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d.griffiths · Sep 30th, 2003, 10:43 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Grings

Mark,

Just be careful of the 'jacket' systems for the pocket PC - beacuse the mini screen is so highly raked, it can be difficult to site it so it can get a good lock on the satelites. I opted for Tomtom in the end as you can site the reciever pretty much anywhere.

I use a navman 3450 jacket with 3970 iPaq. It's mounted on a "downtube gooseneck" which puts the top of the antenna level with the l/h centre dash air vent............and is PERFECT !!

Very quick TTFF, with good hot and cold lock, and as a general rule, never less than 5 satelites

GO FOR IT !!
By the way, I bought the jacket "new" from the USA thru' Ebay. MUCH cheaper than here in the UK, but loaded it with UK maps from TomTom. P.S.Anyone want new Navman Eastern & Western USA maps, PM me

Sep 30th, 2003, 10:43 PM	#12
d.griffiths MINI2 Regular Join Date: May 2003 Location: Newport, Gwent. Local Time: 05:08 AM Posts: 163 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by Grings Mark, Just be careful of the 'jacket' systems for the pocket PC - beacuse the mini screen is so highly raked, it can be difficult to site it so it can get a good lock on the satelites. I opted for Tomtom in the end as you can site the reciever pretty much anywhere. I use a navman 3450 jacket with 3970 iPaq. It's mounted on a "downtube gooseneck" which puts the top of the antenna level with the l/h centre dash air vent............and is PERFECT !! Very quick TTFF, with good hot and cold lock, and as a general rule, never less than 5 satelites GO FOR IT !! By the way, I bought the jacket "new" from the USA thru' Ebay. MUCH cheaper than here in the UK, but loaded it with UK maps from TomTom. P.S.Anyone want new Navman Eastern & Western USA maps, PM me Dave