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NO_MAD
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 5:17 pm    Post subject: Tmc receiver cable length Reply with quote

Hi all

What is the length of the NEW TMC Receiver cable? As i am a white van man and am going to get a720, tmc receiver and a Brodit docking station and am thinking where to mount the unit.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 11:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

NO_MAD,

It might also be worth asking users how best to position the new receiver - vertically, horizontally etc - in case this has a bearing on where to mount your unit
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:45 pm    Post subject: Re: Tmc receiver cable length Reply with quote

NO_MAD wrote:

What is the length of the NEW TMC Receiver cable?

Just about the same as the width of a Mondeo windscreen.
GPS_fan wrote:

It might also be worth asking users how best to position the new receiver - vertically, horizontally etc - in case this has a bearing on where to mount your unit

Mine works best running horizontally along the bottom of the windscreen. I have tried it without success running up the screen near the A pillar and then along the top of the screen to the mirror.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mine works best running horizontally along the bottom of the screen aswell.
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 7:00 pm    Post subject: Brodit dashboard mount (ford focus) Reply with quote

yeah, this is a good thread.
i have just been sent my replacement RDS/MC unit (thanks TOM TOM)
with the shorter aerial and my mount, routing of the antenna in the tom tom suggested manner is impossible!,
so i guess it's just going to be a trial and error thing as far as placing is concerned?
keep us posted,
regards,
GaRy:)
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 7:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've posted the approximate dimensions here.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 9:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Tim Buxton wrote:
I've posted the approximate dimensions here.


Tim,

Your link here just seems to link to a link that links back here...or am I missing something?
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 9:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Have a look slightly further up the same thread linked and you will find the dimensions, or try This for a direct link to the specific post containing the dims - Mike
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 4:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The usual rule-of-thumb for whip aerials (ie. a bit of string) is 1/4 wavelength.

Assume 100MHz reception = 3metres wave length - gives you 75cms (~2ft). The main factor with any aerial is where you place it! Inside a car is a very bad place for an FM aerial - the car and occupants screen lots of the signal and the car electronics produce wide-band interference. I am including things like computers (ie sat navs), phones,PDAs... in this group.

yes the GTM21 (just to pick one I am familiar with) is a typically poor aerial. But get it connected to an outside aerial and things improve dramatically.
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