eastcoast
Member Since: 14 Sep 2006
Location: driff
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Hi all, new member, just needing a bit of advice, has anyone fitted a tom tom sat nav into the space in the dash or similar ?
Regards, eastcoast.
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 14th Sep 2006 7:29 pm |
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captain_sugar
Member Since: 05 Sep 2006
Location: Hradec Kralove
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I just stick it to the window....
Never screw in the dashboard unless you change cars as fast as gadgets....
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| 14th Sep 2006 7:44 pm |
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Ken
Member Since: 20 Feb 2006
Location: Here
Posts: 10865
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captain_sugar wrote:I just stick it to the window....
Never screw in the dashboard unless you change cars as fast as gadgets....
Not to the side i hope (near the air bag)
Dickgriff has (quite a nice install) I'm sure he will be along soon to point you in the right direction
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| 14th Sep 2006 8:05 pm |
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Barn1e
D3 Decade
Member Since: 28 Aug 2006
Location: Mid-sussex
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I have the tom tom 700. I sits very nicely where the LR display would have gone - almost looks like it was designed to go there. You can sort the wire out to hide down the side of the facia, into the glove box and back down to the 12v socket.
However, I also prefer to stick it to the windscreen. The battery lasts three hours, so you dont have to plug into the 12v supply every time. Also, by using the screen holder/fitting, you can use the bluetooth hands free capability. It is the best reception and sound quality I have had in any hands free kit. If you place it where the landrover display would be, you have to remove the tom tom holder, which means you loose the handsfree capability.
As for GPS reception, just as good wherever it is sited and windscreen not a factor to worry about. 2005, TDV6 S, Auto, 190k miles, owned from new, V8 Brake Upgrade, Nancom Evo, RLD protector, BAS EGR blanking & Remap, separate ATF cooler, changing all the fluids ahead of time.
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| 14th Sep 2006 8:06 pm |
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eastcoast
Member Since: 14 Sep 2006
Location: driff
Posts: 2
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thanks guys, the hands free is half the reason im buying so thinks me will stick it on the window. cheers.
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| 16th Sep 2006 8:46 pm |
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Flack
Member Since: 06 Sep 2006
Location: Preston Lancashire
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I have a Sat Nav from Macro the Transonic one, what I did to mount mine in the space was to cut a piece perspex the size of the hole.
This sits snuggly in the space and I then stick the windscreen mount to this piece of perspex.
This all fits into my cubby box when not needed and does not leave the tell tale mark on the window for the smash & grab brigade.
Flack. 
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| 16th Sep 2006 10:35 pm |
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B16 KJR
Member Since: 10 Jul 2006
Location: Rosyth, Fife
Posts: 3005
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I got a spare Home Dock for my TomTom 510 and removed the USB cable. I then made up a wooden wedge to fit under the dock to bring the 510 screen angle to the same as the air vents. You can plug in the 12V power lead into the dock and away you go. I found that by fitting the rubber base to the wooden block the unit sits securley in the apeture and does not move at all.
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| 18th Sep 2006 12:17 pm |
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CFB
Member Since: 02 Dec 2005
Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
Posts: 6100
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Any chance of posting some pics of this, sounds a neat solution. 2020 BMW X1 18d XDrive X-Line Auto
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| 19th Sep 2006 9:38 pm |
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B16 KJR
Member Since: 10 Jul 2006
Location: Rosyth, Fife
Posts: 3005
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will try to get some pics and somehow post them here.
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| 19th Sep 2006 10:04 pm |
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nikademus
Member Since: 08 Sep 2006
Location: Geelong
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I fitted a TomTom Go 910 in the dash space where the LR model sits. See the gallery for pics. I wired it in to the AUX on the sound system, so I now have 15gb of mp3's to play (all legal of course!).
For handsfree I am running the mike that comes with the tomtom to just behind the steering wheel on the dash. Disco 2 TD5 "Good"
Disco 3 TDV6 "Better"
Disco 4 HSE SDV6 "Best"
The older I get, the better I was.
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| 23rd Sep 2006 8:38 am |
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lookatmema
Member Since: 24 Aug 2006
Location: Fife - it's a Kingdom doncha know
Posts: 47
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I use Tom Tom Mobile on my Nokia N70, and it just sits nicely upright to the right (or left if you're so inclined  ) of the dash cutout. The rubber mat also helps it sit correctly. It's just about the right distance from my eyes so as not to be out of focussing range.
Anyway, I like being a prat walking about with my Tom Tom running and getting voice instructions from my pocket  If you wait for it to go wrong - it's bound to oblige
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| 24th Sep 2006 8:47 pm |
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Discos_FTW
Member Since: 25 Sep 2006
Location: Leicester
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lookatmema wrote:I use Tom Tom Mobile on my Nokia N70
same here only mines not the N70.
have it set up in a phone mount on the dash - as you would for a mobile. It charges the phone and powers tomtom. Coupled with a bluetooth GPS receiver - only niggle is that its a bit quiet
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| 27th Sep 2006 11:00 am |
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