Mount that stays on for a 520T?

[GMC]

The standard TT mount that came with my 520 about 2 years ago (circular suction mount one end, square, movable part on the other end) refuses to stay on the screen in warm weather. Is there a suitable replacement for this that actually works? I'd be interested to hear from anyone who has purchased an alternative mount and can vouch for the fact that it can cope with our current temperatures.

PS I'm not looking for one with a power connection, just a simple mount.

Thanks.

[mikealder]

Consider a Brodit Pro-Clip to suit your car combined with the Brodit "Ball" that they supply to fit the TomTom iPhone car kit. The standard "Head" (the square part of your faulty mount) can be simply unscrewed and attached to the Brodit "Ball"

I have a full series of pictures on the PC at home detailing how to do this and will post up some instructions along with the pictures later today - Mike

[GMC]

Excellent, thanks Mike, details awaited.

[mikealder]

You should be able to work out the idea from the following threads where I have detailed how to do this for a number of other TomTom devices, I know the standard x20/ x30 mount will fit as I have tried it and taken pictures, just need to write it up!

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As a clue, look at the front of your mount and in the center of the square part is a small notch, insert a small screw driver in to the notch to lever out the center disk, its only clipped in to position. Once thats removed you will see four Philips head screws remove these, the front part of the mount can now be removed from the stem, finally pull the rear collar off whats left of the mount.
Reassemble the parts of the mount that you need on to the Brodit Ball and you have an adjustable mount that cannot fall off at all, check out dsldevelopments.com for a Pro-clip to suit your vehicle and the necessary "Ball" part.
I will add the full guide with pictures later - Mike

[GMC]

Thanks Mike, can I take it that you don't have any truck with suction devices then?!

[mikealder]

[GMC]

Good thinking.

Any particular supplier of the Brodit bits, or are they only from the manufacturer?

[mikealder]

DSL Developments are the UK stockist, click Here for their home page, enter your vehicle details in to see the available options for the Pro-Clip to fit your car followed by the "Ball" part number which should be mentioned in the write ups linked to above showing how to turn the Start, One Third, One Easy Port mounts into dash mounts - Mike

[Darren]

Or a Brodit ProClip mated to the Rolls Royce solution, a Carcomm cradle.

Superbly made solution. It comes with a suction mount but is designed to be permanently fitted if preferred and will affix to a Brodit mount easily. I use one with my 730 and 950.
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[mikealder]

First of all you will need a Pro-Clip to suit your car and brodit "Ball" attached to the Pro-Clip, I would suggest you attach these two components before fitting this to the car, as it avoids slipping with the screwdriver and damaging the trim of the car!
In addition you need the TomTom supplied windscreen mount to act as a donor for the device specific addaptor.



Using a small screwdriver inserted to the small cut out visible in the center disk of the TomTom mount simply lever/ flick out the disk:



Once the center disk is removed four Phillips head screws are revealed, remove these with a suitable size driver (the screw heads are rather shallow and small, don't loose the screws as they will be needed later). The rear cup will now float free and can be pushed down the stem of the mount:



First of all remove the part that is fitted around the ball, secondly remove the rear collar which will take a little force to seperate the assembly, by now you should have a pile of bits looking similar to this:



Push the rear collar over the Brodit ball:



Attach the square section of the TomTom mount to the rear collar using the four screws removed earlier:



Re-fit the center cover by pushing it back in to position:



Next we move to the car, this is the assembled x20/ x30 Brodit addapted mount in my Ovlov V70:



Finally with the device attached, note the power cable is routed through the air vent to avoid having wires all over the inside of the car:



Avoids the costly purchase of an active mount with all the security of a physical attachement to the dash structure that doesn't rely upon suction cups - Mike

[mikealder]

There is also the accessory after market x20/ x30 mount called the "Easy Port" which can be modified in a similar way, to start you will need a Brodit Pro-Clip to suit your vehicle and the Brodit "Ball"



Have a close look at the top of the TomTom Easy Port x20/ x30 mount and you will see two rubber "plugs" these are simply levered out using your finger nails to reveal the two Phillips head screws:



Remove the two screws and the mount simply "falls appart"



Re-assemble the TomTom supplied parts to the Brodit "Ball" to end up with an assembly looking like this:



What does it look like in the car, well here is the mount in the Ovlov V70, power cable is routed through the air vent which avoids having wiring all over the cabin of the car:



With the device attached in the lower position:



The "Easy Port" x20/ x30 also offers the option to rotate the mount shoe through 180 degrees which offers a higher position for the PND:

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