep 03, 2015 7:02 pm

Diesel Dave wrote:I've no experience of that particular unit but generally in general you hide them somewhere on the vehicle and they use a SIM card (at whatever cost you can get from your mobile provider). It will then send text position reports based on GPS and mobile tower positioning.

Sometimes wired to the vehicle battery to keep their own internal battery topped up.
The Loncin that I sold to barker has a tracker facility. As DD said needs a phone sim but although I can't remember the exact price was not expensive.

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Re: Tracker?

Post by Toby Leröhne » Sat Sep 05, 2015 6:33 pm

I did pick up a Meta Sat RCO9 from a scrap car. I managed to wire it to test it and I could hear the relays clicking but couldn't get it to respond to texts so I need to find somewhere to get reprogrammed.

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