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telc2
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 Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 2:43 pm Post subject: how do you stick the antenna to a windscreen |
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ive just brought the external antenna but i dont know how to stick it to the windscreen hope someone can help. |
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| Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 3:57 pm Post subject: Re: how do you stick the antenna to a windscreen |
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| telc2 wrote: | hi
ive just brought the external antenna but i dont know how to stick it to the windscreen hope someone can help. |
Just done this in my Renault with some white double sided sticky tape - I bought it from a local electrical shop. It sticks well and the aerial is pulling in 9/10 saltellite everytime now.
If you have trouble getting some PM me your address and I'll send you a strip of it. |
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| Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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Why stick it to the windcsreen at all? You should be able to get it working by placing it on the dash in the bottom right or left corner of the windscreen.
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| Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Darren wrote: | | Why stick it to the windcsreen at all? You should be able to get it working by placing it on the dash in the bottom right or left corner of the windscreen. |
....... as it stops it moving about on sharp right/left hand bends !!! |
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A blob of bluetack will solve that!
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| Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 7:20 am Post subject: Re: how do you stick the antenna to a windscreen |
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| telc2 wrote: | hi
ive just brought the external antenna but i dont know how to stick it to the windscreen hope someone can help. |
Stick it on the roof, That where i stuck my External Antenna
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Just wondered if you guys dont relise that external antennas have a magnetic base...er um I wonder why that is..maybe to stick on the roof of your vehicle...!!  |
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| g0sbv wrote: | | Just wondered if you guys dont relise that external antennas have a magnetic base...er um I wonder why that is..maybe to stick on the roof of your vehicle...!! |
Good minds think alike g0sbv
Maybe that's why their called
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Darren
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There can be many reasons why some owners prefer not to mount the accessory external antenna externally, theft and criminal damage are two.
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gingernut777
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| Darren wrote: | | There can be many reasons why some owners prefer not to mount the accessory external antenna externally, theft and criminal damage are two. |
Then put them back inside the car when not in use, or parked up.
Even when it's fitted with cables hidden under door strips or roof lining, there's always enough cable to bring it back inside car, as i've already done
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| Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 9:17 pm Post subject: Re: how do you stick the antenna to a windscreen |
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| gingernut777 wrote: | | telc2 wrote: | hi
ive just brought the external antenna but i dont know how to stick it to the windscreen hope someone can help. |
Stick it on the roof, That where i stuck my External Antenna |
Did that with the first one - then water got in and I had to send it back to TomTom for replacement. Now it sits on the black dotted area at the top of the windscreen (no water damage here I hope) - it gets 9/10 satellites - will not be nicked in a car-park (as you can bet that the time I forget to put it away is the time it gets nicked) and the cable run is much shorter. All in all one happy TTG user with an External(well internal if you want to be fussy) aerial ! |
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| gingernut777 wrote: | | Darren wrote: | | There can be many reasons why some owners prefer not to mount the accessory external antenna externally, theft and criminal damage are two. |
Then put them back inside the car when not in use, or parked up.
Even when it's fitted with cables hidden under door strips or roof lining, there's always enough cable to bring it back inside car, as i've already done |
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