Re: GPS update

On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 20:16:58 -0500, "Bob Hatch" <bobhatch@xxxxxx>
wrote:

>"Bob Giddings" <bobg@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:e6rpo1hos81hrrr7drdcqf35h6b60bit6v@xxxxxxx
>
>>
>> I've bought the hook kind at Walmart before, though it's been a
>> while.
>>
>> Not that big a deal to run the cable to the roof, especially if
>> you don't intend to remove it all the time. Every opening has a
>> rubber gasket around it, and there's lots of give in those
>> things. My antenna for Sirius runs from just behind the glove
>> box to the back window, and is glued on the roof. All out of
>> sight behind gaskets and trim, and through the rubber gasket of
>> the rear window.
>>
>> Or you could just run it out the door. If you have a front door.
>> I can't remember.
>>
>I have a front door, but the question is, how long can I run a USB cable
>from the receiver to the computer and still get an accurate signal. I also
>have to make sure that the original connection, which is not water proof, is
>inside the rig when I hook up a USB extension.
>
>Let's see, out the door to the roof would be a total of about 12 feet give
>or take a foot or so. Up the center bar of the front window, out the roof
>via the satellite cable access, about 8 feet, give or take, but each one
>requires a USB extension cable.
>
>I could send Deluo support an email tomorrow, and get 2 or 3 answers back,
>then take my chances. I also wonder if there could be any damage leaving it
>there for months. I suppose I could again ask support, and be told yes it
>would damage it, and no there would be no damage.


I say try the suction cups on the inside of the windshield first.
My S&T gps came with one, and seems to work just fine placed on
the dash.

I had not realized that distance was a problem. I say avoid
extensions. Plus the "original connection" by which I presume
you mean the GPS itself, may not be weatherproof.

Save yourself a bunch of trouble and just lay it on the dash.

Bob

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