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Title: Garmin Sat Nav - Best place to mount offside small fr window?
Post by: olduser1 on March 20, 2011, 11:12:37 PM
Hi, just wondering wherabouts forum owners have located thier Sat Navs ?

Most owners in USA seem to use a Garmin swan neck mount and place the mounting cup on the small front window, so any other suggestions or even better the Garmin Model number of the mount.

Any suggestions/comments?
Title: Re: Garmin Sat Nav - Best place to mount offside small fr window?
Post by: Downsizer on March 21, 2011, 09:17:49 AM
I mounted mine in the centre on the top of the dash, using the sticky Garmin disc.  The swan neck suction mount then goes on to the disc when I want to use it.
Title: Re: Garmin Sat Nav - Best place to mount offside small fr window?
Post by: Geoffers on March 21, 2011, 12:14:27 PM
I use a 'bean bag' mount on top of a non-slip mat!
Title: Re: Garmin Sat Nav - Best place to mount offside small fr window?
Post by: guest1262 on March 21, 2011, 12:42:45 PM
I used my new Garmin Nüvi 2300T Sat Nav for the first time this weekend. After deliberating about where to place it I put it on the windscreen to the left (I'm in the UK) of the steering wheel and, so that I could reach it, not too far back. It was well below my eye level (but I am tall). To keep the power cable/aerial out of the way I looped it around the base of the gear lever before plugging it into the 'power outlet' (Garmin's name for the cigarette light socket). Using this arrangement for about 400 miles revealed no problems; and the traffic receiver antenna wasn't needed.

Garmin warn that their sticky-backed disk adhesive is difficult to get off so I didn't try mounting on the dash.

Wouldn't mounting on the side window require taking your eyes off of the road when driving?
Title: Re: Garmin Sat Nav - Best place to mount offside small fr window?
Post by: olduser1 on March 21, 2011, 12:56:17 PM
Thanks for replies sofar, the ones I favour are here but all LHD

(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KNYWpb0S_iA/TSoflcrZUpI/AAAAAAAAA78/0B8iiVIo-wU/s800/IMG_20110109_124405.jpg)

or

(http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/5133/20100710fit0008.jpg)

Is this better for what I meant about the side window.

I will post the final photo when I've sorted the wiring

Title: Re: Garmin Sat Nav - Best place to mount offside small fr window?
Post by: csp on March 21, 2011, 05:03:01 PM
I bought a Bean Bag for less than £8 which is great and leaves no evidence when the SatNav and Bag are removed from the car. The bag and mount can be stored under the boot floor.

Its a pity that the Garmin SatNav even with the latest maps suggests locally going up a dirt track instead of along the main road and also directs me the wrong way up a one way road. Following the SatNav routing often takes longer than my normal routes. Great for the last couple of miles of a journey and finding an unknown destination.
Title: Re: Garmin Sat Nav - Best place to mount offside small fr window?
Post by: DV on March 22, 2011, 05:57:49 PM
My Garmin routes me on the right way so I suggest to check your settings-navigation-avoidances (maybe the tick is front of the "traffic" or any other similar one) or update to the latest map.

Just to answer for the 1st post, I placed my navi exactly the same way as Downsizer.
Title: Re: Garmin Sat Nav - Best place to mount offside small fr window?
Post by: monkeydave on March 22, 2011, 06:42:50 PM
is that little window strong enough to take the sat nav as its not made of toughened glass
Title: Re: Garmin Sat Nav - Best place to mount offside small fr window?
Post by: Pine on March 22, 2011, 07:57:08 PM
On my Garmin Nuvi 1300 in Avoidances 'Traffic' is ticked and has been since new. Can anyone tell me what this means and what difference it will make if I untick it?
Title: Re: Garmin Sat Nav - Best place to mount offside small fr window?
Post by: DV on March 22, 2011, 09:29:22 PM
If the traffic is ticked and there is a traffic on your way it will re-route the way without asking you (to avoid the traffic). I unticked in mine, so if traffic is on my way I can touch the traffic button at the main map screen and I can decide to avoid it or not (sometimes the traffic info remains in their system from the previous day and not updated so it gives false alarm).
If you don`t want to drive on an unpaved road put a tick front of it.

mod: I forgot to tell the navigation should be on the "fastest way" option too and not on the "shortest route" because it will take you onto the small roads again.
Title: Re: Garmin Sat Nav - Best place to mount offside small fr window?
Post by: Kenneve on March 25, 2011, 08:50:20 AM
My method is perhaps a little different, in my 1.4 Ex I-shift. My sat-nav is mounted on the supplied drinking cup. I have glued a plastic disc to the top of the open cup and have attached the suction pad of my Garmin unit to that. The cup is mounted in the right-hand dashboard cup holder (RH drive car), which is perhaps not too far out of the line of sight and also is a little nearer to see.
The wiring is hidden in the gap between the instrument panel and the steering colunm housing, so it is quite a neat setup.
I think sticking the sat-nav to the small window, advertises the fact a little too much and I am fortunate that the silver/black finish of the Garmin unit blends in well with the dashboard colours.

Best regards.
Title: Re: Garmin Sat Nav - Best place to mount offside small fr window?
Post by: Downsizer on March 25, 2011, 09:55:01 AM
My sat-nav is mounted on the supplied drinking cup. I have glued a plastic disc to the top of the open cup and have attached the suction pad of my Garmin unit to that.

Full marks for ingenuity!  I've never fancied drinking out of this cup either, and I use mine in the same place as a waste-paper-basket.
Title: Re: Garmin Sat Nav - Best place to mount offside small fr window?
Post by: culzean on March 26, 2011, 08:12:45 AM
Using the very good Garmin suction mount I always fit my Garmin 1490T (5" screen) on the drivers window just above the door mirror, it is inconspicuous from outside the car easy to reach, does not obscure the door mirror and is easy to look at (just as easy in fact as glancing in the rear view mirror).

I have had people say that it stops you opening the drivers door window, but window will still lower by about 150mm, enough to pass out car-park money etc, and anyway it is soooh easy to click unit off the window.  Cable just drapes neatly across and through the gap between steering wheel column surround and dashboard, with a nice loop in the cable to allow door to open fully.

Using it in this position I have never had a problem with losing satellite signal.  I normally use my Garmin for 'safety camera' position and the last few miles of a journey.
Title: Re: Garmin Sat Nav - Best place to mount offside small fr window?
Post by: olduser1 on March 26, 2011, 08:26:26 AM
culzean - Good idea for mounting the sat Nav.
I plan to fit over this weekend & intend to supply photos once installed.

I can't convince myself at present to fit the Garmin mount onto the dash - which is where my local Garmin agent suggested.
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Now solved as per culzean - thanks

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Title: Re: Garmin Sat Nav - Best place to mount offside small fr window?
Post by: guest907 on March 31, 2011, 12:45:22 AM
I found my Garmin self adhesive disc didn't last long when stuck on top of the dash behind the face vents and once it comes loose that's it.

I also use the right hand dash bottle holder with the sat nav attached to the screen mount. With the mount position reversed it sits nicely in the holder and the sat nav sits across the opening. Wires across above column cowl by instruments to cig lighter. Easy to remove when I stop and no marks on any glass.
Title: Re: Garmin Sat Nav - Best place to mount offside small fr window?
Post by: dogbiscuit on April 03, 2011, 02:19:22 PM
Is it safe to mount a sat-nav on the passenger dashboard, as the passenger airbag is stored under it?
Title: Re: Garmin Sat Nav - Best place to mount offside small fr window?
Post by: JazzyB on April 03, 2011, 02:24:48 PM
Not unless you want sat-nav embedded in your face when the air bag goes off!

Under no circumstances place or stick anything on an area that has an airbag under it.
Title: Re: Garmin Sat Nav - Best place to mount offside small fr window?
Post by: dogbiscuit on April 03, 2011, 02:43:20 PM
Under no circumstances place or stick anything on an area that has an airbag under it.

I thought so, and on the Jazz GE the passenger airbag deployment area appears to be the majority of the dashboard. However, flicking through the owner's manual I can't see any warnings about placing objects on top of the dash.
Title: Re: Garmin Sat Nav - Best place to mount offside small fr window?
Post by: Tenrab on April 03, 2011, 05:49:02 PM
In my EX CVT I have mounted my 5" TomTom with a purpose made propriety mount onto the centre vent unit which works well, the vents still operate and the mount can be removed without leaving any marks.
There is also available a mount that fits adjacent to the small side window without fixing to the glass.
The mounts are supplied in two parts specifically for the car model and satnav type and cost about £40, available from:-

dsldevlopments (http://dsldevelopments.com/brodit/GPS%20Holder.asp)
Title: Re: Garmin Sat Nav - Best place to mount offside small fr window?
Post by: olduser1 on April 04, 2011, 02:58:15 PM
Thanks for all the comments so far the only other option was to go for these Brodit clips >
http://www.dsldevelopments.com/brodit/holder/Garmin+Nuvi%20205W-Brodit-Holder.asp

however I am happy with the side window arrangement as per culzean see photo
Title: Re: Garmin Sat Nav - Best place to mount offside small fr window?
Post by: culzean on April 04, 2011, 07:13:42 PM
Just a word of warning on mounting the sat-nav on the drivers window - MAKE SURE THE WINDOW 'AUTO-DOWN' FUNCTION IS NOT ACTIVE, this can cause a collision between the Garmin sucker and the window seal at the bottom.
Title: Re: Garmin Sat Nav - Best place to mount offside small fr window?
Post by: Kenneve on April 05, 2011, 10:11:41 AM
In my last post on this topic, I described how I had attached my Garmin Satnav to the supplied coffee cup.
Hopefully the attached photo should show a drivers eye view of the setup, which I would submit makes a very tidy layout and looks part of the car.
This is my first attempt at adding a photo, it it doesn't show then it's back to the drawing board!

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Title: Re: Garmin Sat Nav - Best place to mount offside small fr window?
Post by: olduser1 on April 05, 2011, 11:02:38 AM
Kenneve, thanks for the photo often the best way for others to appreciate matters.
I'll try your set -up out when I go to test drive the Subaru Impreza STI this Friday