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jchoong
PostPosted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 3:10 pm 
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I tried many ways to mount my X10 on my windscreen to get a fast sat fix and eventually found a cheap and effective way - small plastic hook with sucker - as shown in the pic below. I tried mounting the X10 on the sun visor but after several mins, I could not get a fix. However once I get a sat fix as shown in the pics, I could transfer the X10 to the sun visor, and the fix is maintained without much problems.

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 3:55 pm 
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Maybe next time I make paper house for my GPSr. I think signal can pass thru paper right?


I don't know but I think so since it is enclosed in plastic.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 3:58 pm 
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jchoong wrote:
I tried many ways to mount my X10 on my windscreen to get a fast sat fix and eventually found a cheap and effective way - small plastic hook with sucker - as shown in the pic below. I tried mounting the X10 on the sun visor but after several mins, I could not get a fix. However once I get a sat fix as shown in the pics, I could transfer the X10 to the sun visor, and the fix is maintained without much problems.

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jchoong,
you might want to try to 'get a fix' first by rotating the sun visor out so that it faces the sky. After you get a fix, you close the sun visor. That way, you don't need to do any transfer.
rgds,
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jchoong
PostPosted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 4:49 pm 
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Reframe,

I tried flipping over the sun-visor so the 10X is facing the sky. However my windshield's top section is covered by dark V-Kool, and probably this is causing the difficult sat fix.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 7:15 pm 
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jchoong wrote:
I tried many ways to mount my X10 on my windscreen to get a fast sat fix and eventually found a cheap and effective way - small plastic hook with sucker - as shown in the pic below. I tried mounting the X10 on the sun visor but after several mins, I could not get a fix. However once I get a sat fix as shown in the pics, I could transfer the X10 to the sun visor, and the fix is maintained without much problems.

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great idea....me go buy sucker... :wink:

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AxeLa wrote:
jchoong wrote:
I tried many ways to mount my X10 on my windscreen to get a fast sat fix and eventually found a cheap and effective way - small plastic hook with sucker - as shown in the pic below. I tried mounting the X10 on the sun visor but after several mins, I could not get a fix. However once I get a sat fix as shown in the pics, I could transfer the X10 to the sun visor, and the fix is maintained without much problems.

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great idea....me go buy sucker... :wink:[/quot

Hey bro Axela,,
can you remember what type of sucker you nee to buy ha,, :ko:

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 7:31 pm 
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AxeLa wrote:

Hey bro Axela,,
can you remember what type of sucker you nee to buy ha,, :ko:

my mouth so big...any size also can... :lol:

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 7:34 pm 
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AxeLa wrote:
redshadow wrote:
AxeLa wrote:

Hey bro Axela,,
can you remember what type of sucker you nee to buy ha,, :ko:

my mouth so big...any size also can... :lol:


you wnat to suck it yourself you mean...... :-k :-k , i thought you gonna to get something else to suck on it....confusing.. :-k :ko:
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you wnat to suck it yourself you mean...... :-k :-k , i thought you gonna to get something else to suck on it....confusing.. :-k :ko:

Me confucious liao.... :ko:

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tan83
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i 2 cars got v kool, and the other got the cheaper Air cool....guess what, Air Cool get satellite fix much easier than V kool........so i think next times new car dont use V kool......safe some money and oso can enjoy satellite fix....lol.....also can buy an upgraded GPSr if u dont buy V Kool.
Somemore the satellite fix is of best quality...........3D differential!!!!!
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