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| Tim in Scotland Member Since: 23 May 2007 Location: The Land that time forgot Posts: 3753  
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That is supposed to be possible and there is an option in the dash in mine to connect to a home network but it doesn’t like to find my router from the drive. Not sure how much range my BT router has. Pangea Green D250 90 HSE with Air Suspension, Off-road Pack, Towing Pack, Black Contrast roof , rear recovery eyes, Front bash plate, Classic flaps all round, extended wheel arch kit and a few bits from PowerfulUK Expel Clear Gloss PPF to come
2020 D240 1st Edition in Pangea Green with Acorn interior. Now gone - old faithful, no mechanical issues whatsoever ever but the leaks and rattles all over the place won’t be missed! |
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12th Aug 2020 3:07pm |
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| Rashers Member Since: 21 Jun 2015 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3538  
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4G Coverage
 Yes they (all the mobile phone companies) always quote coverage by percentage of the population rather than percentage of the land mass which is why those of us who live in the sticks quite regularly have to laugh at anything which requires a good data cellular connection!
I believe they have 5G in the smoke of the big towns. There are still people who live in my village who remember mains water being connected. I can remember the village being connected to mains sewerage. Not sure JLR, or any other car manufacturer come to that requires mains cold water or waste water connections yet 
Interesting to know how long a download would take on a 4G signal. It must be set up to download segments so if the data connection was lost, it would carry on later and not have to start again? I expect the Main Dealer would upgrade / update any software at an annual service if you really did only drive your motor in a lead lined box or parts of North Norfolk (both known for their lack of mobile signals). |
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12th Aug 2020 3:11pm |
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| Rashers Member Since: 21 Jun 2015 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3538
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Depends on whether you live in a Castle in Scotland Tim with 4ft thick walls. If you do, I don't fancy your routers chances. My BT Router will give an adequate wireless signal outside of a 1970's built brick bungalow. Unless you park the opposite side of your house to your router, I would expect that you should be able to hook it up to your home network. They advertise the BT router as being one of the best - but then they are trying to flog their broadband |
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12th Aug 2020 3:15pm |
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| Tim in Scotland Member Since: 23 May 2007 Location: The Land that time forgot Posts: 3753
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1980’s timber frame bungalow here Rashers, if I had enough money to live in a castle I’d be running my own gloomed offroad tracks on the surrounding land or renting it out to people for squillions for shooting and would possibly be off-roading a Range Rover on the company rather than 2 Defenders at my expense! Pangea Green D250 90 HSE with Air Suspension, Off-road Pack, Towing Pack, Black Contrast roof , rear recovery eyes, Front bash plate, Classic flaps all round, extended wheel arch kit and a few bits from PowerfulUK Expel Clear Gloss PPF to come
2020 D240 1st Edition in Pangea Green with Acorn interior. Now gone - old faithful, no mechanical issues whatsoever ever but the leaks and rattles all over the place won’t be missed! |
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12th Aug 2020 3:23pm |
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| Rashers Member Since: 21 Jun 2015 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3538
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Well it is the glorious twelfth. Glorious as long as you are not a Grouse. Maybe they have the alternative miserable twelfth? I would assume that you would get a signal from your router. I pick up both our neighbours wireless signals outside and one of them is a fair way across the other side of the road. I assume it will be like a phone or tablet, it well you search for a network? |
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12th Aug 2020 3:31pm |
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| LEZ Member Since: 22 Oct 2015 Location: London Posts: 167
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Dunno if its correct, but my dealer advised me that you can disable mobile updates and set it to only connect to your home router for updates when at home.
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12th Aug 2020 3:37pm |
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| Tim in Scotland Member Since: 23 May 2007 Location: The Land that time forgot Posts: 3753
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Here’s what the iGuide says
 Click image to enlarge Once the car cools off a bit (it’s been sitting in 26C sunshine this afternoon), I’ll go and have a play and see what happens Here’s what it needs to do a software update over the air Click image to enlarge Pangea Green D250 90 HSE with Air Suspension, Off-road Pack, Towing Pack, Black Contrast roof , rear recovery eyes, Front bash plate, Classic flaps all round, extended wheel arch kit and a few bits from PowerfulUK Expel Clear Gloss PPF to come 2020 D240 1st Edition in Pangea Green with Acorn interior. Now gone - old faithful, no mechanical issues whatsoever ever but the leaks and rattles all over the place won’t be missed! |
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12th Aug 2020 3:39pm |
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| Tim in Scotland Member Since: 23 May 2007 Location: The Land that time forgot Posts: 3753
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OK braved the heat in the car - only 35c on the external temperature sat in the sun on the drive.
Searched and connected fine after enabling External WiFi in the Connectivity menu, it found all my neighbour’s routers some of which are not secure I see, as well as mine, selected my own, key pad appeared to type in the password and it connected in about 5 seconds. There is now a Wifi connectivity fan icon on the main screen just below and to the left of the clock and below the 4G signal strength indicator
Pangea Green D250 90 HSE with Air Suspension, Off-road Pack, Towing Pack, Black Contrast roof , rear recovery eyes, Front bash plate, Classic flaps all round, extended wheel arch kit and a few bits from PowerfulUK Expel Clear Gloss PPF to come
2020 D240 1st Edition in Pangea Green with Acorn interior. Now gone - old faithful, no mechanical issues whatsoever ever but the leaks and rattles all over the place won’t be missed! |
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12th Aug 2020 4:07pm |
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| Tim in Scotland Member Since: 23 May 2007 Location: The Land that time forgot Posts: 3753
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To carry on from Supacat;S WLTP posting, this has appeared in this weeks Autocar mag
Click image to enlarge Pangea Green D250 90 HSE with Air Suspension, Off-road Pack, Towing Pack, Black Contrast roof , rear recovery eyes, Front bash plate, Classic flaps all round, extended wheel arch kit and a few bits from PowerfulUK Expel Clear Gloss PPF to come 2020 D240 1st Edition in Pangea Green with Acorn interior. Now gone - old faithful, no mechanical issues whatsoever ever but the leaks and rattles all over the place won’t be missed! |
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12th Aug 2020 4:20pm |
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| Naks Member Since: 27 Jan 2009 Location: Stellenbosch, ZA Posts: 2651  
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TFL's towing test
-- 2010 Defender Puma 90 + BAS remap + Alive IC + Slickshift + Ashcroft ATB rear 2015 Range Rover Sport V8 Supercharged
Defender Puma Workshop Manual: https://bit.ly/2zZ1en9 Discovery 4 Workshop Manual: https://bit.ly/2zXrtKO Range Rover/Sport L320/L322/L494 Workshop Manual: https://bit.ly/2zc58JQ |
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13th Aug 2020 6:02am |
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| Naks Member Since: 27 Jan 2009 Location: Stellenbosch, ZA Posts: 2651
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Interesting camper concept, not sure about feasibility though
https://www.instagram.com/p/CD0HBbyM44k/ -- 2010 Defender Puma 90 + BAS remap + Alive IC + Slickshift + Ashcroft ATB rear 2015 Range Rover Sport V8 Supercharged
Defender Puma Workshop Manual: https://bit.ly/2zZ1en9 Discovery 4 Workshop Manual: https://bit.ly/2zXrtKO Range Rover/Sport L320/L322/L494 Workshop Manual: https://bit.ly/2zc58JQ |
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13th Aug 2020 6:19am |
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| zilch Member Since: 11 Sep 2019 Location: Whitsundays & Sydney Posts: 823 
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Foxywifi  is it a very sociable neighbourhood Tim  yet another pommie bar steward down under
MY20 110 P400 SE Defender MY10 3.0 RR Sport |
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13th Aug 2020 6:34am |
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| Tim in Scotland Member Since: 23 May 2007 Location: The Land that time forgot Posts: 3753
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Zilch here’s his website, no need to shield children’s eyes but adults should look with care in case the pictures make them lust.......... https://www.richardfoxphotography.com/ Pangea Green D250 90 HSE with Air Suspension, Off-road Pack, Towing Pack, Black Contrast roof , rear recovery eyes, Front bash plate, Classic flaps all round, extended wheel arch kit and a few bits from PowerfulUK Expel Clear Gloss PPF to come
2020 D240 1st Edition in Pangea Green with Acorn interior. Now gone - old faithful, no mechanical issues whatsoever ever but the leaks and rattles all over the place won’t be missed! |
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13th Aug 2020 7:22am |
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| zilch Member Since: 11 Sep 2019 Location: Whitsundays & Sydney Posts: 823
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some cracking landscapes Tim.. yet another pommie bar steward down under
MY20 110 P400 SE Defender MY10 3.0 RR Sport |
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13th Aug 2020 7:45am |
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