External antennae

boydonegood · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 21, 2006 Posts: 23

Yeah read the MCX bit on the back of the Garmin aerial tonight in Lakeside.
The aerial i can get ya is a Bus GPS aerial,,,Looks n does the same as the aftermarket Garmin one. You need a SMA( i think..dont shoot me if wrong) adapter.Maplins dont go small enougth so they gotta come from RS at Bow.Near Blackwall tunnel....Only a cheap brass convertor from large(aerial socket) to small Garmin socket....Only sensible if your in a hurry or desperate..
If ya desperate ,desperate..like your going away,,,you can have mine n i'll wait for them to come in...Its been taken outta box n used for about 10 mins,,is not installed in car or nothing..So still brand new...

iandee · Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 11:44 pm Post subject:

No hurry Tel, thanks for info and reply tho
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iandee · Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 1:13 pm Post subject:

:D Pleased to advise that I now have the Maplin external antenna from Maplins (Southend after all that). I agree with all, that it is excellent and the cost £9.99........... well :D amazing.
I am not putting it on the roof of my Scenic. I have stuck the Garmin dashboard disk on to the dashboard top and using the sucker holder am finding it ideal. The antenna I have positioned with blue tack (at the moment anyway) on the dotted part of the windscreen near the rear view mirror and hiding the wire behind the lining, with it going into and then out of the glove box, up and then on to the garmin. I can then easily disconnect and push the wires back into the glove box with the adapter from the cig lighter. I then remove the garmin from the dash when leaving the car.
The reception is very good and pick up rapid.
Many thanks to all you guys Thumbs Up

for this information about Maplins. Its saved at least £60 from the 'official' Garmin antenna and another major victory/ advocate for this forum
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matb · Frequent Visitor Joined: Mar 20, 2006 Posts: 258

maplins must be pleased with this forum as i have also bought the A47FH.

fitted it to the roof of my megane estate at the rear offside corner.

signal strength is certainly better but i was a bit disappointed with the satellite lock times.

40 seconds with aerial
45 without

this is with batteries installed then powered from the car and keeping stationary until lock established.

don't know what i really expected but certainly a quicker lock time than that.

any views ???

simon78 · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 8:43 pm Post subject:

iandee · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:22 pm Post subject:

I found it seemed to get better each time I used it
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Dilcymro · Frequent Visitor Joined: Mar 09, 2006 Posts: 376

Evening all,
I think mine took about 30 secs the first time, haven`t taken much notice after that, by the time I have started up and seat belt on its locked on. Has anyone got a garmin one to compare? mind you for a tenner its swings and roundabouts isn`t it.
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matb · Frequent Visitor Joined: Mar 20, 2006 Posts: 258

semaj · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 30, 2005 Posts: 17

I have mine in the rear window (inside)
Works great.
Unit sits in the space in front of the ash tray, cable runs behind and under back seat then up under center console out of ash tray.

newtosatnav · Regular Visitor Joined: Nov 24, 2005 Posts: 66

I have to say that the one I bought (from ebay - see the older posts) has a massive improvement on lock times and when I am in city the signal strength is massively improved. I have a C-Class Merc and there is an air vent on the top of the dash that is made of metal which the mag mount seems very happy to stick to!

matb · Frequent Visitor Joined: Mar 20, 2006 Posts: 258

did a full reset on the little lady this afternoon, the first one since going back to beta 2.82

the sat lock times have now been reduced by about a third, now 20 to 30 secs Laughing

guess its like the wife really, a bunch of flowers and the worlds your lobster Wink

Trajet · Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 9:33 pm Post subject:

GoHome · Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 7:35 am Post subject:

Bought the I3 in December and have continually updated as an when they come out, also POI's and Speedcams, put my own Splashscreens on (thanks for the input from members for that one). I have never had a problem with the unit.................so why do I fix things when they are not broken?

So I have been reading with interest that you can getter better reception using the 9.99ukp arial from Maplins.

Got the arial from Maplins in Bradford on Saturday afternoon and tried it straight away by just plugging it in and putting the arial on to the back shelf of my Megane, then powered on WOW....! lock in a matter of seconds.

So Sunday fitted it a bit more permanant by placing under the trim and basically losing it from the sight of the little angels that roam our streets.

Sunday I decided to do a trip ..........arghhhh unit is frozen turned it off ....Tried again...........nothing.
So I have just had to do a hard reset. I had lost all my Favourites. I suppose that will teach me not to fix things that are not broken.

BTW no other problems with 2.9 and pleased with the better warnings.

John

timber · Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:20 am Post subject:

simon78 · Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 7:24 pm Post subject:

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