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03-21-2008, 05:56 AM
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Maximum Bitrate
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: oklahoma city/edmond, oklahoma
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where do you put your gps reciever?
I have my whole truckputer in my front cab. I don't know where the best place is to place my gps so it stays hidden, yet visible to the sky and stays secured
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03-21-2008, 07:08 AM
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Neither darque nor pervert
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: In The Sticks near The 'Ham
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Mine is buried in my dash, under one layer of plastic panel. Works great!
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03-21-2008, 07:42 AM
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FLAC
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Top o' the world Ma!
Posts: 1,269
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Rear package shelf under the "carpet".
Works great never have a problem with reception.
Cheers
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03-21-2008, 08:35 AM
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Maximum Bitrate
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: oklahoma city/edmond, oklahoma
Posts: 476
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so maybe I can stuff mine in my defrost vent. unless any of you see a problem with the 88 or so degrees of heat affecting that lil unit.
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03-21-2008, 08:41 AM
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Variable Bitrate
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: netherlands
Posts: 305
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in the sunroof.
good alround reception, be sure to get one that can see through heat-resisting glass
Last edited by rijk; 03-21-2008 at 08:47 AM.
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03-21-2008, 08:57 AM
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FLAC
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Top o' the world Ma!
Posts: 1,269
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^^ Oh boy, here we go again.........................
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03-21-2008, 09:14 AM
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Constant Bitrate
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Moscow, Russia
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Quote: Originally Posted by DarquePervert  Mine is buried in my dash, under one layer of plastic panel. Works great!
+1
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03-21-2008, 11:21 AM
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Maximum Bitrate
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: oklahoma city/edmond, oklahoma
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haha, looks like i started a thought to have ended subject :P. my bad everyone, my bad.
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03-21-2008, 11:13 PM
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FLAC
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Ontario/Canada
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Quote: Originally Posted by DarquePervert Mine is buried in my dash, under one layer of plastic panel. Works great!
+1
Been that way for many years, its behind the instrument cluster, only one sheet of plastic dash then windshield. High number of sats constantly.
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03-22-2008, 09:17 AM
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Maximum Bitrate
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Stuffed mine inside a stuffed ducky to conceal it for security reasons. Then drilled a hole in the duck to mount a suction cup and stuck that on my rear window.
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03-22-2008, 06:50 PM
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Has trouble reading.
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: united states
Posts: 189
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in the small compartment at the rear between the brake light and window (where there is no window tint)...WORKS PERFECT HERE, connects instantly.
When I had the receiver (Globalsat BU-353, previously had a Rikaline 6010) placed on the rear deck next to the 6x9s the window tint degraded the satellite signal a lot, sometimes it wouldnt even connect, or only connect if i restarted the carpc...since i have moved it behind the brake light, it connects very quickly with usually 8-11 satellites.
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03-22-2008, 07:00 PM
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FLAC
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Top o' the world Ma!
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Quote: Originally Posted by sanbas in the small compartment at the rear between the brake light and window (where there is no window tint)...WORKS PERFECT HERE, connects instantly.
When I had the receiver (Globalsat BU-353, previously had a Rikaline 6010) placed on the rear deck next to the 6x9s the window tint degraded the satellite signal a lot, sometimes it wouldnt even connect, or only connect if i restarted the carpc...since i have moved it behind the brake light, it connects very quickly with usually 8-11 satellites.
That's a pretty nifty idea!
If you have a light on the rear deck that is.......
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03-22-2008, 08:35 PM
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Maximum Bitrate
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: oklahoma city/edmond, oklahoma
Posts: 476
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that is nifty. but a truck like mine is a bit harder. if i could only connect it in the rear, then i would hafta look into how GM installed the onstar gps receiver. but since all my setup is up front in the dash, i need to find a good safe place to hide it. i like that stuffing it in a lil ducky. but i cant really do that. and it needs to look natural and flow with my interior and truck personality.
its like getting a hidden spycam for security reasons, and hiding it in a plant in an apartment that is obviously not fit for a plant. ya know?
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03-24-2008, 05:48 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Valdosta, GA USA
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I put mine on the dash in the front left corner to get it closer to the center of the road for the best reception.
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03-24-2008, 07:02 AM
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Constant Bitrate
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Moscow, Russia
Posts: 125
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Quote: Originally Posted by Nomad I put mine on the dash in the front left corner to get it closer to the center of the road for the best reception.
Sure, any fule kno that the satellite reception is best in the center of the road and worst on the shoulders 
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