Damn Dirty Ape
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If one does the GPS 'flip' and mounts on the 'frit' along the top of the windshield, is it known if the dots will interfere with the GPS reception? I'm not sure if they are just a sort of paint or metallic or..
This is where I have mounted mine...
That was my thinking also - antenna is probably 45 degrees from horizontal.windscreen angle will play a part as it does make it a bit more directional...
That's where my front one is mounted as well.
That was my thinking also - antenna is probably 45 degrees from horizontal.
That's about what my front camera takes to get a lock - windscreen angle looks to be about the same as yours. The rear window is more vertical and that's the one where the GPS lock takes longer.Depending on car make / model/ Mine is at about 30 degree. Overnignt parking cold GPS lock is usually from 30 sec to 1 min.
Try GPS extension cable for rear cam to run along roof-line and mount on windshield at other A-pillar corner.That's about what my front camera takes to get a lock - windscreen angle looks to be about the same as yours. The rear window is more vertical and that's the one where the GPS lock takes longer.
Interesting thought - I'll have to dig around in my "box of cables that I never throw away because I might need one someday" to see if I have something that will work.Try GPS extension cable for rear cam to run along roof-line and mount on windshield at other A-pillar corner.
Interesting thought - I'll have to dig around in my "box of cables that I never throw away because I might need one someday" to see if I have something that will work.
atleast i'm not alone in every thing you say there."Hoarding" ? - I know this feeling, but my other half don't understand @ "I never throw away because I might need one someday"
I'm moving in with the mrs next year - currently my stuff is at my house and her stuff is at her house.
I just know the new house is going to be for her stuff and I'll be locked away in the shed or mancave which I plan to turn the garage into
im even being forced to clean that up even though its my domain.Same story here, - shed is my saver !
"Your domain" ?, - check your hands, can you see "that ring" ? Now open you marriage cert and read between the lines about what is "your domain"im even being forced to clean that up even though its my domain.
forgot to read fine print when I signed, too busy getting rushed to do anything else."Your domain" ?, - check your hands, can you see "that ring" ? Now open you marriage cert and read between the lines about what is "your domain"
I'm moving in with the mrs next year - currently my stuff is at my house and her stuff is at her house.
I just know the new house is going to be for her stuff and I'll be locked away in the shed or mancave which I plan to turn the garage into
How close it is to the camera that will cause reception?dots won't interfere, don't position the GPS too close to the camera though, that will interfere with reception