Garmin 2460LMT: GPS antenna when hard-wiring

[wildman10]

I want to hard wire my 2460LMT that I've just bought.

The GPS aerial appear to be a single core wire moulded alongside the power cable. If i bury the power cable in the dash as part of a hard wire installation how can I wire the GPS antenna, eg:
a. Can I strip the aerial away from the power lead and lay it along the top of the dash?
b. Can I compact the above with bending the aerial backwards and forwards to fit into, say, a 2" square ?
c. Can I wire in a compact aerial such as the GA 25MCX (I'm happy cutting and soldering if needed)?

Thanks for any help.

[sussamb]

The GPS antenna is in the GPS itself, if you think about it it has to be as it'll work even when not connected to the power cable

[mikealder]

It is the RDS-TMC Traffic receiver that is built in to the power chord, about 12" away from the connector that goes in to the device there should be a small plastic box moulded on to the power lead, have a close look at this as there should be a jack socket on the side of the unit, you can plug an external aerial in to this or couple it to the cars FM aerial via a small ceramic disk capacitor for issolation - Mike

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