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GPSs that DO work on dash of SVX
I know many have noted various devices that don't work or don't work well on the dash of the SVX due to the titanium-dioxide coated windshield.
Last week, I got an awesome deal on a Garmin GPS that was top of the line a few years ago that is now commonly found at discount sites and Ebay as refurbished loaded with 2008 maps. I bought it mostly for use in my truck as I knew it would not work in the SVX, but it also has an external antenna jack with the antenna option being only $28. So I was pleased with the idea of having one GPS I could use with little cost in both vehicles. The other night I placed it in the SVX expecting to see no working signal and was pleasantly surprised when it became ready to navigate in about 30 second. I have two other GPSs as well that neither work a bit on the dash of the SVX to you can imagine how I was in shock at this outcome. Needless to say, I give the unit a full thumbs up. I will post model information below. I invite other GPS owners to add to this thread if they have one or know of one that also works without adding the obvious external antenna. Model information:
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Re: GPSs that DO work on dash of SVX
We have a garmin also and it works fine in the svx. C330 if I remember right. No where near as fancy as yours but it tells us where to go.
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I think Jay's is a Garmin too and it took a few seconds to load the satelites, but after worked great!
Tom |
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Speaking of which, i need to make the trek out and get that back... couple times in the past few weeks it would have been handy.
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My TomTom One v3 works nicely through my superwindshield.
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Garmin Quest works just fine for me . (I geocache so it isnt your typical car one but I use it for both roads and offroads )
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I have a Tom Tom One and it works well in the SVX. I keep it on the dash, or stuck to the driver side fixed window. It loads up quickly and works well. Your Garmin looks the business. They have an updated model the 2820 that also has Bluetooth and this one can communicate to a helmet. This is the one for me, I'm going to buy one for the Blackbird. Thanks again, great information. Joe
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A couple of years ago, I worked on software for a new portable mobile GPS (company shuttered before product made it to market). Our units had a separate GPS receiver "mouse" that I'd put up on the dash, and it worked fine.
Perhaps the list of "GPS units that don't work in the SVX" would be a shorter list? The manufacturers have been improving the satellite receiver electronics, so that the units will work better in "urban canyons" and under trees, and even inside buildings. So I'd say generally that newer models should work in the SVX.
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I just figured it to be easier for ones that did work versus did not. My logic was that I have or have used 7 different GPSs under the front glass of the SVX with ONLY the Garmin 2720 actually working. All the rest exhibited the same behavior, excellent signal outside the car, then when moved to the dash, all signal bars drop to near nothing.
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-- Chris Founder/Administrator SVX World Network ECU Tune (stage 1), PWR (prototype aluminum radiator) Amateur Radio - General Class - K7SVX #1 92 Teal LSl 246k (Dedicated SVX Race Car, now with 4.44 speed) #2 92 Teal LSl 125k (Retired, car rescued from a field of weeds) 2007 Impreza 2.5i Special Edition, Obsidian Black Pearl (Daily driver) 2001 Dodge Ram 2500 quad cab, Cummins turbo diesel 4x4 (race car & RV hauler) 1985 Honda VF500 Interceptor (fair weather fun commuter) Going on 11 years of NHRA bracket racing NHRA Div 6 Car/Driver # T654 (site being rebuilt, new name is www.teamsvxracing.com) 2000 1st Place Club Challenge Series 2002 3rd Place Season Track Champion, Import Racing (Firebird Raceway) 2003 4th Place Season Track Champion, Import Racing (Firebird Raceway) 2003 1st Place NW Regional Import Shootout (July 5th) 2004 1st Place Club Challenge #1 (Firebird Raceway) 2004 1st Place NHRA "King of the Track" race 2004 NHRA Gold Cup 2nd place season win 2004 Import/Sport Compact 3rd place season win 2004 Division 6 Summit/ET NHRA Race of Champions finalist competitor (Mission, BC) 2007 1st Place Import Survival #3 2007 1st Place Track Champion Import Summer Jam (Wild Street Class) 2007 1st Place Import Survival #5 2008 Club season 1st place win, Club Champion 2008 2nd Place Season Import Final. 2008 Division 6 Summit/ET NHRA Import Finals (Woodburn, Or) 2009 2nd Place Import Summer Jam (Wild Street Class) 2010 1st Place Club race #2 - 1st place Sport Compact race #1 & #2 |
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Chris,
I have a slight correction. The windshield is coated with Titanium Oxide (TiO) not Titanium Dioxiide (TiO2). Titanium Dioxide is a chemical used to make things white, such as toothpaste and paper and paint, especially pearly paint. Titanium Oxide is a salt that is used to disrupt magnectic flux lines. Thts why our windshields rack hell with all sorts of pushbutton devices such as garage door openers, radar detectectors, GPS units, etc. It will also mess up radar waves. Now if we could add it to paint we could have the first stealth cars.
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Larry, can we add it to the paint we re-paint the car?
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Larry, the only speed cameras over here still using radar are the static roadside ones. The traffic police tend to use the laser guns because of better accuracy, narrower beam angle and consequently better selectivity over a longer range. Also they get an almost instantaneous readout, so you don't have time to react and slow down, assuming that you had a detector. The best solution I have seen is a garage door opener that detects and scrambles laser signals as an [unfortunate] byproduct of using a laser signal to open your door. You DO need to have a garage door that it opens though. If the police detect you have a "blocker" they will confiscate your car. The courts will hammer you if you don't actually have a door opening use for the device. Which they will confiscate anyway. Stealth is badly needed. Joe
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Both my garmin IQm4 and Magellan Roadmate works.
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