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If you read & understand what Ive wrote, I never said the trackers are NOT hard wired, they are but not to any fuse in the boot or otherwise as simple as I can put it, the tracker is NOT wired to a fusebox so anyone can disable it, the life time Lithium ion battery will last unto 5 years.
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You said this in parentheses .....
[[color=#222222]NO Tracker Is Hard Wired to a FUSE for power, hence the obvious, all trackers have a life battery fitted within the unit, so even if the main battery is removed from the vehicle the tracker will still be operational.]
The Bentley Spur handbook clearly shows there’s a 5 A fuse at position 4 In the knee roll fuse box .
This car in question has a hard wired and fuse box fused “ Tracker “ fitted .
Its battery is a just “back up battery “ not it’s main power supply.
That’s Ok security wise because disabling the “ Tracker “ by pulling that fuse 4 or disconnecting the battery that supplies , it will detect a voltage drop and if the “ Tracker “ is active .Only if the subscription funded and the back up battery charged sufficiently it will initiate an alert .
Furthermore it makes perfect sense to hard wire power via a fuse to a “ tracker” ( that has a back up bat ) that’s easily accessible to a technician because they may need to pull it while investigating parasitic battery drain problems that plagues many a high end car theses days loaded with electrotwackerey.Bentleys certainly fall into that group from a reliability point of view .
Last edited by John Fiammetta; 11-22-2019 at 12:12 AM.
Like I mentioned & read it very CLEARLY as its written in very CLEAR english, the trackers that wear discussed were after market units, an after market tracker is not wired to a main fusebox due to any person pulling the fuse, these after market trackers are fitted to the cars harness in a way that the average person can NOT de-activate the unit, it's also very CLEARLY written that the power source is taken from a place within the vehicle to power up the unit. If the unit isn't fed power how else is the battery going to charge unless its solar powered which it isn't off-course, well not yet anyway.
At no time was the built in Bentley Tracker referred to, trackers mentioned were of an after market version, but does anyone know were this tracker is fitted no & they wouldn't tell you, Bentley them selves don't fit a tracker, a company called NAV TRAK supply the unit.
So your theory on tracker Batteries being of a low quality is in-correct, these trackers have & I say again have a very LONG LIFE battery un-like your average mobile phone or any other gadget with a battery.
I also mentioned no tracker is visible, these units are hidden in places that if the fitter or manufacture did not keep a record then its VERY unliky the unit would be found. that is a policy of a tracker company, the whole point of fitting a tracker is so no person can find it for obvious reasons being ripped out & sticking it on a train to Istanbul.
To some it all up AGAIN "what is a tracker" to the original question asked by the thread starter H, so here it goes for those who may not have understood:-
Basics of vehicle tracking devices
Car tracking devices mainly work via GPS satellite navigation, although in some cases a radio frequency or cellular network can be used if GPS coverage is poor. The actual setup is really very simple; each vehicle transmits a signal to orbiting satellites which relay this information back to a specified computer. The vehicle information is then displayed on maps, allowing you to monitor speed and exact whereabouts.
Tracking devices for vehicles can be either active or passive (although often a combination of both methods will be used):
A passive vehicle tracking device starts relaying journey information once the vehicle is turned on or the door is opened. GPS data, speed and heading are then recorded. Once the vehicle is returned to a set base, this information is downloaded.
With an active car tracking device the same information is transmitted in real time without the need for docking. So vehicles can be constantly traced, even when tracking devices are turned off. If a connection is poor and data can’t be transmitted, many car tracking devices will revert to a passive system, to complete data transfer when the connection is better.
A typical tracking system for business vehicles will be made up of the following components:
GPS tracking device located in the vehicle (the transmitter). This is discreetly fitted in each car or van on the system and transmits information. You can choose to receive a wealth of data reports, such as speed, fuel consumption, tyre pressure, engine status, route information, engine idling and headlight use to name just a few. GPS is a global system, so data can be relayed from anywhere in the world.
Tracking server or software. This receives the information transmitted via satellite from the vehicle to those who are authorised to view it on their computer. The whole process happens almost instantly.
The user interface is the means by which the information can be interacted with. Usually this will take the form of maps displayed on a computer screen.
If your car is stolen, it can be tracked down & (assuming it hasn’t been damaged beyond repair) recovered. For this reason, trackers are installed deep within a car’s mechanical innards, & often integrated into the way the cars run – that way, a thief can’t remove the tracker or, if he does, the car simply won’t run.
There is a way of getting round a tracking device, stick the stolen vehicle in a container lined with lead nothing can track it then ... Lol ...
You seem to be missing an important point that pulling a known fuse to a hard wired “Tracker “does not deactivate/ disarm it .......on the contrary it stimulates an alert because it’s designed to detect a voltage drop .
so It’s perfectly ok for the thief ( or anybody else ) to access that hard wired fuse .
Your contribution about none Bentley tracker set ups whilst s fills in background info and reams of script is actually irrelevant to this thread on Bentley fuse identity and location which indeed includes a hard wired easily accessible “tracker “fuse .
@Rico
I feel like explaining technical stuff to you on here is a bit like this ........hope you see the funny side and don’t go running to mummy or is that the mods ?
11-22-2019 | 12:03 AM
