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Finally started to sort out the facelift satnav
« on: 14 April 2008, 10:17:55 »
Bought an NCDC2013 and GID about 18 months ago and have finally started to look at  fitting the thing.

Last night I modified a traffic master loom to re-route a few wires to get the CAN bus signals to the display correctly, will also add some extra wires for the CID interface before fitting.

The result is it all worked perfectly and without touching the main car loom!

So, just need to source a GPS antenna (the NCDC has an SMB Female style connector for those interested) and in it goes.
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Re: Finally started to sort out the facelift satnav
« Reply #1 on: 14 April 2008, 10:21:11 »
She will be pleased!

She mentioned it again the other day  ::)
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Re: Finally started to sort out the facelift satnav
« Reply #2 on: 14 April 2008, 10:30:26 »
I bought one that I think is smb female, around £7.50 inc p&p iirc
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Re: Finally started to sort out the facelift satnav
« Reply #3 on: 14 April 2008, 10:32:30 »
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Re: Finally started to sort out the facelift satnav
« Reply #4 on: 14 April 2008, 10:41:52 »
Out of curiosity .... where does this live? & does a Carin sat-nav use something similar? Reason for asking is that while I was on the phone sorting out another screen for my lad's Astra I asked about the reflective screens for the Omega. The first thing he said was that they would bugger up the signal for a sat-nav. Does this just apply to a dash mount Tom Tom/etc or would it also apply to a fixed sat-nav such as in the Omegas?
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Re: Finally started to sort out the facelift satnav
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Re: Finally started to sort out the facelift satnav
« Reply #6 on: 14 April 2008, 11:18:09 »
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Out of curiosity .... where does this live? & does a Carin sat-nav use something similar? Reason for asking is that while I was on the phone sorting out another screen for my lad's Astra I asked about the reflective screens for the Omega. The first thing he said was that they would bugger up the signal for a sat-nav. Does this just apply to a dash mount Tom Tom/etc or would it also apply to a fixed sat-nav such as in the Omegas?
Carin sits either under tax disc, or just under dash behind/above centre vents iirc.

All reflective screens affect satnav (and cellular) signals.
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Re: Finally started to sort out the facelift satnav
« Reply #7 on: 14 April 2008, 11:19:24 »
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Just ordered one......I have got the neccassary female to female adaptor here....
They were pretty quick,  couple of days iirc :).  Shame the bit I wanted to plug it into never turned up  >:(
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Re: Finally started to sort out the facelift satnav
« Reply #8 on: 14 April 2008, 11:26:16 »
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Just ordered one......I have got the neccassary female to female adaptor here....
They were pretty quick,  couple of days iirc :).  Shame the bit I wanted to plug it into never turned up  >:(


Lol, it might get a test run up to Saltney then.
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Re: Finally started to sort out the facelift satnav
« Reply #9 on: 14 April 2008, 11:31:03 »
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Just ordered one......I have got the neccassary female to female adaptor here....
They were pretty quick,  couple of days iirc :).  Shame the bit I wanted to plug it into never turned up  >:(


Lol, it might get a test run up to Saltney then.
Out of interest, where are you planning on mounting it?
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Re: Finally started to sort out the facelift satnav
« Reply #10 on: 14 April 2008, 11:40:29 »
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GPS-Antenna-amplifer-SMB-F-for-InfoRAD-GPS-Speed-Camera_W0QQitemZ250229457919QQihZ015QQcategoryZ139823QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262


Just ordered one......I have got the neccassary female to female adaptor here....
They were pretty quick,  couple of days iirc :).  Shame the bit I wanted to plug it into never turned up  >:(


Lol, it might get a test run up to Saltney then.
Out of interest, where are you planning on mounting it?

Either dash or front bumper....
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Re: Finally started to sort out the facelift satnav
« Reply #11 on: 14 April 2008, 11:45:15 »
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GPS-Antenna-amplifer-SMB-F-for-InfoRAD-GPS-Speed-Camera_W0QQitemZ250229457919QQihZ015QQcategoryZ139823QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262


Just ordered one......I have got the neccassary female to female adaptor here....
They were pretty quick,  couple of days iirc :).  Shame the bit I wanted to plug it into never turned up  >:(


Lol, it might get a test run up to Saltney then.
Out of interest, where are you planning on mounting it?

Either dash or front bumper....
Will it matter if I mount 2 receivers side by side - was going to mount mine right next to tomtom one? (by tax disc)
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Re: Finally started to sort out the facelift satnav
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Just ordered one......I have got the neccassary female to female adaptor here....
They were pretty quick,  couple of days iirc :).  Shame the bit I wanted to plug it into never turned up  >:(


Lol, it might get a test run up to Saltney then.
Out of interest, where are you planning on mounting it?

Either dash or front bumper....
Will it matter if I mount 2 receivers side by side - was going to mount mine right next to tomtom one? (by tax disc)

It shouldn;t make any difference
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Re: Finally started to sort out the facelift satnav
« Reply #13 on: 14 April 2008, 11:52:42 »
Just looked at the one I ordered a while back that you have ordered now, and its got around 10' cable, so plenty of scope for mounting.  Not sure it looks waterproof enough to be mounted outside the cabin  :-/

having seen it now, I think I may mount mine on rear parcel shelf (my shelf is dark grey), where it will be discrete.
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Re: Finally started to sort out the facelift satnav
« Reply #14 on: 14 April 2008, 12:01:12 »
Well if its not to water proof than under the rear shelf cover is an option.
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