IvoDC
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On my recent tour in France, I encountered an annoying problem. Everyone who drove through France know you regularly have to pay at the "Péage" for driving over the highway. You can stop at the automated counter and pay with your bank card after which the barrier opens. This is where the longest lines of cars are queuing.
But to gain time at the Péage you can also purchase a small transmitter unit in advance so that the barrier automatically opens for you when you approach it. The amount is automatically debited from your bank account. As those are separate dedicated gates, you don't have to stand in line with the other cars. All professional drivers such as taxis use this system.
According to the Jaguar manual for the F-Type, there is a small place on the left and right of the interior mirror to mount this transmitter. But this doesn't work at all !!! I tried every place behind the windscreen you can think of to hold the transmitter unit, but the receiver at the gate can't receive/read the signal. I was forced every time to open my side window and hold the transmitter outside so the gate would open.
I know that the windshield has an internal layer for blocking the sunshine's heat. It gives the windshield a slightly darker tint as the side windows. As this is usually done by a metal vapor layer, it is possable that this is blocking the signal.
Another possibility can be that I have the optional heated front windshield. And the metal wires in the glass might also be the cause.
It would interest me to know if others encountered the same problem.
But to gain time at the Péage you can also purchase a small transmitter unit in advance so that the barrier automatically opens for you when you approach it. The amount is automatically debited from your bank account. As those are separate dedicated gates, you don't have to stand in line with the other cars. All professional drivers such as taxis use this system.
According to the Jaguar manual for the F-Type, there is a small place on the left and right of the interior mirror to mount this transmitter. But this doesn't work at all !!! I tried every place behind the windscreen you can think of to hold the transmitter unit, but the receiver at the gate can't receive/read the signal. I was forced every time to open my side window and hold the transmitter outside so the gate would open.
I know that the windshield has an internal layer for blocking the sunshine's heat. It gives the windshield a slightly darker tint as the side windows. As this is usually done by a metal vapor layer, it is possable that this is blocking the signal.
Another possibility can be that I have the optional heated front windshield. And the metal wires in the glass might also be the cause.
It would interest me to know if others encountered the same problem.
