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hepburn
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gps receiver location
« on: Dec 24th, 2005, 11:15pm » |
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Just thought i'd pass along a little tip. I was relocating my sat nav bluetooth receiver to the rear parcel shelf of my 94 frog eye saloon today and noticed it was still getting a signal when temporarily placed under the parcel shelf. To cut a long story short, it didn't make any difference to the signal whether it was on top of the shelf or underneath it (but clear of any metal). I was still getting circa 11 satellites!
Needless to say it got mounted underneath to keep it from the prying eyes of any toe-rags who might be tempted to nick it... As far as installing it, I just tapped into the 12v feed to the boot light. Nice and simple 
For those interested, the gps receiver is a bt-77. available for around 50 quid on eBay.
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Kjetil S
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Re: gps receiver location
« Reply #1 on: Dec 27th, 2005, 9:47pm » |
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Thanks, will remember that.
Probably going to install sat-nav next month, so this is useful info
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craig
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Re: gps receiver location
« Reply #2 on: Dec 30th, 2005, 5:48pm » |
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on Dec 24th, 2005, 11:15pm, hepburn wrote:
Needless to say it got mounted underneath to keep it from the prying eyes of any toe-rags who might be tempted to nick it... |
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me and baz have the aerial mounted on the rear speaker,oh and to keep prying eyes out,we both have privacy glass fitted.. 
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Re: gps receiver location
« Reply #4 on: Dec 30th, 2005, 10:03pm » |
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Thats a nice integrated unit though a little underpowered for my liking. I prefer an all in one solution such as the xda with bluetooth gps and headset for the phone.
I am curious what baz has installed on his speaker. is it an aerial or a gps receiver? Any chance of a pic?
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Baz
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Re: gps receiver location
« Reply #5 on: Dec 31st, 2005, 11:19pm » |
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I have the antenna mounted on the speaker....I can't photograph it because you can't see it through the dark glass!!
I have the Ford travelpilot sat nav radio fitted. Straight swap and a bit of wire work for the 7000 radio. Craig has the VNR 9000 with the colour screen which wires in even easier......
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