Mounting Blue Tooth Receiver in vehicle

farwellbooth

Thinking about putting a Royaltek Bluegps in the cargo area of my Jeep. There is a convient power outlet and I could also wire an antenna between there and the roof.

Is this a good idea? Do I need to see the lights?
Is there such a thing as cradles for receivers? I'd put it up front but already have enough junk between the phone, pocket pc etc.
Where's the best spot? thanks

lbendlin · Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2004 5:55 pm Post subject:

I have a similiar setup with a Deluo Blackbox tucked away in the spare tire compartment, and an external antenna on the roof in the wind protected area behind one of the roof rails. Works perfect, and I don't need to see any lights for that - it simply works.

The only tricky part is to get the antenna cable from the trunk to the roof. I tried to simply run the cable over the back door rubber (which is pretty voluminous). So far it seems to work fine, neither the rubber nor the cable seem to suffer from that. But if you want to do it more professional you will have to find another - equally watertight - way. I was not brave enough to drill holes into the rubber or the roof.
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DinAlt · Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2004 7:10 pm Post subject:

Hi,

I have an Holux GR230 and I have it sat in a box in the boot connected to an external aerial which is attached via a magnet to the roof - I just ran the wire up through the boot rubbers and it works fine - best thing about this set up is that when I take the pda out of the cradle there is nothing visible to attract the attention of tea leaves... Plus I hate wires so other than a power lead to the cradle there is no clutter at all.

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TheEnd · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 03, 2004 Posts: 3

Hello,

I'v just installed a Deluo BlackBox inside the "toolbox" of my car (Opel Frontera Sport) that gots a Hard Top "plastic" Roof, now I got a serious question,
the plug that powers the GPS it's allwais ON...
Can the GPS Discharge my Car's Battery?
(I would like to use the car tomorrow XD )

Thanks

andyblissett · Regular Visitor Joined: Jun 20, 2004 Posts: 65

I will drain the battery, but will probably take it a good month to do so. The use so little power

lbendlin · Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 8:10 pm Post subject:

Hmm... I still think for permanent installatiion you should get a power source that is linked to the ignition. It's just safer.
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TheEnd · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 03, 2004 Posts: 3

Well, i'v been testing a while with the cables that are "inside" the Toolbox of my car (I think it's the best place to "hide" the gps ans pass the antena's cable to the roof following the Structural Iron Tubes) and I haven't found the right "ignition" power supply Rolling Eyes

Reading the User's Manual, on section "2.1.1 Power Cables" you can read something like:

lbendlin · Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 8:47 pm Post subject:

As for power consumption, simply put an amperemeter in between the black box' plus cable and your power supply's plus. This will hep you to calculate how long it will take the Blackbox to completely drain the battery ;-)
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TheEnd · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 03, 2004 Posts: 3

I got a response from Deluo (In Spanish):

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