G4RUD

I'm going to be buying a PDA in the next few days to run in conjunction with my Origin B2 for sat-nav in my MY03 WRX. I'd like to see some pics of how people have got their PDA and various bits and bobs set up in their car.

Cheers,

Graham

Jamo

iTrader: (23)

ive just got a suction cradle on the window close to the dash as poss, with the tomtom gps things sat in the window. works really well, just looks a bit untidy tbh. ile get a pic if you want?

jamo

G4RUD

any pics are welcome!

I'm trying to get an idea of how I'll fit everything so it looks decent.

cheers

Andrew Longworth

What version of TomTom are you using Jamo?

PC555

Here mine, controlling my 40GB musicvault :

G4RUD

That's very nice. Where is the 40GB music vault kept? and is it worth getting one?

Thanks

Graham

carl

GPS is sitting on a magnetic plate on the passenger side of the dashboard (it's the white thing -- the black thing is the tax disc).

Chris L

I'll take some of mine and post them tomorrow.

Chris

Taff107

Jesus carl, what type of TVR / rocket is that?

carl

It's a Cerbera. It's a bit like driving a postbox (except it isn't red).

Jamo

iTrader: (23)

its version 2 mate.

ile take a pic in the morning.

jamo

PC555

Cheers!

The MusicVault itself sits in the boot .... all in all a very nice peice of kit .... more MP3's than you can shake a stick at

G4RUD

what sort of price does it cost? and how does it link to the standard stereo?

this is sounding like another investment!

Chris L

As promised. Dell Axim X3, running TomTom Navigator V3 and Trafcam. GPS receiver is on the dashboard.









Chris

Nevetas

nice

Chris L

Cheers! Took a bit of fiddling to hide the wires, but it is not bad now.

Chris

papascooby

I've got an IPAQ and was thinking of getting the Tom Tom stuff and a bluetooth GPS receiver.

What's TomTom like? Do people have the camera location software loaded? Is it as reliable / useful as say Origin or Road Angel for GPS camera locating?

Andrew Longworth

I just got my bluetooth reciever and am using it with TomTom at the moment. To me personally it seems much more intuative than Destinator 3. I need to get hold of TomTom 3 then I can use the major roads feature.

G4RUD

thanks for the pics, it looks pretty neatly installed.
I hope to order all the bits and pieces this weekend.

Are there any more scooby drivers running PDAs in their cars willing to post some pics?

Cheers

mrklaw

Hi Chris,

Fancy doing a bit of a step by step as to where your cables went, and which kit you went for (is it a wired GPS)?

Chris L

OK.

GPS is wired (Tom Tom version that comes as a bundle with the Tom Tom 3 Navigator software).

As you can see, the actual GPS receiver (silver blob in the first picture) sits on a magnetic base which is stuck to the dashboard. The wire is pushed down the back of the dash - the slack wire just hangs in a loop behind the dashboard.

The RJ11 connector on the GPS receiver cable plugs directly into the cradle (top right of the PDA). I've run the cable down the rubber seal to where it meets the dashboard - it just pushes in. The rubber seal will eventually settle down, making it look quite neat. It is then possible to push that cable down in between the dashboard and the A pillar. As I said above, the remaining slack cable is then left to dangle behind the dashboard.

The cable you can just see coming out of the top left hand side of the PDA is for the speaker (the Seideo 2500 cradle has a built in speaker). It's a very short cable - nothing you can do with that, but it is quite neat, so no problem.

The biggest problem is the power cable, which plugs into the bottom right handside of the cradle. They supply a normal cigarette lighter power cable. This is fine if you want to mount the unit in the middle of the dash. It is too short to run across to where I've mounted my PDA.

The way round this is to get an extension cable for the lighter socket. You can get one from Maplin. Cost you £2.99 (about a fiver delivered). The product code is BV47B. This is actually a bit too long, but it does the job.

Run the extension from the cigarette lighter past the ashtray and down the join in the centre console towards the pedals. Remove the lower half of the driver's side dash board (very easy - a couple of screws and plastic plug on the side). Plug the power lead into the cradle and then connect this to the extension cable. Replace the lower dashboard, making sure that the power cable is tucked inside (picture 4 shows this the best). All the slack cable can be secured with some tape on the inside of the lower dash. I am going to get some cable ties and some self adhesive pads to make it a bit neater, but normal electrical tape will do the job.

Thinks that it!

Chris

mrklaw

nice and simplish

Think i'm leaning towards a seido mount like yours, with wired kit and ipaq 4150. Fancy the wifi and its only about £25 more than a 2210.

Only question then is what happens when the wife wants to use it? I guess the easiest is to duplicate the GPS+mount and then just swap over the PDA.

Chris L

Probably - you could take it out, but I guess it would make more sense to duplicate it.

Chris

Gizmo555

You should take a look over at www.brodit.com. They've got all sorts of in car mounts with various mounting positions.

Cheers

Mark

cw42

iTrader: (1)

I'll post some pics of my installed set-up tomorrow, bit late to be snapping pics of the car now
just been along the a57 snake pass, go look it up , with the tom tom night view on
awesome!!
chris.

PC555

Check it out: http://www.mptronix.com/